Fuel Cell Vehicles

  • Honda FCV Concept

    A revised version of Honda's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle debuted in Japan today. The Honda FCV Concept offers more hints as to what the five-passenger mid-size sedan will look like when it appears on Japanese roads in early 2016, powered only by hydrogen. DON'T MISS: Honda FCEV Concept Previews Next-Gen Production Fuel Cell Car: Live Photos (Nov 2013) In its press release, Honda promised to make an announcement at this year's Los Angeles show about its commitment to assist in expanding California's nascent network of hydrogen fueling stations. That news will likely come this Wednesday, the...

  • 2016 Toyota Mirai
    2016 Toyota Mirai Name For Fuel-Cell Sedan; Hydrogen Station Funds Coming For Northeast (Video)

    The hydrogen fuel-cell sedan that goes on sale in North America roughly a year from now will be known as the 2016 Toyota Mirai, the company announced today. The model name--confirming a rumor that had circulated for several months--was announced by Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda in a video released this...

  • Toyota 'Turning Point' video ad for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, frame grab, Sep 2014
    Toyota Fuel-Cell Ad Asks: Are You 'The Bold Few' Or A 'Handbrake'?

    The piano music is somber, the announcer's voice well modulated and filled with gentle concern. Over the next year, we'll be faced with a decision to support, oppose, or even ignore the future of hydrogen-fueled propulsion. Indeed, and most likely the discussion--whether it's a flat decision is...

  • 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell at hydrogen fueling station, Fountain Valley, CA
    To Get Hydrogen Competitive With Gasoline: $1 Billion, Cheap Natural Gas Needed

    While battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars have had much of the spotlight to themselves for the past four years, we're going to be hearing a lot more about hydrogen fuel-cell cars over the next few. And a new study just released by the University of California--Davis suggests that we are...

  • 2016 Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan
    2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Sedan: Final Design, Price Revealed For Japan

    Toyota has said for many years that it plans to build and sell a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, and now the company has trickled out some more information on that car. Specifically, it provided images of the final production version's exterior design--little changed from the concept it showed at the...

  • 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell at Hyundai headquarters, Fountain Valley, CA
    2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell To Earn CA Credits, Not Profits

    Last week, the very first 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell hydrogen-powered vehicle was delivered to lessee Timothy Bush in Southern California. The event was widely covered, as the fuel-cell Tucson crossover may well be the highest-volume hydrogen vehicle on U.S. roads until Toyota and Honda start...

  • Toyota FCV hydrogen fuel cell vehicle prototype during hot-weather endurance testing in N America

    Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will go into production ahead of schedule, with production planned for mid-December 2014. Sales will also begin "by the end of the year" reports Japan Times (via Autoblog), ahead of Toyota's original on-sale date some time in 2015. No reason has been given for bringing the car forward, but it's safe to assume Toyota's development and testing is going smoothly so far--unusual in the alternative fuel vehicle market. Toyota first revealed its fuel-cell vehicle as the FCV-R concept in 2012. The concept was subsequently updated in 2013, and the car was revealed...

  • Honda hydrogen fueling station in Torrance, California.
    Honda Opens High-Pressure Hydrogen Fueling Station In SoCal

    Honda hopes its new hydrogen-fueling protocol will become the industry standard.

  • 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid
    Nissan's Greener Non-Electric Cars: Hybrids, Diesels, But No Plug-In Hybrids?

    In the world of green cars, Nissan is best known for its Leaf electric car--which is the world's best-selling electric vehicle ever, with more than 100,000 delivered. But like any global automaker, Nissan is pursuing a variety of powertrain and other technologies to boost the efficiency of all its...

  • 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell at Hyundai headquarters, Fountain Valley, CA
    Hyundai On Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles: Critiquing Its Claims

    Every so often, Hyundai posts an entry on its "Hyundai Like Sunday" blog, which promotes itself as "Truth, Candor and Conversation." Two months ago, the company's Elizabeth Chun offered some thoughts on its upcoming 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell compact crossover. That vehicle will be offered for...

  • Toyota FCV Concept
    Toyota Exec Stresses Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Future, Slams Critics

    Just in case there was any doubt that Toyota sees the future of green cars as powered by hydrogen fuel--not grid electricity--a company executive reiterated the point in a speech during the recent Detroit Auto Show. As reported by Reuters, not only did Toyota's senior vice president for automotive...

  • Toyota FCV hydrogen fuel cell vehicle prototype during cold-weather endurance testing in N America
    Toyota FCV Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Test Cars, Concept Shown At CES

    Toyota revealed a bit more about its plans to offer a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle for sale next year, at a press event held today at the opening of the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company sounded a confident note on the prospects for electric vehicles that use power generated...

