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Pierre-Yves Le Berre commented on Hydro Kevin's blog post 'BMW Series 1 Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Car Announced'
well, I don't want to be controversial but, compressor noise is not that difficult to "quiet" down, at least easier than any diesel engine. Beyond that noise point, what is true for stationnary applications seems to be much more…
Aug 24, 2010
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BMW Series 1 Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Car Announced

UTC Power has announced that their 5 kW fuel cell is being used inside a new BMW Series 1 Hybrid electric car. The unveiling this week was during the 25th anniversary BMW ZT celebration in Munich, Germany.UTC has been working on this fuel cell since 1999. According to UTC Vice President, Ken Stewart, “From a fully frozen state, the fuel cell is half way to full power in less than 30 seconds. The system uses UTC Power’sproprietary ambient pressure technology, which does not require a compressor…See More
Blog post by Hydro Kevin Mar 26, 2010
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GM Hydrogen Car Crash Is Total Loss But No One Hurt

I get tired of the Chicken Little’s of the world or the advocates of other alternative fuel vehicles comparing hydrogen cars to the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg fallacy I’ve addressed on the website, blog and innumerous emails ad nauseam.Numerous manufacturers including GM and Honda have put their cars through extensive crash tests to make sure no explosions will occur. This has once again validated by GM in real world situations.For more info see:…See More
Blog post by Hydro Kevin Mar 19, 2010
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Genesys RET Technology Breakthrough in Producing Hydrogen from Water

According to CEO Ronny Bar-Gadda of Genesys LLC there is a new technology that he’s invented called RET (radiant energy transfer) that is a breakthrough in producing hydrogen from water. According to Mr. Bar-Gadda,this may just be the disruptive technology the H2 community has been waitingfor in regard to producing cost effective hydrogen from any feedstock of water.The RET system is expected to provide head to head competition with the most efficient electrolysis systems on the market today.…See More
Blog post by Hydro Kevin Mar 16, 2010
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Hydrogen Peroxide and Aluminum as Super Fuel for Cars

Here’s a blast from the past. I want to take you back to 1999 whenthe Gillette Mach 3 Challenger motorcycle broke the land speed record running onhydrogen peroxide and aluminum and hit the record mark of 365 miles perhour at the Bonneville Salt Flats.In the past, I’ve talked many times about the merits of hydrogenperoxide or…See More
Blog post by Hydro Kevin Mar 11, 2010
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owner
Company
Hydrogencarsnow.com
City and state you live in
California
Country you live in
United States
What role do you / does your organisation play in the hydrogen industry?
Press / PR / marketing / events
When do you think 1 per cent of cars will run on hydrogen?
2020
What do you think is the biggest driver of the hydrogen industry?
Cleaner cars
Hydrogen fuel cell cars vs battery cars, which is best and why?
Hydrogen fuel cell cars have a 300-plus mile range and can be refueled in 5 mintues.

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BMW Series 1 Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Car Announced

UTC Power has announced that their 5 kW fuel cell is being used inside a new BMW Series 1 Hybrid electric car. The unveiling this week was during the 25th anniversary BMW ZT celebration in Munich, Germany.





UTC has been working on this fuel cell since 1999. According to UTC Vice President, Ken Stewart, “From a fully frozen state, the fuel cell is half way to full power in less than 30 seconds. The system uses UTC…

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Posted on March 26, 2010 at 4:01pm — 1 Comment

Hydro Kevin

GM Hydrogen Car Crash Is Total Loss But No One Hurt

I get tired of the Chicken Little’s of the world or the advocates of other alternative fuel vehicles comparing hydrogen cars to the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg fallacy I’ve addressed on the website, blog and in

numerous emails ad nauseam.





Numerous manufacturers including GM and Honda have put their cars through extensive crash tests to make sure no explosions will occur. This has once again validated by GM…

Continue

Posted on March 19, 2010 at 4:49pm

Hydro Kevin

Genesys RET Technology Breakthrough in Producing Hydrogen from Water

According to CEO Ronny Bar-Gadda of Genesys LLC there is a new technology that he’s invented called RET (radiant energy transfer) that is a breakthrough in producing hydrogen from water. According to Mr. Bar-Gadda,

this may just be the disruptive technology the H2 community has been waiting

for in regard to producing cost effective hydrogen from any feedstock of water.





The RET system is expected to…

Continue

Posted on March 16, 2010 at 3:54pm

Hydro Kevin

Hydrogen Peroxide and Aluminum as Super Fuel for Cars

Here’s a blast from the past. I want to take you back to 1999 when

the Gillette Mach 3 Challenger motorcycle broke the land speed record running on

hydrogen peroxide and aluminum and hit the record mark of 365 miles per

hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats.



In the past, I’ve talked many times about the merits of hydrogen peroxide or… Continue

Posted on March 11, 2010 at 5:06pm

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