Failing that, it might be necessary to plug in the hydro unit to house current overnight, resulting in a semi-selfsufficient unit, but probably alot cheaper due to less power needed than plugging in a battery recharger unit directly.
Hydro technology is already coming... there is a toy sized car available from one of the researching companies that comes with its own solar powered fueling station. They sell for $40 each. So it is not unrealistic to ask.... if they can do that, then why don't they just make an hydro-electric hybrid instead? If the hydro is used to simply recharge a battery, and it runs 24 hours, then then we should have the technology right now that could stop our dependence on foreign oil!
If I had investors, I'd build the thing and sell it myself! But I am stuck living in and driving a truck for a while yet and our Republic needs this now. So in the spirit of Jefferson and Franklin who gave away some of their best ideas to help the country... heres this one!
> uses water for fuel
huh?
Clarification: Instead of the hydro power technology having to produce alot of power right now, to power a vehicle, it would only need to produce a small or moderate amount of power constantly, thus, making the needed technology simpler and cheaper.
They are working on fuel cell technology, but it is super expensive right now.
What the heck is "hydro power"?
Tesla Motors' car is a very nice implementation of a simple idea: Battery-powered electric car, using Li-ion batteries (the same kind used for notebook computers) to store the electricy.
You plug it in and you have the juice to run the electric car.
Energy-wise, very efficient. The downside is they need 1000 lbs of battery, and at approx $250/kwH or more, its pricey. (.11 KwH/km x 400km = 44 kwH = $11,000 or so for the battery pack alone.)
Li-ion takes about 2,000 recharges, and gets about 250 miles per charge, so needs to be replaced after 500,000 miles.
"Hydro" has nothing to do with it.
All the Hollywood elite should love this as an eco-friendly substitute for the Hummer.
The Tesla Roadster’s "fuel tank" weighs in at about 1,000 pounds and delivers four to five times the energy-density stores of other batteries. Safe, light, durable, and recyclable, it represents the biggest innovation in the Tesla Roadster and is one of the largest and most advanced lithium-ion battery packs in the world... recharge time is impressively quick, enabled by an onboard, high-power charging system... Our motor can operate continuously around 120°C, thanks to the array of air-cooling fins on our aluminum housing... The Tesla Roadster has only two forward gears and either one will work for most of your driving.Basically, it's a larger version of a cellphone battery, which means it charges up fast. Naturally, people using the car in California will just expect their employer to provide an electrical outlet so that the car can be charged on the company nickel, during peak load time for the power grid. Then complain that the price of electricity is too high and brownouts are too often. More airhead ideas courtesy the mentality of the entertainment industry, which expects the working people to be the patrons and pay all the bills.
Enviros should put their money where their mouth is and spend the $100K+ on this non-polluting vehicle.
But they won't because it is you and I that should have to sacrifice, not them. Al Gore better buy one (and this hydro unit) next week.