Does hydrogen have a viable future in passenger cars?

Hydrogen fuel cell power is being pushed hard by a number of global car manufacturers, with one of the main headline attractions being that the emissions are essentially just H2O, oxygen as a useful by-product of the overall process, and nothing else… well, apart from brake dust and tyre wear emissions, subjects for which I […]

Synthetic fuels

Synthetic fuels are nothing particularly new, and we’re familiar with GTL (Gas to Liquid) fuels that are made from natural gas. The Fischer-Tropsch process that’s used for this can employ all kinds of hydrocarbon raw materials, to create designer fuels like kerosene, petrol and diesel, all of them significantly purer and lower in emissions than […]

HYDROGEN AND ELECTRIC: CAN WE BE FRIENDS?

Hi Doc, Now that we’ve resolved the political disagreement I had with Ian, I’m back, and we can discuss the equally contentious subject of motoring. I’m now a bit slow, but I wanted to comment on the battery wish-list you used to answer the question from Les in January. Before Diesel Car magazine even existed, […]

Toyota launches all-new hydrogen fuel cell Mirai

Toyota began development of a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle in 1992, introducing the Mirai saloon to world markets in 2014. Now a new generation Mirai is being launched, a car that Toyota says takes FCEV technology to a higher level and offers “more emotional customer appeal in terms of dynamic, contemporary styling and more rewarding driving performance”.

NORWEGIANS WOULD?

Hi Doc,   There was an interesting story on the BBC website about an electric plane that took its first test flight from Cranfield. It’s a bit short on details, but probably a fuel-cell. Only question is, where is all of the hydrogen going to come from? Because if we have drones, planes, cars, HGVs, […]