On Earth Day 2008, Peugeot and Intelligent Energy unveil the latest product of their joint development program, a fuel cell-powered Peugeot van dubbed the H2Origin. The van's hydrogen tanks are easily swapped out for full units refilled at another location. If such a system is shown to be viable, existing filling stations could potentially offer hydrogen tank exchanges in a similar manner to how propane tanks are sold today.

In prepared comments to the National Hydrogen Association, Larry Burns, GM's vice president of Research and Development, says there is no technical reason stopping major auto makers from producing fuel cell models in large numbers, and challenges government and energy companies to seriously commit to significant infrastructure investments to make the fuel available to metropolitan areas. 

Ford is delivering two more of its hydrogen fueled shuttle buses for use at the Detroit Metro Airport. The buses are part of a 30-vehicle fleet with more than 20 in service in cities such as Orlando and Las Vegas.

Richard Branson’s upscale airline Virgin Atlantic Airways will use six General Motors hydrogen fuel cell Equinoxes in place of limousines to transport VIP travelers to and from airports in New York and Los Angeles. The airline is now looking at ways to create biodiesel from algae.

Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec) and Roush Industries have completed a conversion of a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck to run on hydrogen. The hydrogen internal combustion truck will be used by the Center for Hydrogen Research for field testing and demonstration work.

Hydrogen Forecast spoke with Hyundai's Todd Suckow at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show about the Korean carmaker's fuel cell efforts and the i-Blue concept that had its North American debut here.

H2Go - a hydrogen powered remote-controled developed by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and marketed by hobbyist company Corgi International - receives high praise at the 2008 ToyAwards in Germany.The H2Go will make a US appearance at the New York Toy Fair Feb. 17-20. The model will be available for purchase in September 2008 for $99.99, which was the same price as the previous generation H-Racer, also designed by Horizon.

In the second part of a conversation with Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research & development and strategic planning says GM engineers modeled their fifth-generation stack technology within the architecture of the Honda Clarity. As a result, Burns is very confident GM's new stack and electronics compare very well to Honda's.(more)

Chrysler revealed a new hydrogen fuel cell range extended electric vehicle concept called the ecoVoyager at the North American International Auto Show today. The four seat single box design features a new power-train configuration for Chrylser.(more)

On the way to Consumer Electronics show for the launch of the Cadillac Provoq concept, Hydrogen Forecast had the opportunity for a wide-ranging discussion with Larry Burns, vice president of R&D for GM(more)