1973 – Mentored by Bill Lear

1973 – Mentored by Bill Lear

As a new college graduate, Roger had the rare opportunity to be mentored by one of America’s great inventors / industrialists – Bill Lear. In an informal, at-your-elbow setting, Billings gained invaluable insight and experience in taking products from...
Roger Billings Photo in BYU Digital Collections

Roger Billings Photo in BYU Digital Collections

The BYU Harold B. Lee Library Digital Collections features a May 18, 1972 photograph of Roger Billings and his team working on a hydrogen car.  The library provides a high resolution zooming capability to get an up close look at this moment. See the full size image of...
1972 – UVDC 1st Place Winner

1972 – UVDC 1st Place Winner

This Volkswagen, converted to hydrogen by a Brigham Young University team headed by Roger Billings, won first place for emissions in the “Urban Vehicle Design Competition” at the General Motors Proving Grounds in Ann Arbor, MI. The Contest marked a...
1965 / 1966 – The First Hydrogen Car

1965 / 1966 – The First Hydrogen Car

The conversion of this Model A Ford to run on hydrogen – Roger Billings’ high school science fair project – was a pivotal event to finally launch the sustained interest in and development of hydrogen for private automotive use. Although the Model A was a successful...