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2017 Toyota Mirai Pricing +VIDEO

2017 Toyota Mirai Pricing +VIDEO

Toyota Mirai 2017 model year offers competitive, flexible pricing options and the opportunity to be a part of automotive history. The Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle combines hydrogen and oxygen to make electricity onboard, while emitting nothing but water vapor. ... Continue reading

Electric-Vehicle Mileage Record Set In California Thanks To The Convenience Of True Zero Hydrogen-Fuel Network

Electric-Vehicle Mileage Record Set In California Thanks To The Convenience Of True Zero Hydrogen-Fuel Network

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 16, 2016 -- Yesterday the founders of True Zero completed a scenic drive throughout California in a fuel-cell-electric Toyota Mirai, covering 1,438 miles in a 24-hour period, thus breaking the official Guinness World Record for electric miles driven in 24 hours.a, b The goal of the drive was to de ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles May Be The Future of the Automobile, says Information Trends (But Until Then Replace Gasoline With Ethanol says The Auto Channel)

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles May Be The Future of the Automobile, says Information Trends (But Until Then Replace Gasoline With Ethanol says The Auto Channel)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2016 -- Worldwide, over 20 million hydrogen fuel cell vehicles would be sold cumulatively by 2032, according to a landmark report published by Information Trends. The sales would generate cumulative revenues upwards of $1.2 trillion for the auto industry, it said. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, with ... Continue reading

Israeli Researchers Transform Pond Slime Into Hydrogen Making Machine

Israeli Researchers Transform Pond Slime Into Hydrogen Making Machine

TEL AVIV - September 7, 2016; Iftach Yacoby and his team at Tel Aviv University genetically altered single-celled algae, which naturally emit hydrogen throughout the day, allowing the organism to increase its efficiency to five times its natural ability. Hydrogen fuel cells are already being introduced into vehicles, a ... Continue reading

GM and U.S. Army TARDEC Project Will Field-Test Fuel Cell Capabilities

GM and U.S. Army TARDEC Project Will Field-Test Fuel Cell Capabilities

WARREN, Mich. 2016-08-30– General Motors and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) will reveal a Chevrolet Colorado-based fuel cell electric vehicle in October at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington, D.C. The vehicle is being ... Continue reading

Scania Trucks and Asko Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Propulsion

Scania Trucks and Asko Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Propulsion

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden—Asko, which is Norway’s largest convenience goods wholesaler, is continuing its investment in sustainable transport services. The company will together with Scania start testing trucks with an electric powertrain. Electrical energy is converted from hydrogen gas in fuel cells on board the vehic ... Continue reading

Over 1,000,000 zero-emission miles powered by True Zero's Hydrogen Network

Over 1,000,000 zero-emission miles powered by True Zero's Hydrogen Network

IRVINE, CA - August 15, 2016: True Zero (www.truezero.com), which operates the world's largest network of retail hydrogen-charging stations, reached a major milestone last week of powering more than 1,000,000 zero-emission miles by fuel-cell vehicles. True Zero opened its first charging station nine months ago, so the ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - August 8-13, 2016; Bentley Diesel, Jeep Hacking, MPG Down, Ford Cell 6 Mil., Recalls Of Course

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - August 8-13, 2016; Bentley Diesel, Jeep Hacking, MPG Down, Ford Cell 6 Mil., Recalls Of Course

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - August 8-13, 2016; Jeep Hacking, MPG Down, Ford Cell 6 Mil., Recalls Of Course ... Continue reading

Big Oil (STILL) Benefits From "Divide and Conquer"

Big Oil (STILL) Benefits From "Divide and Conquer"

Opinion by Bob Gordon, President The Auto Channel<p> After spending time at the 2006 Clean Cities Congress here in Phoenix, and after listening to speeches, presentations, and other facts and opinions, I believe that THE ANSWER to the "Energy Crisis" and its progeny the destruction of our earth’s ecology, is and ... Continue reading

Consumers Union Statement: Automakers Can Meet 2025 Fuel Economy Standards

Consumers Union Statement: Automakers Can Meet 2025 Fuel Economy Standards

News Release Consumers Union Public Policy and Advocacy Division of Consumer Reports Monday, July 18, 2016 New Analysis Shows Projected Fuel Economy Hikes for Cars and Trucks Are Achievable and Benefit Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Released today, a comprehensive multi-agency review of Corporate Average Fuel Econ ... Continue reading

Mobility Fuel Silver Bullet? - New SunCell Converts Water To Light For Photovoltaic Electric Generation (EV Power) +VIDEO

Mobility Fuel Silver Bullet? - New SunCell Converts Water To Light For Photovoltaic Electric Generation (EV Power) +VIDEO

CRANBURY, N.J.—Brilliant Light Power, Inc. (BrLP) announced today that it has continuously generated over a million watts of power from a new primary source until the cell vaporized from the intense heat. The power released by the conversion of hydrogen atoms from water molecules into a lower energy form called “Hy ... Continue reading

Hyundai Extends Fuel Cell DOE Vehicle Loan Partnership In Concert With New D.C.-Based Hydrogen Fueling Station

Hyundai Extends Fuel Cell DOE Vehicle Loan Partnership In Concert With New D.C.-Based Hydrogen Fueling Station

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2016 -- Hyundai and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to its second phase, from 2016 through 2017. The program involves Hyundai providing a number of Tucson Fuel Cell CUVs for daily use and confirmation ... Continue reading

New Energy Vehicle Makers Gather at Shanghai International Green Auto Show

New Energy Vehicle Makers Gather at Shanghai International Green Auto Show

SHANGHAI, June 30, 2016 -- The Shanghai International Green Auto Show, the largest new energy vehicle exhibition in China, is being held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from June 28 to June 30, 2016. Nearly one hundred new energy vehicles will be on display at the event, drawing much attention fro ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Review +VIDEO

First Drive: 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Review +VIDEO

Does the Future Start Like the Past? By Michael Coates Editor & Publisher Clean Fleet Report Reprinted with permission of CleanFleetReport.com Toyota is the world's largest automotive manufacturer and they pride themselves in doing things right and leading the industry in many ways. Say hybrid and the image that comes ... Continue reading

Norway Plans to Ban Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2025

Norway Plans to Ban Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2025

The country wants 100% of Norwegian cars to run on green energy within a decade. &#8203;OLSO, Norway June 7, 2016; Norway is moving to ban the sale of all fossil fuel cars by 2025, The Independent reports. Politicians recently reached an agreement to have all Norwegian cars using green energy within a decade. Ironicall ... Continue reading

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