Comments on: A Lesson for Electric Car Makers in Hydrogen Vehicles' Loss

By: 4 Lessons For Fuel Cell Makers, Amidst the Bloom Boom

4 Lessons For Fuel Cell Makers, Amidst the Bloom Boom — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:01:01 +0000

[...] as set forth in the 2005 Energy Policy Act. In May 2009, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that DOE would no longer fund research into fuel cells for cars, saying that a hydrogen car economy wasn’t likely in the next 20 [...]

By: Ford & DOE Chiefs Weigh In on Planning for High Oil Prices

Ford & DOE Chiefs Weigh In on Planning for High Oil Prices — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:30:10 +0000

[...] contrast, the DOE recently decided to cut $100 million from its hydrogen fuel cell program for 2010 after the agency concluded that converting to a hydrogen car economy with the next 10-20 [...]

By: ArtM72

ArtM72 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:56:51 +0000

The fundamental problem with hydrogen just seems to continue to escape its mention in published articles...its source and the energy cost to produce it. The "hydrogen economy" was a classic red herring given legs by the petroleum industry which knew the thermodynamics were poor.

For the screwball who believes the start of hydrogen abandonment by Obama was due to the lack of campaign contributions, well, that's probably consistant with his faith in intelligent design based creationism. He would do better spending some time learning about the characteristics of the new batteries now going into production whose developement phase from institutions like Argonne is now substantially complete. Great new automotive class batteries are ready to go if you care to make the effort to overturn your longstanding belief that they aren't.

By: Eco-Beat, 5/14 | EcoSilly

Eco-Beat, 5/14 | EcoSilly — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:01:20 +0000

[...] like the Obama administration is getting ready to pull the plug on hydrogen [...]

By: Eco-Beat, 5/14 | FollowGreen.com

Eco-Beat, 5/14 | FollowGreen.com — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:03:39 +0000

[...] solar plant planned for Arizona desert. Looks like the Obama administration is getting ready to pull the plug on hydrogen [...]

By: Eco-Beat, 4/14 | InfoFork.com

Eco-Beat, 4/14 | InfoFork.com — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:05:53 +0000

[...] like the Obama administration is getting ready to pull the plug on hydrogen cars. Eco-Beat, 4/14 originally appeared on Green Daily on Thu, 14 May 2009 15:00:00 [...]

By: Eco-Beat, 4/14 | EcoSilly

Eco-Beat, 4/14 | EcoSilly — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:02:53 +0000

[...] like the Obama administration is getting ready to pull the plug on hydrogen [...]

By: What to read on the GigaOM network

What to read on the GigaOM network — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:15:43 +0000

[...] by those aged 35-49 (NewTeeVee) How to access your Time Capsule over the Internet (TheAppleBlog) A lesson for EV makers in hydrogen vehicles’ loss (Earth2Tech) [...]

By: Josie Garthwaite

Josie Garthwaite — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:59:29 +0000

@Jim I agree that it makes more sense to fund technology that's likely to deliver measurable results in the near future. Ideally that funding can serve as a springboard -- helping to get things up and running and then letting them fly on their own.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:59:43 +0000

I agree with Paul and Rockfish.

The lesson is to pursue a technology that makes sense.

And the infrastructure issues with PHEVs are tiny compared with hydrogen. We can have 400,000 PHEVs on the road with no changes to the grid at all. There's lots of grid capacity at nighttime, when most vehicles would be charging.