20 Jan 2014, 18:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Cold is one of the biggest threats regarding vehicle transportation as it affects the physical properties of any substance or material.
Take for example a set of summer tires - when the outside t...
17 Jan 2014, 12:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Next year, Toyota is planning to release the first batch of fuel cell vehicles in California, but will the people embrace the new technology like it did with the Prius, or everyone will remember abo...
16 Jan 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite the fact Toyota partnered with Tesla over battery research and development, it seem that there is some kind of mute fight between the two.
At a Tesla presentation in Munich, Elon Musk som...
14 Jan 2014, 15:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Green cars are eco? That's so lat-2000s! Blue is the new green. Volkswagen has Think Blue and BlueMotion, Mercedes has BlueTEC engines and now Toyota has a blue fuel cell concept car!
The Ja...
8 Jan 2014, 13:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If all goes well with Toyota’s FCV when it will be launched in 2015, then fuel cell technology will represent the transportation form of the future.
Yes, if you are a true petrolhead this s...
7 Jan 2014, 18:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Unless you are the talented Canadian engineer that used a Prius to power his home in the blizzard, you can’t use your hybrid’s battery to supply your home with electricity when needed. H...
13 Dec 2013, 09:07 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / German Minister President and Green Part member Winfried Kretschmann has a new set of green wheels in the shape of a fuel cell-powered Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL.
“The federal state of Ba...
12 Dec 2013, 16:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Along with the unveiling of the FCV concept fuel cell vehicle at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota promised to put out a production model for it in 2015, hoping to cut down the fuel cell co...
21 Nov 2013, 19:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This may be the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, but Honda seems to want to take us straight to the future. The Japanese carmaker used the event to introduce the FCEV (fuel cell-electric vehicle).
Thi...
11 Nov 2013, 15:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Honda has released a sketch that previews the Honda FCEV Concept that will be unveiled at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show later this month.
According to the Japanese automaker, the concept feature...
5 Nov 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota will showcase a whole batch of world-premiere concept vehicles at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show starting on November 20th and ending on December 1st.
Among them, and probably the most importan...
1 Nov 2013, 18:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Let's face it: we can't go on living like this anymore. It's not that the resource consumption per capita has increased at a global scale but it's simply because we're just ...
28 Oct 2013, 16:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The French-based industrial gas company Air Liquide recently announced to team up with a Toyota subsidiary in order to build a network of fuel-cell filling stations in Japan.
With more than 60 hy...
23 Oct 2013, 08:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As we’ve learned on several occasions in the past, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is the kind of guy who’s certainly not afraid to speak his mind. Well, he did it again, this time in Germany...
21 Oct 2013, 17:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With about a month left until the Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV-R) prototype will be fully unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in November, here is another test drive with the amazing noiseless machine...
3 Oct 2013, 18:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The biggest problem with all-electric vehicles today is their limited range and the lack of charging points. Adding the fact that drivers forget to plug their EV after reaching destination, driving ...
3 Oct 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyama, also known as the Prius’ father, has strongly reaffirmed the company's commitment for developing and introducing a hydrogen-powered vehicle in the US.
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30 Sep 2013, 17:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The so-called “H2 Mobility” initiative consists of six partners: Daimler AG, Air Liquide, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total.
Today, all them agreed on setting up a specific action plan for...
13 Sep 2013, 18:07 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / No less than 13,338 readers of the German Auto Bild and Auto Test participated in an online poll where they the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the B-Class F-Cell in two major categories.
The SLS AMG E...
5 Sep 2013, 14:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota’s solution for the clean future transport is represented by the fuel cell vehicles, like the FCV-R concept we saw already. The technology is still in research, Toyota being partnered wi...