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At the opening of the press events for the Frankfurt Auto Show, Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of Mercedes-Benz showed off the new F-Cell production concept and said that hydrogen cars would be coming in the “hundreds of thousands” over the next few years from a variety of manufacturers.

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Did you think that open source was only for IT? Think again. Bucking the whole automotive mainstream, Hugo Spowers has a big idea: building an open source designed car from multiple vendors and using as many commonly-available parts as possible.

Read More: The Open Source Hydrogen Car: the Urban

This is a very cool and much-needed idea. The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the Department of Energy (DoE) have partnered on a project they’re calling TransAtlas (Transportation Atlas). It’s a Google Maps-based map for finding information on alternative fuels nationally.

Read More: The TransAtlas - a New, Interactive Map For Alt Fuel

Proton Power Systems finally found someone to test their hydrogen fuel cell large vehicle application system. Teaming with the Swiss consortium hy.muve, Proton build a fuel cell-powered street sweeper that is now being tested as it cleans the streets of Basle, Switzerland.

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The Antares DLR H2 is the first manned hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft to take flight, totally unassisted, in history. While hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft have flown before, the DLR H2 is the first to do so both without a hybrid engine and without an assist from another airplane to get airborne.

Read More: First Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Takes to the Skies

The road trip started in Chula Vista, California on Monday, May 27, 2009. The tour ended in Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday, June 3rd. The tour group stopped in 28 cities along the way and made hydrogen-fueled history with 12 vehicles making the trek.

Read More: Hydrogen Road Tour a Success: 1,700 Miles From California to Vancouver, B.C.

Ronn Motors has announced that the RBX Management Corporation will be testing the H2Go hydrogen injection system on two semi-trucks this summer. RBX Management is an independent contractor for FedEx.

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Mazda is famous for two things: fun cars and Wankel Rotary Engines. The company has two cars in its lineup right now it’s testing as hydrogen models: the Premacy and the RX-8. The Premacy is a mini-van and the RX-8 is a sport coupe and both use rotary engines.

Read More: Mazda’s Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid

Nestle Waters, the company that makes seven of the top ten bottled water brands on the market, has converted the lift trucks (aka forklifts) at their Dallas, Texas plant to hydrogen fuel-cell power. The Dallas facility is one of Nestle Waters largest and this conversion changed all of their sit-down lift trucks over to fuel-cell power.

Read More: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Lift Truck Conversions at Nestle’ Waters

Wondering how the infrastructure for hydrogen-based vehicles could be set up quickly? EERC might have the answer.

Read More: EERC’s On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling Patent Approved