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Hyundai-Kia "confident we can beat" Toyota's $50,000 price on fuel cell cars
Hyundai-Kia has been hard at work on its fuel cell technology. A couple weeks ago, the company announced that significant progress has been made and the target date for release of its fuel cell vehicles to the general public is now set for 2012. The company plans to have at least 10,000 fuel cell vehicle in consumers' hands by 2015. Of course, nobody can forget the announcement from Toyota last month stating that its $50,000, production-ready hydrogen sedan would debut in 2015.
Report: Toyota and Daimler planning "extensive cooperation" on fuel cell development
Daimler began developing fuel-cell vehicles way back in 1994. To date, the company has spent $1.23 billion on the propulsion technology. Toyota entered into the hydrogen realm even earlier by kicking off development back in 1992. With decades of combined experience, both companies have become front runners in fuel-cell technology. Toyota and Honda became the first automakers to put commercial hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles on the roads back in 2002.
Hydrogen highway opens in Norway
The HyNor Partnership and StatoilHydro are pleased to announce the official opening of the Norwegian hydrogen highway, HyNor, on 11 May 2009 at StatoilHydro's new hydrogen station at Økern in Oslo. HyNor was opened by Norway's Minister of Transport and Communications, Liv Signe Navarsete. H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway joined the first stage of the EVS Viking Rally, from Oslo to Lier, together with internationally renowned race car driver Henning Solberg. The governing mayor of Oslo, Erling Lae, opened StatoilHydro's new hydrogen service station at Økern, and Navarsete opened the hydrogen station at StatoilHydro's service station in Lier.
Programmet til Hydrogenkonferansen er klart
Programmet til Hydrogenkonferansen 2008 er nå klart. I år setter vi søkelys på utviklingen av hydrogen i transport internasjonalt i tillegg til fokus på hydrogen i Norge.
Mazda overleverte hydrogenbil til HyNor
Mazda, representerte ved hydrogen program manager Akihiro Kashiwagi, overleverte i går hydrogenbilen Mazda RX8 til HyNor, representert ved HyNors styreleder Johan Thoresen. Det kommer inntil 30 slike til Norge i løpet av neste år.
Vil du lease en hydrogenbil?
Vil du være en av de som kjører i en bil som bare slipper ut vann av tanken? Utslipp fra transportsektoren står for en stor del av verdens samlede CO2-utslipp. Overgangen til et transportsystem basert på ikke-fossile brensler både vil og må komme.
Honda startar serieproduksjon
Honda tek det viktige steget og startar serieproduksjon av hydrogenbilar. Modellen FCX går på rein hydrogen og elektrisitet.
Første hydrogenbil på svenske vegar
Per dags dato er det 14 hydrogenbilar på norske vegar, men no kjem Sverige etter. Det er eit samarbeid mellom Malmø kommune og energiselskapet Eon, som har ført til at Sverige sin aller første hydrogenbil no er ein realitet.