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Mercedes Benz is Launching a Fuel Cell Car, the B-Class F-Cell

Mercedes-Benz is launching its first series-produced fuel cell car on the road, the new B-Class F-CELL. The environmentally friendly electric car has better a performance similar to than a 2.0-litre petrol car and is fully suited for everyday driving

2 Sep 2009

Economically Viable Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Could Come From New Recycling Method

A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles

1 Sep 2009

Market For Rechargeable Batteries For Use In Electric Vehicles to Break $330 Million By 2014

Low-cost, long-life lithium batteries are seen as essential for accelerated development of alternative power vehicles, ranging from the now familiar gasoline-electric hybrids that double normal fuel economy to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that use no petroleum

13 Aug 2009

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plants for Vehicles Refined by Scientists

Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) can be an important part of the solution to America’s energy crisis, says Dr. Andrew Goudy of Delaware State University. He is leading a research team striving to solve a key technical FCV puzzle

21 Jul 2009

Fuel Cells Now Able to Compete With Any Form of Battery or Power Delivery For Vehicles and Other Applications

Fuel cells can compete with batteries, the internal combustion engine and the power grid. Hydrogen can compete with any fuel now produced and cause no pollution but its price is higher than gasoline or natural gas because it is difficult to transport and store

15 Jul 2009

Linde Joins California Fuel Cell Partnership

The California Fuel Cell Partnership announced that Linde North America has joined CaFCP as an associate member

7 Jul 2009

New Way of Storing Hydrogen for Fuel Cell Vehicles

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material

6 Jul 2009

Ford Releases Blueprint For Sustainability

Ford Motor Company’s Blueprint for Sustainability includes the introduction of a range of global environmental technologies to provide more fuel-efficient vehicles that emit fewer greenhouse gases without compromising customer expectations for safety, interior room or performance

25 Jun 2009

Chicken Feathers May Hold the Key to Fuel Storage for Hydrogen Cars

Scientists at the University of Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method - carbonized chicken feather fibers - that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but difficult to corral fuel source, and do it at a far lower cost than other hydrogen storage systems under consideration

24 Jun 2009

Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Energy Plus Other Nanotechnology and Alternate Fuel Markets Expected to Reach $14 Billion by 2014

According to a newly released report from iRAP, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen
Energy and Related Nanotechnology - A Global Industry and Market Analysis, the fuel cell and hydrogen energy industry is highly fragmented. Worldwide about 3870 organizations are involved in fuel cells, hydrogen energy and related nanotechnology and spent an estimated $8.4 billion in 2008

24 Jun 2009