Posted on 11/26/2022 2:51:50 PM PST by Jonty30
Hyperion has unveiled their XP-1 hypercar, which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain and has a total range of more than 1,000 miles. The Hypercar is expected to go into production this year and was spotted on the streets of Las Vegas in 2021. With this car, Hyperion plans to start a revolution in hydrogen-propulsion technology in the automobile industry.
The Hyperion XP-1 can be taken as a prime example of what a hydrogen-powered car can do. For those of you who haven’t heard about this manufacturer, they are new to the automotive business. Unlike other manufacturers using hybrid or fully electric powertrains, they have worked on creating a hydrogen fuel-cell hypercar that has 2000+ hp and a range of 1000+ miles.
As long as the flying car finally arrives. :)
“Also, plenty of ‘tards would probably blow up their homes or burn them down.”
I am all for it.
Where did that go? And the pill-sized fully nourishing Thanksgiving meal, too!
They are going into new models of pacemakers and hearing aides as we talk about this. You’ll start seeing them in consumer products like digital watches in 2023 or 2024. For low voltage, long use item the technology is already there. Elon Musk has people working on NDB to improve the power output. If successful, they will revolutionize the world.
It takes far more energy to produce and store the hydrogen than you get back when you consume it. So the question is...what other form of energy will you have to use to produce the hydrogen? Most likely fossil fuels....
Government regulators have held all this back until they complete their assessments. Still waiting.
I only hope Astro won’t be scared during the trips. Going that fast.
Please identify “they”.
Los like a Bugatti Veyron, or variant.
https://www.refractorymetal.org/titanium-iron-hydrogen-storage-alloy/
https://www.titaniumfelt.com/hydrogen-storage-technology/
I think that Titanium is also being researched for gas storage because it develops a hydride surface that prevents Hydrogen migration and because its light.
Plenty of H2 available at refineries that have a catalytic reformer.
I can see the potential for solar power in generating hydrogen. I don’t know if it can be done efficiently with passive power generation, but it wouldn’t matter as much if the generation unit is built over Death Valley.
It is not. It is a power transfer medium, not a source.
Is it possible to generate your own Hydrogen? Yes it is possible. Is it possible to do it economically? Not hardly unless you have solar cells, a lot of them. If you have a nuclear reactor at your disposal you could do it but nuclear reactors are not cheap so no you can’t do it economically. I have a neighbor that has an EV and a lot of solar on the roof and he swears by it for local driving. It will take a log time for him to break even on costs but he isn’t buying much gas. If he has to go more than 250 miles he takes his gas car. Japan is experimenting with nuclear reactors cooled with Helium which because it does not have to have moving water is pretty safe. Reactors could generate enough electricity or high temperature steam to make hydrogen from water through electrolysis or convert natural gas, methane, into hydrogen with high temperature steam, a temperature of around 2000°F or so will do the job.
Now the problem is how do we store the hydrogen. When we burn hydrocarbons mostly we are burning hydrogen that is trapped with other molecules or atoms so we get pollution. Hydrogen really is clean. unless you use solar or nuclear to make the hydrogen it is not clean. Hydrogen is not energy dense per it’s mass so we use it under extremely high pressure. Break the container of high pressure hydrogen and your in for a real report.
Hydrogen fuel is a good fuel but it is difficult to work with and hard to keep at efficient pressures safely.
When chemists come up with a good way to store hydrogen in a liquid that will allow the hydrogen to be easily removed when needed then I think we will be on to something.
I understand that. The only question is whether it can be made to work reasonably well or not.
Hydrogen is a small molecule. It is all about leaks. The problems that postponed the recent Orion launch were all about hydrogen leaks. Believe if you will that NASA is fully incompetent while start-up automaker is not.
OK, I have a file on computer at home. I am not home.
When I get home I will access the articles and send some links to you.
I have been watching these things develop for about 5 years.
I know about that one problem with hydrogen. One proton and one electron makes it very difficult to store.
We have potential for that, unfortunately.
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