Tag: Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Toyota’s Late Shift to BEVs Evident in Latest Financials Report
Toyota has gone through dozens of pairs of shoes dragging its feet on battery-electric vehicles. There may be no more notable laggard on electric vehicles (though, neighboring Honda gives it a run for its money). I pointed out yesterday that despite all of its hype for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles … [continued]
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25 Years of Hybrids, 10 Years of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars
One of our readers passed along the note recently that it was the 25 year anniversary of the first hybrid car in the United States, the Honda Insight, which arrived in December 1999. (Yes, the Toyota Prius came a couple of years earlier in Japan, but it didn’t come to … [continued]
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Nikola Bankruptcy Just Part Of Crumbling Of Hydrogen For Transportation
Nikola, with its hydrogen trucks, has finally left the building. The company gained widespread attention after going public via a SPAC merger in 2020, briefly reaching a market valuation of over $30 billion. However, founder Trevor Milton was complicit in the SPAC pump and dump, misleading investors about Nikola’s technological … [continued]
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Airbus Drops Hydrogen As Aviation Industry Admits It Won’t Fly
Hydrogen’s hoped for role in aviation dates back to the mid-20th century, when researchers began exploring its potential as an alternative to conventional jet fuel. In 1957, engineers at Lockheed and Boeing investigated hydrogen propulsion as part of Cold War efforts to develop high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. In 1959, a modified … [continued]
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Beijing Buses 95% Electric, Hydrogen Buses Dwindling, Refueling Stations Closing
A rule of thumb I’ve been applying for a while is to look at what is succeeding in China in terms of clean technology. It tries everything that’s potentially viable domestically and fierce competition weeds out the winners from the losers. And on battery-electric buses vs hydrogen buses, and battery-electric … [continued]
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