Geneva Auto Show (cont.’d): Nuvera-Powered Sintesi Concept Says Fuel Cells Can be Sexy GENEVA - Ah, Bella Italia (and we don’t mean the pretty woman behind the wheel): If that other fuel cell car unveiled last month in Geneva, Morgan’s LIFECar, demonstrated fuel cell efficiency in a two-seater sports car, Italian automotive designer Pininfarina’s sleek Sintesi concept showed what’s possible in terms of an intelligent as well as esthetically pleasing overall concept.
Fuel Industry, Governments Must Step Up to Plate, GM’s Burns Tells NHA Conference SACRAMENTO, CA – A hydrogen fueling infrastructure for wide use of fuel cell-powered electric cars, trucks and buses can be commercially viable, and in the long term, customers “will not have to pay more per mile than they do for gasoline today.”
Fast Forward: Wall Street Journal Story's Accuracy Disputed “Bob got trapped,” was the curt comment by a General Motors research executive accompanying an internal company e-mail disputing the accuracy of a March 5 Wall Street Journal story from the Geneva Auto Show.
CARB Board Changes ZEV Numbers, Hopes to Gain Time For Wide Launch SACRAMENTO, CA – Befuddled, bothered and bewildered: That seems to be the general reaction among many of the players and observers to the decision late last month by California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) to change the number of zero-emitting cars required in the next decade.
Virgin Offers Fuel Cell Equinox Limos to Upper Class Flyers at LA Airport, Later in NY SOUTH NORWALK, CT – Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways is moving into virgin territory (ugh) with its announcement last month that it will use initially three hydrogen-fueled Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell SUVs to ferry top-dollar Upper Class passengers to and from Los Angeles International Airport.
WASHINGTON, DC – Two recent assessments of the U.S. Energy Department’s transportation-related hydrogen energy efforts by the National Research Council (NRC) and by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) generally approve what’s been done and how it has advanced but they also point out problems and shortfalls and suggest some changes and improvements.
Eden Energy Proposes LH2/ Superconducting Magnet Onboard Energy Storage Device LITTLETON, CO – A small clean-energy company here that is working in fields as diversified as cryogenics and hydrogen as well as near-zero emission hydrogen-and-natural gas blends is proposing an innovative on-board electric energy storage system that straddles both.
