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Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, a Singaporean company will launch this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the world’s first portable desktop hydrogen generator. Called the HYDROFILL, the device plugs into a power supply, a small wind turbine or a solar panel and automatically extracts hydrogen from its water tank.

Suzuki Motor Corporation in partnership with Intelligent Energy, the leading clean power systems company,will present at the Tokyo Motor Show, the new fuel-cell powered scooter. Called Suzuki Burgman, the zero-emission scooter is a demonstration of the potential for zero emissions motorcycles to significantly reduce emissions around the world.

The South Korean government has signed a MOU with oil refiner SK Energy and SK Engineering & Construction to build world’s first hydrogen station that will be able to extract hydrogen from methane emitted by landfills.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced plans to create UK’s first “Hydrogen Highway”, by building a network of hydrogen filling stations throughout the capital. As part of the scheme, a pilot fleet of around 150 hydrogen cars, five buses and 20 black taxis will be assembled in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics.

The Aston Martin Volare concept was a vehicle developed by James Trim during his final year at Coventry University studying Automotive Design.

The world’s first long endurance, commercial hydrogen fuel cell powered Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) will be showcased at AUVSI in Washington on August 11. Developed by BlueBird Aero Systems, “Boomerang” is a electric powered 9kg UAS which can fly for over nine hours using a high performance hydrogen-electric power system from Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies.

A team of Italian researchers have developed a new technique that could be used to make clean fuel from water using nothing other than lasers. ”There is no other chemical agent involved in the process – not solvents, catalysts or radial initiators,” said the researchers Roberto Bini. “This is extremely important because it means that [...]

A team of students from Oxford and Cranfield Universities in England have designed a new hydrogen fuel cell-powered car, being to be unveiled next week. Autocar can reveal that the Riversimple Urban Car will have a far smaller fuel cell than in current industry prototypes and thus needs less hydrogen to be stored on board [...]

The first Mazda vehicle powered by hydrogen was released Tuesday, in Norway. The model RX-8 Hydrogen RE has been developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway’s national hydrogen project. The first unit will take part in ceremonies marking the official opening of HyNor’s hydrogen filling stations. The initial opening ceremony will be held in Oslo [...]

An Romanian designer has presented an electric sport model called Dacia Shift which runs using lithium-ion batteries. Liviu Tudoran was inspired by the Dacia Duster concept, presented at the Geneva Motor Show two months ago, to create a 100% electric vehicle.