The hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Hyundai Nexo has just undergone its first crash test, and subsequently, one of the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) first crash tests of a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle.
Source: https://driving.ca/hyundai/auto-news/news/hyundais-hydrogen-fuel-cell-nexo-earns-top-crash-safety-award
The Canadian researchers developed a hydrogen supply chain model.
The model that the University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers developed can help boost support for B.C. hydrogen cars, transforming them from a novelty clean transportation idea into everyday transportation within three decades.
Read MoreRedline Reviews with the Hyundai Nexo Fuel Cell
Source: https://youtu.be/UDDLMWKwTpQ
Due to the new, additional tax planned by the German government, the issue of CO2 has become number one again in recent days. Heating and motoring in particular shall gradually become more expensive, so much so that in the long run fewer and fewer people will be able to afford a car at all. Or they will be forced to buy a new car which is not powered by fossil fuels. The real question is, how bad are alternative motoring concepts for the environment, how do they worsen the greenhouse effect, and are batteries really the solution?
Read MoreHydrogen-powered cars might make a lot of sense, but there are only two public filling stations in Canada: one in Quebec City and one in Vancouver. A third is planned for Montreal and a half-dozen more for B.C.’s Lower Mainland. But outside those areas, without being able to refuel, they’ll literally go nowhere.
Source (subscription required): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/technology/article-hydrogen-powered-cars-are-the-future-but-are-we-ready/
Read MoreHyundai Motor Group’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) Euisun Chung called for immediate action to ensure a ‘sustainable Earth’ in his address to G20 energy Ministers in Karuizawa, Japan.
Read MoreBallard Power Systems will provide six FCmove-HD fuel cell modules to power two B-train tractor-trailer trucks as part of a C$15 million (US$11.2 million) Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC) project. (A B-train consists of two trailers linked together by a fifth wheel.)
Read MoreNew Flyer of America announced that a test demonstration with a New Flyer 40', heavy-duty fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) achieved 350-miles (563 km) of zero-emission range. These results exceeded the 300-mile range performance target by 17% without refueling.
Read MoreTo reach the target of only zero-emission vehicles being sold across Canada by 2040, the federal government announced $430 million of investments in the 2019 budget to entice residents to make the switch.
Read MoreOver the past few years, UPS has been taking some important steps toward greening up its fleet of delivery vehicles. They’ve rolled out three-wheeled e-Bikes and electric vans with launchpads for drones.
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