Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2011

New research could lead to hydrogen being used as a clean alternative to conventional aviation fuel. Scientists from Glasgow University are using nanotechnology to find a way to store the gas in a solid state, according to the BBC.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2010

A merger between the UK Hydrogen Association and Fuel Cells UK has lead to the creation of a new body to represent the industry. Called the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Association (UK HFCA), the new ‘voice’ for the industry will continue the work of the two bodies advocating the positive social, political and economic [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 14, 2013

At one time hydrogen fuel cells appeared to have been surpassed by electrification as the future of the automotive industry: but now the technology is fighting back, albeit inside the manufacturing plants rather than on our roads.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2014

Industrial gas firm Linde has opened what is believed to be the world’s first production line for hydrogen refuelling stations. The move could be exactly what is needed to get hydrogen fuel cell cars off the ground as some of the world’s leading carmakers prepare to launch their first models. [.].

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 14, 2007

A number of articles about "green cars" worth perusing in Saturday's New York Times Automotive section. Usually devoted to crass boosterism of America's largest manufacturing industry, these articles still contain a lot of that. The Future of Hydrogen: Once a Pariah, Now an Alternative.) Especially as displayed in Adam B.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

More than one and a half million hydrogen-fuelled vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030, according to a new joint Government-industry study published today. The new UKH2Mobility project has laid out its Phase 1 of its roadmap to FCEVs (fuel cell electric vehicles) detailing how it envisages that the UK can take a leading [.].

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2015

Toyota expects licensing its fuel-cell patents for free to help jump-start a hydrogen-car industry, a new report expects women to be the key to the Tesla Model X electric SUV''s success, and an analysts expects natural-gas vehicle sales to remain relatively low. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

With few of us having the cash or credit to buy an expensive new addition, the bottom seems to have fallen out of the automotive industry which has been plunged into crisis. It seems a spark is needed to get us back to the showrooms – so are the leading manufacturers right to put their faith in green cars? Averting a slump.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2011

Japanese car maker Toyota may be the most renowned electric hybrid car maker in the world; but now it is ready to embrace hydrogen power. The company has opened its first hydrogen refuelling station in the US which is fed directly from an active industrial hydrogen pipeline.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2013

Three heavyweights of the car industry have signed a unique three-way agreement to jointly develop a common fuel cell system to enable the market launch of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. The collaboration between Nissan, Ford and Daimler is expected to lead to the market launch of new mass-market fuel cell vehicles as early as 2017.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2013

France-a country probably known for its dependence on nuclear power-could benefit from the use of hydrogen fuel and fuel cell systems, to boost the uptake of electric powered car and strengthen the renewable energy sector, according to a new public and industry consortium. Hydrogen fuel Fuel Cells'

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

Grove Hydrogen Automotive Co. signed a cooperation agreement with the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil to proceed with the production and distribution of Grove hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for Brazil. —Professor Hao Yiguo, CEO and Founder of Grove Hydrogen Automotive. The program will begin immediately.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2012

Germany has agreed a major new cross-industry partnership which will see the country take the lead in hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The development and deployment of battery and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is therefore mutually complementary as they share many similar electrical drivetrain components, the EC communication says. Tags: Electric (Battery) Europe Fuels Hydrogen. Energy, power generation and distribution. Resources.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 18, 2012

The Government has announced the launch of a major new hydrogen fuel cell project, backed by the car industry, which aims to bring fuel cell vehicles onto UK roads by 2015.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2012

An investment worth more than £19 million is to provide a major boost to the UK’s developing hydrogen fuel cell industry.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2009

The debate as to whether money should be invested into hydrogen fuel cell technology continues to rage across the Atlantic, where the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) published a whitepaper on the importance of continued research into hydrogen as a low-carbon transportation solution.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 1, 2011

The automobile industry may be heading towards an era of electrification, but Japan has not given up on fuel cell technology. According to a report in business daily, The Nikkei, the Japanese government will launch a public-private initiative aimed at applying hydrogen used in oil refining to power fuel cell vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2009

There may be a new prospect for an on-board hydrogen storage system after researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology found that Rhodium nanoparticles are highly active for decomposition of hydrous hydrazine. This can be used to generate hydrogen and nitrogen.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2009

