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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

Cars That Think

Now hes in the midst of what looks like his most technologically ambitious mission yet: to fly around the planet in a green-hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft. It enabled him and a colleague to be the first people hoisted into the stratosphere, by a hydrogen balloon, in 1931. And the big part of the propulsion system is the hydrogen tank.

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The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

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To produce EUV light, we would focus an intense laser pulse onto 30-micrometer-wide droplets of tin flying through a chamber filled with low-density hydrogen. As a by-product, the plasma balls generated shock waves that traveled through the surrounding hydrogen. Interstellar material consists mostly of hydrogen.)

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Stellantis Joins Growing List Of Hydrogen Mobility Retreats

CleanTechnica EVs

Stellantis, one of the world’s five largest automakers and a proponent of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles for light commercial vehicles, has now formally signaled a retreat from its hydrogen ambitions.

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Hydrogen Cars Were Supposed to Be the Future. Now Owners Are Suing Toyota

Teslarati

The promise of a hydrogen-fueled future has turned into a nightmare for hundreds of car owners in California. Drivers who purchased Toyota’s flagship fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai, are now suing the automaker and other key players, alleging they were misled about the viability of the hydrogen fueling network. This is bad.

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Green Hydrogen For Energy Was A Story We Told Ourselves

CleanTechnica EVs

For nearly a decade, thats exactly what happened with green hydrogen as an energy carrier. continued] The post Green Hydrogen For Energy Was A Story We Told Ourselves appeared first on CleanTechnica. It succeeds because enough people act like it does. The story was so compelling, the coalition so wide, the urgency so real, that for a.

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Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Is Not A Practical Or Cost-Effective Fuel

CleanTechnica EVs

Hydrogen has often been hailed as a fuel of the future, promising a clean and versatile energy source capable of decarbonizing multiple sectors. However, a closer look at the technical, economic, and infrastructure challenges associated with hydrogen reveals that these claims may be overstated. While hydrogen can indeed be used.

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Honda really wants to sell you a hydrogen fuel cell, today [part 5]

Electrek

Honda came to this years ACT Expo in Anaheim, California with the perfect follow-up to the jaw-dropping hydrogen fuel cell-powered semi truck they showed off last year. This year, the companys fuel cell is in series production and available now.

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