Honda scales back and delays plans for hydrogen fuel cell plant
Honda plans to scale back and delay plans to begin operating a dedicated hydrogen fuel cell production plant in Japan, blaming "recent changes" in the global hydrogen market.
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Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.
World’s biggest hydrogen taxi operator goes all electric, blames high costs
Hype, the Paris-based company that operates the world's biggest fleet of hydrogen taxis has reportedly dumped the technology and pivoted to all electric cars.
Petrol station giant launches hydrogen refuelling station, powered by “sustainable electricity”
Oil and gas refiner launches "Australia's first renewable hydrogen refuelling station" for heavy hydrogen-powered trucks and buses.
Economists want focus on battery trucks, say hydrogen freight “makes little sense”
Economists in Europe have called on governments to focus on battery electric trucks to decarbonise freight because hydrogen trucks are not efficient and supporting them "makes little sense."
Australian eVTOL pioneer harnesses F1 cooling technology for long-range flight
AMSL Aero has partnered with Conflux Technology to use its cooling technology to enable long-range hydrogen-fuelled flights of 1,000 kilometres at speeds of up to 300km/h.
Airbus slashes budget and delays hydrogen-powered aircraft program
Airbus puts its hydrogen powered aircraft plans on hold, confirming an up to 10 year delay as it slashes its budget and shelves plans to test hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion on an A380.
Hydrogen car is dead and buried, just three years after Morrison hailed it a “game changer”
Former Coalition government made a big deal about hydrogen cars while claiming the EV would ruin the weekend. But no one is about to take a fuel cell car on a camping trip.
Fortescue debuts hydrogen-powered haul truck prototype in pursuit of “real zero” emissions
Fortescue says a hydrogen-powered haul truck prototype nicknamed ‘Europa’ will begin testing at its Pilbara mines in its pursuit of "real zero" emissions.
Forget EVs, the Coalition has a plan for nuclear-fuelled hydrogen cars
The Coalition used to say EVs will ruin the weekend and won't tow your boat. Now one of their Senators is very excited about nuclear-fuelled hydrogen cars.
BMW rolls out impressive fuel cell iX5, but the time has already passed for hydrogen cars
BMW presented some fuel cell EVs to Australian media. And while the cars were impressive, it is clear that the time has already passed for the hydrogen car.