BMW Turns Reporters Loose with New Hydrogen-7 Bi-Fuel Luxury Sedans in Berlin BERLIN - Journalists took to the streets and roads in and around the German capital last month for a first-hand taste of high-speed hydrogen motoring with the official premiere of the new limited-production bi-fuel BMW Hydrogen 7 luxury sedan.
30th Anniversary Fuel Cell Seminar Moves Offshore to Tropical Hawaii HONOLULU, HI - The 30th anniversary of the Fuel Cell Seminar November 13-17 here on Oahu, one of the smaller of the Hawaiian islands, was a somewhat smaller event than in the past, mainly because the time and distance to get to a place somewhere in the mid-Pacific was clearly daunting for some.
Ford Introduces 350-Mile Range Fuel Cell Explorer SUV at Los Angeles Auto Show LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor Co. entered the fuel cell sweepstakes big time this month with a new fuel cell-powered Explorer SUV prototype with what looks like a range unmatched by any other current fuel cell vehicle - 350 miles (560 km).
The Future: BMW Considers LH2 Hybrids, Works on Lighter Tanks, Better Engines BERLIN - Is there a hydrogen i.c. hybrid in BMW’s future?
Hard to say at this stage. But there are some signs. BMW’s key executive for development and purchasing, management board member Klaus Draeger, referred to it as a distant possibility in his welcoming remarks during the premiere here of BMW’s new Hydrogen 7. And the topic came up again during the half-day series of five detailed briefings on the vehicle itself, its customers, infrastructure and future developments.
New FC Midi-Bus, Renewables Plans for Estonian Island Presented at Conference STRALSUND, GERMANY - First data about the power management regulating the interplay between fuel cell and battery and the resulting performance of a new hybrid midi-bus were presented at the 13th Symposium on Regenerative Energy Sources and Hydrogen Technology here last month.
Experts Urge G8 Heads of State, U.N., to Place Hydrogen High on National Agendas MIAMI, FL – A group of 20 international scientists long in the forefront of hydrogen energy work and advocacy sent a memorandum to the heads of state of the G8 countries last month, urging them to place hydrogen energy at the top of their respective countries’ agendas.
Briefly Noted: EPRI/Brazil The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will manage the evaluation program for up to five public fuel cell transit buses in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Briefly Noted: New H2 Database Washington, DC-based Fuel Cells 2000 together with the U.S. Energy Department’s Hydrogen Program has launched a new searchable database.
Events The “2nd International Lithium Mobile Power Conference” will be held Dec. 4-6 at the Wyndham Resort & Conference Center in Miami Beach, FL.
