Meet GM’s slapped together Chevy Volt hydrogen prototype. It is live for all to see at this year’s 2008 CES. Check the gallery at Engadget.

The Valeswood Pearl hydrogen-fueled, power-assisted bicycle, which does up to 15 MPH and takes you about 80 miles before you need to juice the batteries is the latest in personal transport. Plus when you are all done with it, it folds up and can be stashed in the trunk of your car.

The $4000 price tag though, might make you stop and calculate the price of gasolne and how many gallons you can get for 4 grand.

Ford is now the "world’s first automaker to set a land speed record for a production-based fuel cell powered car."

The Place: Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover UT
The Date: August 15 2007
The Skinny: retired Ford employee Rick Byrnes cranked that Hydrogen Fusion 999 to a speed of 207.297 mph which now becomes the benchmark for fuel cell powered vehicles.

Ford announced that it could be on the verge of producing hydrogen cars into the market within the next 5 years if things go right.  They’ve been using 12 passenger shuttle buses powered by internal combustion hydrogen engines and it’s been the closet they’ve been to a mass production.

We really believe this technology is ready to be evaluated at the consumer level

They’ve been monitoring the buses across the United States, harping on the zero emissions and the greater fuel economy.  Go green earth!

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Talk about a proof of concept. Ford hopes to break the land speed record for hydrogen-powered fuel cell autos with its Fusion 999. It’s not a practical model, being cooled with what I’m guessing is rather impractical technology, but Ford’s hoping this baby will hit 200MPH. Makes me a lot more willing to consider giving up my gas-powered sports sedan.