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Students Build Hydrogen Vehicle That Gets 1,336 MPG

Jerry James Stone — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:56:29 +0000

Turkish students at Sakarya University have built a hydrogen car that gets 1,336 mpg. Well, sorta.

Called the SAHİMO, the vehicle’s current range is about 353 miles on a quarter gallon of fuel (568 kilometers on 1 liter). It travels such an obscene distance with so little fuel due to the vehicle’s uber-light weight: it weighs only 240 pounds (110 kilograms). The car’s made up of 90-percent carbon fiber.

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Knight Rider’s KITT is a Hydrogen Electric Hybrid

Jerry James Stone — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:01:12 +0000

The latest installment of Knight Rider was greened up for NBC’s Green is Universal week. The eco-friendly run involves select NBC shows — like the current version of Knight Rider — getting a fresh coat of green paint. Low VOC, of course!

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Scientists Reach Hydrogen Storage Milestone

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:52:38 +0000

Hydrogen cars may be feasible sooner than previously thought thanks to the efforts of a research team at the University of Crete in Greece. The scientists have developed a hydrogen storage model that can store up to 41 grams of hydrogen per liter— almost matching the US Department of Energy’s target of 45 grams per liter.

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New Catalyst Can Produce Hydrogen Efficiently from Biofuels

Ariel Schwartz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:12:13 +0000

This week is turning out to be a good one for the discovery of new catalysts. First we had catalysts to clean up toxic pollutants, and now researchers at Ohio State University say that they have developed a catalyst to make hydrogen from ethanol at 90% efficiency at only 350 C (a low temperature in biofuel industry standards). The low temperature will bring both cost and energy savings.

Ohio State University professor Umit Ozkan says that the catalyst is significantly less expensive than others being developed because it does not contain precious metals. Instead, it contains cerium oxide (a common ingredient in ceramics) and calcium.

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Mazda’s New Premacy Hydrogen Hybrid Rotary Engine Car Takes to the Road

Max Lindberg — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:45:54 +0000

Mazda’s newest hydrogen rotary engine will take to public roads in Japan for testing this year. The company says the vehicle is the world’s first hydrogen hybrid car with a dual-fuel system, enabling the use of either hydrogen or gasoline.

The Japanese government has given Mazda Motor Corporation permission to test the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid minivan on public roads in that country. The next step will be commercial leasing in Japan during this fiscal year.

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