Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai announced plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per month, including unlimited free hydrogen refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

FirstElement Fuels has opened the world’s first large-scale hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty commercial trucks just outside the Port of Oakland. As for customers, the company says there are 30 Hyundai Xcient semi trucks using the fueling station currently, as well as a number of Nikola hydrogen fuel-cell-powered trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

Special features of the facility include hazardous material and gas handling capabilities and the infrastructure required to support a wide range of appropriate test conditions including integrated electrical, thermal, and hydrogen systems. Fuel Cells Hydrogen' Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Next-generation fuel cell stack co-developed by Honda and GM.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

A new project launched by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and led by Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work in support of H 2 USA, the public private partnership introduced in 2013 by the Energy Department and industry stakeholders to address the challenge of hydrogen infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

and Honda Motor Co., have agreed on key details of their joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan. 100 hydrogen stations will be constructed initially, with a gradual increase expected thereafter. Raising public awareness about FCVs and hydrogen. Earlier post.) Background.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Overview and partitioning of the GM-Honda collaboration on fuel cell propulsion. Over the past two years, GM and Honda have been collaborating on next-generation fuel cell and hydrogen storage systems, aiming at commercialization in the 2020 time frame. The focus on the GM-Honda work is on reducing costs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has joined H 2 USA: a consortium of automakers, energy companies, government laboratories, and others that aims to accelerate the rollout of an infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles and related technologies. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2011

Planned hydrogen infrastructure, with four major metro areas linked. A coalition of 13 major Japanese automakers and energy companies—including Toyota, Honda and Nissan—are joining together to expand the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) in 2015 and develop the hydrogen supply network throughout Japan.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

There has been much discussion for over thirty years or more around the use of hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative to the internal combustion engine. Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

The panel, moderated by Jesse Schneider, BMW, included Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D; Dr. Will James, Manager, Safety, Codes, and Standards at the US Department of Energy (DOE); and Dr. Ralph Clague, Head of Motive Systems and Architecture, Intelligent Energy. Earlier post.). Earlier post ).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2015

If hydrogen fuel-cell cars are to succeed, region by region, they will need an adequate number of public fueling stations in each area where they're sold.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2016

The cost of developing advanced zero-emission powertrains for future vehicles is substantial, even for the world's largest carmakers. Especially in hydrogen fuel-cell research, the biggest auto companies are doubling and tripling up to share the costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Despite the recent progress, a number of myths around the use, power efficiency and cost of fuel cells still exist. With global leading car OEMs such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai all recently announcing their intentions to make their FCEVs available to the consumer, there is no doubt that the OEMs have done their homework.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. Hydrogen Frontier, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2016

A new report on fuel cell vehicles from IHS Automotive forecasts that global production of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) will reach more than 70,000 vehicles annually by 2027, as more automotive OEMs bring FCEVs to market. To date, there are approximately 100-plus public hydrogen refueling stations globally.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than $20 million to 10 projects to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and to enable early adoption of fuel cell applications such as light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) (DE-FOA-0001224, earlier post ). The hydrogen and fuel cell market continues to grow rapidly.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols met with US Energy Secretary Steven Chu in May and followed up that meeting with a letter, urging the continuation of funding to support research, development and deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Source: DOE Hydrogen Program & Vehicle Technologies Program, 2009 Merit Review.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

There's really only one way to read the Kyodo News (Japan) report that Honda President Takeo Fukui said in an interview that Honda thinks it will be able to mass produce fuel-cell vehicles for the general market by 2018. At the Santa Monica AltFuel Expo in early December, I asked Steven Ellis, Honda AFV Chief, about the FCX.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is rare when we post a review of a car that is only available in one of the 50 United States, but such is the case with the 2022 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), which is only sold in California. It is all about the hydrogen fueling station network, which is slowly being built out.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2016

Ceres Power recently signed a new Joint Development Agreement with Honda R&D jointly to develop stacks using Ceres Power’s metal-supported Steel Cell technology for a range of potential power equipment applications. The SOFC uses natural gas as a fuel to produce electricity. Earlier post.). Resources. (A A hat-tip to David!).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Combined with the increasing scarcity and cost of energy resources, it is therefore vital to develop a range of technologies that will ensure the long-term sustainability of mobility in Europe. Electrolyzer companies: ELT Elektrolyse Technik, Hydrogenics, Hydrogen Technologies, Proton Energy Systems. Total Raffinage Marketing.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

To create the largest impact, the researchers concluded, emphasis should be placed on the largest producers of vehicles; the five largest producers of automotive vehicles in the United States are General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Cost considerations on the total infrastructure or cost of ownership were also outside the scope of this work but are nevertheless important, they team noted. The CNGV is based on a 2012 Honda Civic natural gas vehicle with a combined EPA label fuel economy of 30.9 The baseline for comparison is based on a 2012 2.4

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world. The vehicles received rave reviews.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

The study was commissioned by a coalition of fuel suppliers and automotive companies with a view to identifying a roadmap to 2030+ to identify GHG abatement options at the lowest cost to society. The coalition comprises BMW, Daimler, Honda, NEOT/St1, Neste, OMV, Shell, Toyota and Volkswagen. 34 Mton CO 2 e (WTW). Roland Berger study.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. At the same time, a few geographic markets will continue to prepare for FCV introduction by building hydrogen stations. H2USA, the new U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen; Organism: Cupriavidus necator; Product: Biodiesel.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Ford’s Farley foresees that the heavy-duty truck segment will be sticking with ICE trucks for a while, as “it will probably go hydrogen fuel cell before it goes pure electric.” How long GM will be able to keep that price in the face of battery cost increases and inflationary pressure, is anyone’s guess.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Toyota , blasting past 10 million hybrid sales worldwide, has dabbled in both plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars, but is focused on fuel cell electric cars, which use hydrogen to produce electricity on board and power the electric motors. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

To jump over the midsize SUVs of the Honda Pilot, Ford Explorer , Chevrolet Traverse , Volkswagen Atlas , Toyota Highlander and the Kia Telluride , the Palisade Calligraphy had better be a step up. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Edging into luxury territory.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

As with any alternative fuel, be it CNG, LPG, electricity, hydrogen or E85, one of the challenges facing its adoption is both the availability of the fuel as well as the mechanics of refueling. we dispensed 8.1858 gge at one pump, at a price of $2.438/gge, yielding a cost of $19.70.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A recent Synovate study found the average additional amount customers would pay for 15-20 miles of electric range is just $1,700 – that’s far below the cost of the batteries that deliver that kind of range. In fact, Toyota is carrying out its own study in January to determine the ideal balance between all-electric range and additional cost.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. See our How to Get a PHEV page for more information.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. you see that?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Continues promotion and development of hydrogen as long-term strategy. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

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