By John on June 26, 2009
Designs for the Riversimple urban car, capable of a 50mph top speed and a 240 mile range, will be freely available online in a bid to help grow the hydrogen market.
A new hydrogen-powered car, whose designs will be “open source” and posted for free use on the web, was unveiled today in London. The company [...]
Posted in Gas | Tagged electric cars, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen car, hydrogen market, hydrogen powered car, hydrogen technology, smart car, Toyota Prius
By John on May 25, 2009
Empa and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have, together with Bucher Schoerling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG und Messer Schweiz, developed a hydrogen powered municipal street cleaning vehicle which was presented to the public on 14th May 2009 in Basel. The vehicle is named the “Bucher CityCat H2″ and is the first municipal utility vehicle [...]
Posted in Gas | Tagged clean energy, empa, fuel cell technology, fuel cells, hydrogen technology, paul scherrer institute
By John on August 15, 2008
Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons, primarily methane (CH4) but also containing ethane and propane and other gases such as nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and water vapor.
Natural gas does have a high octane rating and excellent properties for spark-ignited internal combustion engines and is relatively clean burning. It is non-toxic, non-corrosive, and [...]
Posted in Gas | Tagged compressed natural gas, ethane, hybrid vehicle, liquefied natural gas, methane ch4, Propane, slide
By John on August 15, 2008
Propane, which is generally known as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP-gas), or AutoGas in Europe, is a three-carbon alkane gas (C3H8). Propane has one of the highest energy densities of all alternative fuels, so propane vehicles can go farther on a tank of fuel. This is one of the reasons that it is used [...]
Posted in Gas | Tagged alternative fuels, AutoGas, liquefied petroleum gas, LP-gas, LPG, Propane, slide
By John on August 14, 2008
In 2003, President George Bush, in his State of the Union address, announced a $1.2 billion hydrogen fuel initiative with the express intention to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil and to provide the fuel we need to reduce gasoline consumption in our vehicles. That financial commitment enabled scientists to direct more energy into developing [...]
Posted in Gas | Tagged feature, fuel cell cars, fuel cell technology, gm hydrogen car, hydrogen fuel cells
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