Nissan has launched the UK Hydrogen Network (UK-HyNet) project at its technical centre in Bedfordshire, an initiative that aims to position the country as one of the world’s leading hydrogen economies by 2015. At the same time as UK-HyNet, a UK Hydrogen Roadmap is being created with a strategic plan for the emerging industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Celanese Corporation, developer of a hydrocarbons-to-ethanol production process derived from its acetyl technology ( earlier post ) announced plans in June to enter the industrial ethanol market in China by revamping the market entry strategy to allow the company to enter 6-12 months sooner than originally planned. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the news as the Government embarks on the Building Britain’s Future scheme – a plan for recovery based on low carbon, high technology industries, products and services. So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader? Electric cars remain something of a gamble.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Much has been made of late of Toyota and other automakers claims they will commercialize hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2015. DaimlerChrysler, for example, predicted the industry would be selling 100,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2004. Of course, we've heard these promises/predictions before. I don't think so.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 13, 2010

BMW is working on a 1-Series hydrogen hybrid model it has been revealed. Photographs of the new model have been published on industry blog Motor Authority and can be seen here. Tags: BMW Fuel Cells Hydrogen fuel 1 series fuel hydrogen prototype.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

ERTRAC has more than 50 members, representing all the actors of the Road Transport System: transport industry, European associations, EU Member States, local authorities, European Commission services, etc. Solutions for passenger ‘green’ cars with market maturity and infrastructure availability. Click to enlarge. Liquid Air.

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2009

Hybrid hydrogen technology could be the next big thing in the world of green cars, if entrepreneur, Malcolm Bricklin has anything to do with it; the Boston Herald reports. He hopes to buy and upgrade up to 300,000 GM and Chrysler cars a year to install add-on hydrogen technology and improve their interiors.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2009

Carmaker Hyundai and a postgraduate student from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a prototype solar-powered hydrogen car, the Telegraph reports. Named the Hyundai City Car 2020, it uses solar panels to use sun’s rays to create electricity, which is subsequently used to create a hydrogen fuel source.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Thanks to a co-operative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE), Hydrogen Energy California LLC (HECA) will build a hydrogen powered electric generating facility in Kern County, California, with carbon capture and storage. The Federal cost-share is limited to $308million – just under 11 per cent of the total project costs.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

There may be a global recession in full swing, but you wouldn’t know it if you looked at the fuel cell industry which continues to grow.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

A consortium of companies have signed an agreement in Berlin in the presence of German Minister of Transport to introduction of a national network if hydrogen refuelling station in Germany by 2015. But the widespread adoption of fuel cells will only occur when drivers can readily refuel with hydrogen.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Two hydrogen buses are set to hit the streets of Sunderland as part of a unique research and development programme bringing international expertise to North East England. Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) use a chemical reaction involving hydrogen and air to power an electric motor, with a small trickle of water the only waste product.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Green Piece Column. Well mainly because the industry is getting serious about the ideal of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) but the mammoth task of developing [.]. Toyota and BMW and now Ford, Daimler and Nissan; marriages made in the name of fuel cell vehicles. Why are these collaborations happening now?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 14, 2013

Korean carmaker Hyundai has been a surprising leader in developing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, already taking its ix35 FCEV into series production, with plans to increase that in 2015. Despite competing with some of the heavyweights of the automotive industry such as Toyota and Daimler, the carmake[.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2012

The Carbon Trust has given a near £2 million boost to the UK’s burgeoning fuel cell technology industry, to help develop lower-cost hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. Runcorn-based Acal Energy and Sheffield-based ITM Power will share the funding, as they work to develop cheaper fuel cell systems for use in cars.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

Revolve Technologies, formerly known as Roush Technologies, is rapidly establishing itself as one of the key players in the green car market. They will be calibrated to meet the operating requirements of many applications across the automotive sector as well as marine and industrial sectors.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 29, 2023. The Biden administration has set a high bar for the generous tax credits created by the Inflation Recovery Act (IRA) to help spur large-scale production of hydrogen, starting with regional hydrogen hubs.

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