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Breakthrough on Toyota battery for Electric Vehicle

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-08-14T13:52:45+00:00 July 31st, 2017|Categories: Automobiles and Energy, batteries, Toyota|Tags: Automobiles and energy, batteries, toyota|

Paul Williamsen, Strategic Communications, Lexus International confirmed that Toyota is near a technological breakthrough for electric car batteries. Toyota is near a breakthrough for electric car batteries I was working, via email, with Williamsen on the difference between Li-Ion batteries and NiMH batteries in the Toyota Prius. I had asked why they used both in [...]

Volvo, China, France, California EVs

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-08-14T13:54:49+00:00 July 10th, 2017|Categories: Alternative Fuels, Automobiles and Energy, Politics, Volvo|Tags: alternative fuels, Automobiles and energy, politics, volvo|

Last week on the Washington Post carchat there were many questions about Volvo's decision to go all electrified by 2019. Why they asked? Why only Electric vehicles? In the face of the G20 conference just held in Hamburg, Germany, where nineteen of the countries in attendance agreed to the Paris Climate Change agreement, the United [...]

2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle FCX

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-04-03T16:54:31+00:00 March 27th, 2017|Categories: Fuel cells, Honda, Hydrogen|Tags: energy, Fuel Cell Vehicle, honda, honda clarity, hydrogen, technology|

Not everyone is going to be able to drive a fuel cell vehicle (FCV), but for the people that can, the Honda Clarity has a great deal for you. For those that can purchase a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or Electric Vehicle (BEV) hold tight, only Honda has the ability to bring [...]

Where does Hydrogen come from Mommy?

By Lou Ann Hammond| 2017-03-31T14:39:54+00:00 March 17th, 2017|Categories: Fuel cells, Honda, Hydrogen|Tags: fuel cells, honda clarity, hydrogen|

I remember as a kid going to a farm and milking a cow. The farmer took us to a cylindrical vat and put the milk in the silver jug. He then showed us how the juice from the milk's udder sits and becomes cream and butter. Oil has the same settling effect but needs [...]