Volkswagen announces plans to create a hydrogen car with a 2,000km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While most companies are betting big on electric vehicles some are now spreading their bets just in case. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Volkswagen,...
The first hydrogen powered trains enter service in Germany
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF For a whole bunch of reasons the transition from polluting fossil fuels is now truly getting underway and it’s great to see it happening. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Airbus uses the giant A380 to test its first prototype Hydrogen jet engines
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen fuel is seen as the aviation industries only route to true zero emissions flight, and Airbus are leading the way. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Tesla researcher demonstrates 100 year 4 Million mile EV battery
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if your cars battery lasted longer than you could live? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. With things like...
Self-improving material could rapidly accelerate the development of green fuels
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the world weans itself off fossil fuels the new fuels we use need to be much greener to produce. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Three years ago, scientists at the...
Futuristic Spinach can send you emails about climate change, life, and stuff
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Plants are getting more super powers than ever before and it’s all thanks to new tech and weird scientists … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past couple of years...
Australian firm unveils the world’s first Hydrogen battery to power homes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future homes won’t be powered by electricity from power stations – and there will be plenty of alternatives. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. The energy industry is changing. Yesterday...
California utility finds a novel way to bring hydrogen energy to the masses fast
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen has more than ten times the energy density of lithium Ion batteries, zero emissions, and nothing to recycle, but distributing it has been an issue until now. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote,...
Designers unveil the world’s first hydrogen powered superyacht
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen packs ten times the energy of traditional LiON batteries and is a clean, green fuel, but its commercialisation has so far been alot slower than competing energy alternatives. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch...
Airbus just unveiled three new radical zero-emission concept aircraft
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The airline industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters, and as society demands action some of them are re-doubling their efforts to clean up their industries for the better. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from...
Hyperion’s XP-1 hypercar is a hydrogen monster looking for a re-fuelling station
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen or electric cars? The technology that wins will be determined by the one with the most accessible charging and fuelling infrastructure… Love the Exponential Future? Join our FREE XPotential Community, enjoy exclusive content, future proof yourself with XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Over the past few...
A hydrogen powered drone just made an epic ocean crossing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Despite advances drones today are still limited by their range, but new technologies like hydrogen fuel cells are helping overcome those limitations. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Although multi-copter drones are now being used to transport everything...
Scientists developed a catalytic reactor that turns greenhouse gases into clean fuel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Companies are always trying to reduce the cost of producing fuel, and if they could find a way to remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere in a sustainable way then that’s just a bonus. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote,...
Promising solar energy breakthrough could replace steel making blast furnaces
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Dirty industrial processes use huge amounts of energy and heat to create cement, glass, and steel, and now we have a way to replace them with green energy. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Creating cement, glass, and...
Hydrogen powered sky taxi boasts record breaking 400km range
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Traditional ground transportation has had its day, but it’s going take a long time before sky taxi’s are ready for mass transport duties. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. Hydrogen is still lagging behind electric batteries as an energy...
Toyota’s zero emission hydrogen trucks start hauling cargo in California
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen powered and Lithium Ion battery powered electric vehicles have been battling for dominance for years, and now fuel cell technology is starting to hit the roads for real. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. It’s been two...