  • Honda FCEV Concept, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show

    Suddenly, hydrogen fuel-cell cars are back in the news. Headlines have proclaimed a coming battle between plug-in electric cars and the new shining hope, hydrogen-powered vehicles. Three automakers--Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota--will offer fuel-cell cars to consumers by the end of 2015, albeit in small numbers and limited areas. Today, the only such car is the Honda FCX Clarity, and Honda has leased only 40 of them since 2008, solely in Southern California. Most automakers are pursuing both hydrogen and plug-in electric cars, to a greater or lesser extent, but clearly a few have chosen sides...

  • 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell at Hyundai headquarters, Fountain Valley, CA
    2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell: Hydrogen Crossover First Drive

    Hyundai is an aggressive company, and that applies to its green cars as much as the bread-and-butter sedans and crossovers it sells in growing numbers. So when the company approached Green Car Reports to ask if we'd like to drive its new, hydrogen-powered 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle, that...

  • Toyota FCV concept, 2013 Tokyo Motor Show
    Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars To Come From Toyota, Hyundai, Honda

    Last week saw no fewer than three hydrogen fuel-cell cars appear at auto shows around the world. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota unveiled its FCV Concept, a somewhat-disguised version of a production car it's expected to launch next year and offer for limited sale in 2015. Meanwhile, at the Los...

  • First Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle delivery, Newport Beach, Dec 2010
    CA Will Work To Streamline Permit Process For Hydrogen Fueling Stations

    The hydrogen ball rolled a little further in California last week. The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development--GO-Biz for short--has now announced plans to streamline the permitting process for hydrogen and electric fueling stations. It's the latest move to prepare the state for...

  • Screencap from Toyota Auris ad
    Toyota Auris Ad Complains About Auto Emissions, Doesn't Mention Electric Cars

    By now, you've probably seen it: the new ad for the Toyota Auris Hybrid. But on the off chance you haven't, here's the Cliffs Notes version: Sometime in the future, a man and woman awake in their stylish apartment. It's got enough bells and whistles and Roombas to give Michio Kaku a heart attack...

  • Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles (FCHV-adv)
    Toyota Loans Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles To DoE For Research

    Their part in the future energy mix for vehicles may be small, but several companies are taking a renewed look at hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. That's if recent partnerships are anything to go by, at any rate--Toyota and BMW recently joined forces, as have Ford, Renault-Nissan and Daimler. The U.S...

  • 2011 Toyota FCV-R Concept

    BMW and Toyota have finalized a deal for the future of each automaker's hydrogen fuel cell technology. The agreement will mean BMW licenses future fuel cell technology from Toyota, and marks the latest point in the two automakers' recent cooperations. BMW will begin developing a prototype fuel cell vehicle in 2015, for the potential market release of a production car in 2020, says the Nikkei (via Automotive News). The German luxury automaker has previously experimented with hydrogen in internal combustion engines, but is set to expand its portfolio with a fuel-cell vehicle--the likes of which...

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    Hydrogen From Artificial Photosynthesis: Future For Fuel Cells?

    For the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen is remarkably hard to come by on good ol' planet earth. While the techniques for extracting it are easy enough to understand, the energy required to do so is often significant--meaning hydrogen fuel cell vehicles aren't as squeaky-clean and...

  • Honda FCX Clarity
    Scandinavian Countries Plan For Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars

    Nordic countries have consistently proven to be at the forefront of electric car and alternative fuel adoption, and now look set to take the lead with fuel cell vehicles too. Several northern European countries have signed a memorandum of understanding with Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai, to...

  • Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle at Camp Pendleton hydrogen fueling station, photo by Joe Tash
    U.S. DoE Looks Towards Hydrogen Cars, Funds $6 Million Research Project

    President Obama might have promised to buy a plug-in Chevrolet Volt when he leaves office, but that doesn’t mean the Obama administration has forgotten about other alternative fuel cars. On Thursday last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a $6 million fund which it hopes to use to...

  • Toyota FCV-R hydrogen fuel-cell concept car, 2012 Detroit Auto Show
    Toyota FCV-R Concept, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle In Detroit: Photo Gallery

    While most of Toyota's focus for fuel efficiency remains on its growing lineup of Prius dedicated hybrids, the company said almost two years ago that it would launch a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle in 2015. Its latest concept vehicle designed around fuel-cell technology is the FCV-R, which it unveiled...

  • Light-duty vehicle type scenario, now-2050 (California Air Resources Board)
    CA To Require Zero-Emission Vehicles On Top Of Gas-Mileage Rules

    The NHTSA and EPA are closing in on their final rules for 2017-2025 corporate average fuel economy regulations, but there's a wild card in the pack. California, which has the authority to set its own emissions laws, is going along with the proposed gas-mileage levels, which will take 2025...

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