[forest]

There are neither hyrodgen nor borax stations here yet.

An onboard reformer to produce hydrogen from gasoline for the fuel cell stacks will be the type of technology probably used in all electric fuel cell vehicles for the foreseeable future.

Apparently they call it a "skateboard" design because most of the working parts are in the a 6-inch thick chassis, stuffed with electronic components. That chassis, in this case, is also a platform frame and apparently holds most of the vehicle's weight. Everything -- the brake and accelerator controls and the steering -- operates with a hand - held unit called an X-Drive, which is moved from side to side like a video game joystick.

[Husker24]

Im not driveing a car with a joystick, wait untill your on the interstate going 75mph and some tiny piece of plastic breaks undernieth the joystick and you can no longer turn right.

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly like low center of gravity vehicles. Last month, he was driving around Chicago on a highway, swerved to miss an object in the lane, in a brand new Mercedes 4x4, and it felt like the thing was going to flip over.

[John Jamieson]

"onboard reformer to produce hydrogen from gasoline"

since half the energy in gasoline comes from burning carbon, producing that nasty plant food CO2, just what does this reformer do with all that carbon?

Wishfull thinking car design number 389,543.

[sigSEGV]

Pictures...

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=iol1029480022328H600

[BJungNan]

The oil companies will buy up the technology, just like they have many other potentially viable alternatives to what they produce and have invested in.

[doug from upland]

"Fuel Cells will finally end the 100 year reign of the internal combustion engine." .....William Ford Jr. Chairman Ford Motor Co.

[ozzymandus]

Blah, blah, blah. Let me know when they make an electric car that actually works and can go more than a few miles in the real world. Meanwhile, what's wrong with internal combustion engines burning alcohol? Other than the fact that the Arabs and the oil companies wouldn't control the world, I mean.

[luckystarmom]

I'll keep our Toyota Prius hybrid. As far as the driver goes, you treat it just like a regular car.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Industrial Hemp

The best of all viable fuel sources.

[Chemist_Geek]

Still, it ran on hydrogen. And hydrogen is a lot more dangerous than gasoline.

Point of information! Gasoline is much more hazardous than gaseous or liquid hydrogen.

First off, hydrogen vapor is lighter than air, unlike gasoline vapor. This means that in a spill situation, the vapors will waft away on the breeze, rather than pooling in low spots and increasing in concentration.

Secondly, the LEL for H₂ is 4% in air, unlike gasoline vapor which can ignite at as low a concentration as 1%.

Thirdly, hydrogen flames are not as radiant, meaning that unless one is nearly in the flame, burns are not likely. Gasoline fires, as we all know, are very radiant and the heat can be felt for great distances.