This week the Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Drive Eco-Trek checks out interesting green news along the Hydrogen Highway in California. Watch all episodes here. The bottle village looks pretty interesting. It’s in Simi Valley, so you can throw in a visit to the Ronald Reagan library all in the same day! Bottle Village in Los Angeles Grandma Prisbey’s Bottle [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hydrogen Economy’
Eco-Trek Rolls on to California
March 18th, 2011 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Justin Manger, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: California, Eco-Trek, Hydrogen Economy, Los Angeles 
No Comments »The Run Down on Current and Future Low-Emission Japanese Cars
November 4th, 2010 Justin Manger JAMA, the Japan Automobile Manufacturer’s Association, has released their 2010 report Building in America. According to their statistics, Japanese car companies provide employment for 400,000 Americans from all 50 states. Manufacturing investment in the U.S. by JAMA’s member companies reached $33,280,000,000 (that’s 33 billion) in 2009. Having distinguished themselves by being the first to offer hybrid vehicles [...]
Hydrogen Clean Energy Project at Emory University
August 8th, 2010 Eric Wilson In the summer edition of Emory Magazine, there was an intriguing article about chemists using solar power to turn “hydrogen into clean fuel.” One of the major issues with using hydrogen as a fuel source, is that it needs to be separated from water, which requires energy. However, since the first law of thermodynamics (also [...]
On-site Fuel Cell Will Power New Whole Foods Market
April 17th, 2009 Justin Manger A new 60,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market under construction in Dedham, Massachusetts will generate most of its energy from a 400 kW fuel cell from UTC Power. UTC Power is based in Windsor, Connecticut and focuses on “developing and producing fuel cells for on-site power at buildings and for transportation applications.” It is a company of [...]
LA Times Reviews the Honda Clarity
February 13th, 2009 Eric Wilson Dan Neil, car reviewer for the Los Angeles Times, wrote an article about the Honda FCX Clarity which landed on the front page of today’s Business section. Titled, “Honda FCX Clarity has everything but a future”, Neil proceeds to praise the styling, innovation and feel of the car, while claiming that the energy and capital [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Electric Vehicles, Honda Clarity, Hydrogen Economy, Plug-in Hybrid, Tesla No Comments »The Hydrogen Economy
January 26th, 2009 Eric Wilson Several carmakers have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in various stages of development. From BMW’s Hydrogen 7 and GM’s The Sequel to Honda’s Clarity FCX, which is now available on a limited basis in Southern California, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been touted as a potential replacement for gasoline, internal combustion engines. The Clarity is currently [...]
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