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.
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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.
And it only takes the energy that would have moved the same car 1500 miles to do it.
Doubtful, for numerous reasons. It is energy intensive to separate from water, then energy intensive to compress into a lank or cool it into a liquid. There is leakage in the best storage facilities due to the small molecule. Burning for power yields a high temperature that must be radiated or conducted away, at a worse efficiency than gasoline engines. Fuel cells are cranky. They are what nearly ended Apollo 13.
Where are they going to get the hydrogen—Jupiter?
Potential to create new matter?
You do know what the first law of thermodynamics says, I hope.
Do you know about nuclear fusion? Oh, I see the problem. I was thinking bigger molecules. ;-D
Even fusion obeys the laws of conservation of energy.
I know. I had a brain fart that made me think only of creating the heavier molecules, not where the material originates. Hey, I’m 73. My physics is more than 50 years away.
“a hydrogen fuel-cell hypercar that has 2000+ hp and a range of 1000+ miles.”
WOW! 2000+ hp. I don’t think I’d be capable of driving it, but I’d give it a shot.
Just to be nitpicky, Oxygen isn’t flammable, it makes other things oxidize (burn).
Area 51 project?
How much energy is required to produce hydrogen, store it and then how economical is it compared to gasoline powered cars?
I am betting gas/diesel/NG powered is more economical and you get more energy out of it.
It’ll cause floods emitting all that deadly dihydrogen monxide. 😲😵
For years I’ve said I’d back hydrogen over electric any time. The only emission is water and it doesn’t require a fvckton of batteries which weigh the vehicle down and contribute to pollution down the road. If environmentalists were serious, hydrogen would be the way to go.
If I won the lotto, I’d invest in these guys. Hands-down.
Wouldn’t excessive water vapor in the atmosphere simply turn into clouds - or condense as rain?
The great thing about hydrogen used as a fuel is that it burns completely clean compared to hydrocarbons. So if clean engines are the goal it is something to consider if we can get hydrogen transportable without using energy made by hydrocarbons to do so.
Basically, it’s an electric car that is powered by hydrogen.
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Basically, it’s an electric car that is powered by electricity using hydrogen.
And how much electricity does it take to make the hydrogen?
I am still waiting on the future to get here. /s
Toyota has the only commercially produced hydrogen fuel cell vehicle available in the US, I think. They only sell in California and recently released the second generation that looks more normal.
The radical anti-progress Left also threw up endless roadblocks on nuclear power which is the cleanest and most efficient electric production we have. And they cry about carbon emitters. As a result it’s been so long, we had a brain drain in the industry as those who had industrial skill, experience and capacity outside military applications aged out. Here in Georgia is the only new nuclear power project in the past twenty or thirty years. It had to be bailed out too. Thankfully Georgia Power didn’t give up.
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