Are you tired of high priced gasoline for your car? Or perhaps worried about the environment? For years, scientists have being working on an energy alternative that holds promises to change the way we live by changing the source of fuel for some of our most basic energy-using engines. This new technology in progress is … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Believe it or not, electric cars have been around for almost a century. Back in the early 1900s, there were more electric cars on the road than there were gasoline-powered cars. Even in the early 1920's when vehicles became more popular, gasoline was still quite expensive and it was also very hard to start a gasoline … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading