Richard Branson’s upscale airline Virgin Atlantic Airways will use six General Motors hydrogen fuel cell Equinoxes in place of limousines to transport VIP travelers to and from airports in New York and Los Angeles. The airline is now looking at ways to create biodiesel from algae.

Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec) and Roush Industries have completed a conversion of a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck to run on hydrogen. The hydrogen internal combustion truck will be used by the Center for Hydrogen Research for field testing and demonstration work.

Hydrogen Forecast spoke with Hyundai's Todd Suckow at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show about the Korean carmaker's fuel cell efforts and the i-Blue concept that had its North American debut here.

H2Go - a hydrogen powered remote-controled developed by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and marketed by hobbyist company Corgi International - receives high praise at the 2008 ToyAwards in Germany.The H2Go will make a US appearance at the New York Toy Fair Feb. 17-20. The model will be available for purchase in September 2008 for $99.99, which was the same price as the previous generation H-Racer, also designed by Horizon.

In the second part of a conversation with Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research & development and strategic planning says GM engineers modeled their fifth-generation stack technology within the architecture of the Honda Clarity. As a result, Burns is very confident GM's new stack and electronics compare very well to Honda's.(more)

Chrysler revealed a new hydrogen fuel cell range extended electric vehicle concept called the ecoVoyager at the North American International Auto Show today. The four seat single box design features a new power-train configuration for Chrylser.(more)

On the way to Consumer Electronics show for the launch of the Cadillac Provoq concept, Hydrogen Forecast had the opportunity for a wide-ranging discussion with Larry Burns, vice president of R&D for GM(more)

General Motors will display the third different vehicle design based on its E-Flex powertrain architecture at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. The new Cadillac Provoq is mid-sized crossover utility vehicle built on a fuel-cell powered variant of E-Flex.(more)

The Cadillac Provoq concept is debuting at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show as a luxury crossover built on a fuel cell powered version of GM's E-Flex architecture. The Provoq concept has already incorporated aerodynamic lessons learned in production development of the Chevrolet Volt. (more)

The House of Representatives has passed an energy bill that could bring the first increase in fuel economy standards since the mid 1980s. It's still unclear if this bill will become law.(more)