This week saw two technological breakthroughs in the auto-world. First, Honda started production of its hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle : FCX Clarity, albeit on a limited basis. Honda is expected to manufacture 200 Clarity units over the next three years, but it will probably take another 8-10 years for it to be pulled into the […]

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In my last blog entry I began to discuss the benefits of using hydrogen as a virtually pollution-free fuel source. In effort to capitalize on the potential of hydrogen, fuel cells would have to replace internal combustion engines. So exactly how does a fuel cell work? At its core the fuel cell […]

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In April of this year the Secretary of Transportation (Mary E. Peters) proposed an interesting plan: She calls for an acceleration of last year’s Congress enacted CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards by a whopping 25%. For those in need of a refresher, CAFE is the sales weighted average fuel economy, expressed in miles […]

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In 1978 gasoline was selling for .63 cents a gallon and forward thinkers had decided then to create an annual competition that would pit college and university teams against each other in design, construction, and endurance of open-wheel race cars. This competition was (and still is) known as the Formula SAE and while 30 […]

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Hummer, or as David Hirsch of Friends of the Earth calls it “the most anti-environmental vehicle in the history of the world”, might soon become a thing of the past, at least in the US. The drastic fall in demand for the vehicle has compelled General Motors - its owner, to consider various options […]

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