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Upscale Fuel Cell Market

Upscale Fuel Cell Market

by | Jul 1, 2017 | Asia

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© Lexus

The core market of Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus has been Asia; in Europe, it sold merely 70,000 cars last year. Despite the headwinds, Lexus is increasingly becoming a serious alternative for many buyers, even though – or maybe precisely because – 98 per cent of its vehicles are hybrids. Alain Uyttenhoven, head of Lexus Europe, said: “When customers come in to pick up their Lexus (more…)

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Shell Study: Fuel Cells for Car Use

Shell Study: Fuel Cells for Car Use

by | Jun 6, 2017 | Asia, Germany, North America, worldwide

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Stijn van Els

This March, Shell presented a new study carried out in collaboration with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Focusing on transportation, the authors compared several different production pathways for hydrogen and took a closer look at the three regions spearheading global development: Germany, Japan and the United States. Jörg Adolf, who headed the project at Shell, said that hydrogen technology had made big advances over the past years, “not just in car use.” (more…)

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Japan Leads the Way – Germany Stays Behind

Japan Leads the Way – Germany Stays Behind

by | May 3, 2017 | Asia

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Birgit Scheppat (r.) with Silke Frank, © Peter Sauber Agentur

The German pavilion at the 13th FC Expo held from March 1 through 3 this year in Japan’s capital was packed with exhibitors. One of the members of the joint booth was again the H2BZ-Initiative Hessen. Birgit Scheppat, board member and professor at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, traveled for the fair to Tokyo and reports for H2-international on her experiences. (more…)

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Diesel Exit – Global Advance of Electric Buses

Diesel Exit – Global Advance of Electric Buses

by | Mar 2, 2017 | Asia, Europe, Germany

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Fuel cell bus in Bolzano, © STA

An increasing number of German cities follow the example of Hamburg and stipulate the use of only zero-emission buses in public transportation starting in 2020 – Berlin’s senate among them. The transit authorities of the German state were instructed to purchase only buses without combustion engines from 2020 to ensure that the state government can meet federal and EU climate protection goals throughout the next decade. (more…)

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FC Expo Now in Osaka Too

FC Expo Now in Osaka Too

by | Mar 1, 2017 | Asia, Germany

fcexpoFrom March 1 through 3, 2017, the FC Expo will again be held in Tokyo, Japan. This year will be the ninth time that Peter Sauber Agentur Messen und Kongresse organizes a German pavilion at the International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo. Bearing the slogan “Hydrogen and fuel cells made in Germany,” the pavilion will offer German businesses and institutions a joint booth of around 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) for networking opportunities in the Asian country. According to Silke Frank, official representative of Peter Sauber, the pavilion has been “the biggest of this trade show for years.” (more…)

Electric Truck Only in 2020

Electric Truck Only in 2020

by | Mar 1, 2017 | Asia, Germany

Hyundai’s H350 Fuel Cell Concept, Source: © Hyundai

Even at the IAA Commercial Vehicles from Sept. 22 to 29, 2016, electric transportation was talked about – albeit not very much. For example, Volkswagen presented his e-Crafter concept study, which even EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger and federal transportation minister Alexander Dobrindt paid a visit during their trade show tour. Delivery of the first units of this electric transporter with a top speed of 80 kph (50 mph) is expected for this year. (more…)

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