Toyota develops new fuel cell hybrid

Toyota has developed a new fuel cell hybrid, a green car powered by hydrogen and electricity, that can travel more than twice the distance of its predecessor model without filling up, the automaker said Friday.

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Fuel Cells Make Power for Homes in Japan

Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but he's proudest of the way his home and 2,200 others in Japan get electricity and heat water — with power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell.

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Did Warren Buffett just corner the railroad market? Nah. He says he bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe because he likes to play with trains.

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The computational model for hydrogen storage using carbon nanotubes should help us quickly solve the problem of having to store hydrogen as a gas under high pressure and/or low temperature.

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"It's not often that bacteria make water more drinkable, but a new microbial desalination cell does precisely that. The proof-of-principle system removed 90 per cent of the salt from a seawater-like solution."

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Definitely a valuable story. The climate change technology race has been years in the making, and yet its just beginning in terms of addressing the scope of the issues.

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A scientist at Ohio University has developed a catalyst capable of extracting hydrogen from urine. That's right. Urine. Now you can fill one tank while draining another.

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A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available. This step-change in capacity could pave the way for a new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops.

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Fuel cells offer many advantages, like cheap electricity, heat, and environmental cleanliness. Here's how one company designed them small enough to use in a home.

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Researchers have developed the first-ever biogas plant to run purely on waste instead of edible raw materials -- transforming waste into valuable material. The plant generates 30 percent more biogas than its predecessors. A fuel cell efficiently converts the gas into electricity.

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No automaker has pursued the development of fuel cell vehicles more aggressively than Honda – or with greater imagination. Not content with merely demonstrating a hydrogen-powered car, it has also taken on the challenge of refueling the car as well.

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Last night, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) demonstrated the world's first manned airplane that can fly exclusively with the use of a fuel cell. The fuel cell, which is based on polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM), generates power for the motor glider's electric engine.

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Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National laboratory are putting the pressure on metal-organic frameworks (MOF).

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Group of videos on T. Boone Pickens Site for alternative energy push.

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Scientists at MIT discover way to mimic plant storage system which may lead to major advancements in solar energy. Links to a video.

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US MIT's Nocera & Kanan found cheap catalysts for electrolysis (2H20 -> O2 + 2H2); Australian Monash U scientists found cheap catalyst for O2 reduction in H2 fuel cells ( O2 + 4e- + 4 H+ -> 2H2O) - HUGE solar energy advances.

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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have combined a liquid catalyst with photovoltaic cells to achieve what they claim is a solar energy system that could generate electricity around the clock.

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Would you buy a car that costs 10 times as much as a hybrid gasoline-electric, like the Prius? What if I told you it had half the range of the hybrid? What if I told you most cities didn't have a single hydrogen fueling station? Not interested yet? This should be the deal closer: …

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I love my cute, zippy little Mini Cooper, but lately I've been cursing it each time I spend more than $50 to fill up.

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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis--the "scream queen" and comedic actress--headlines the quintet of environmentally conscious consumers who will get the first batch of fuel-cell Honda Clarity sedans when they arrive in the United States in July.

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Stan Meyer invented a hydrogen fuel cell that converts any automobile to run on tap water. This conversion kit now made by HydroStar sells for $1500. Stan Meyer never saw his invention reach fruition as he was killed shortly after this documentary was made.

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Morgan Motor Co., the tiny British automaker so old-fashioned it still uses wood frames, is stepping well into the future with LifeCar, a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid it says will prove "a zero-emission vehicle can be fun to drive."

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Hybrids like the Toyota Prius are selling like mad, but they are a stop-gap measure at best and the "misinformed craze" for them may delay sustainable technologies like hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, French researchers say.

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Once upon a time if an auto dealer advocated raising gasoline taxes, he would be placed in a straight jacket, thrown into an insane asylum, and never allowed back in the showroom. How times have changed.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell has been honored with Green Car Journal's Green Car Vision Award™, the first time the auto enthusiast magazine has recognized limited production vehicles for their forward-thinking technologies.

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Fuel Cell Unveiled

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Mercedes-Benz is in the middle of creating the F-Cell concept – which will become a hydrogen fuel cell based vehicle. Mercedes has been testing this and other fuel cell cars around Europe and the United States.

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