News tagged with hydrogen powered car

Want fuel cells? Think outside the hydrogen tank

(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people hear the words "fuel cell," they think of eco-friendly, hydrogen-powered cars that emit nothing more than water.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Putting sunshine in the tank

Working with the Universities of East Anglia, York and Nottingham and using nanotechnology 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair, the researchers are working on harnessing the vast energy of the Sun to ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Japanese automakers rev up efforts in hydrogen cars

Imagine a car that can be refuelled in minutes but emits only water. Sounds like science fiction? In fact it already exists -- Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis has one. So does Honda president Takanobu Ito.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 12

Mean, green machine - future of motor racing

Cars powered by chocolate, steered by carrots with drivers sitting on soybean oil foam seats - it's motor racing's cheap, cheerful and environmentally-friendly series of the future.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

In S.C., high-tech bet on hydrogen-powered cars may be move in wrong direction

The Obama administration's plan to cut research dollars for hydrogen-powered cars is not good news for South Carolina and its capital city Columbia, which just last month opened two hydrogen fueling stations and unveiled ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 10, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 40