I do not know if hydrogen is a ready replacement for hydrocarbons.
Basically, it’s an electric car that is powered by hydrogen.
It takes oxygen from the outside and mixes with hydrogen as it goes along and the exhaust is water.
Potentially, in my view, it’s a better replacement for gasoline than electric batters could ever be. It’s just a matter of whether they can lower the costs enough to mass produce these cars.
Of course I’m waiting for the 38th edition.
Now we know why they were pushing us into lithium EVs.
I’m surprised Hyperion didn’t go the way of Preston Tucker.
(I’m sure it’s not over yet)
Haven’t we done this before, with airships? That didn’t end well. ☹️
Serious question here. Is it reasonably possible to set up a hydrogen creating station at your home through electrolysis from water to create and store sufficient hydrogen to fuel your vehicle?
1,000 mile range?
I guess if the hydrogen tank blows up, you will go into space some 1,000 miles UP.
New astronauts in the making. ;)
Electric vehicles are not the answer, they create waste and do not last long enough, so there is no resale market. Over the course of its lifetime, a gasoline powered car can generate thousands of dollars in taxes for the state from used car sales. Electric cars typically are sold with a multiple thousand dollar tax break, and they won’t be sold multiple times... Maybe hydrogen is the answer.
It is not. The only place in the usa that you can drive a hydrogen car in practice, is california,,and even then refueling stations are in pockets.
Infrastructure isnt there and capacity to extract hydrogen isn’t there either. Don’t know how fast it can be put in, but I’d say 2 decades. Without some kind of other nationwide or worldwide disaster/castastrophe factoring in.
California already has hydrogen fill stations around the LA basin. It was part of existing project buy the stations are spread out so you will likely need that 1000 mile tank. The hydrogen fill station equipment is a bit more finicky as in more maintenance than gas but still works. Hydrogen will require an extensive infrastructure similar to gasoline but would be great for large western states especially in colder regions were a electric cell battery car go to die.
I want battery cars to go the way of VHS tapes.
H2 is very expensive to produce.
But when it combusts, it’s clean.
Yeah. Sure it does.
I’ve worked with high temp hydrogen kilns in the past. Me no like.
Hyperion hasn’t revealed how much the XP-1 will cost but considering its performance and the level of technology, you’re looking at 2-3 million dollars.
I’ll take to please...
Where did that go? And the pill-sized fully nourishing Thanksgiving meal, too!
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....
I only hope Astro won’t be scared during the trips. Going that fast.
Los like a Bugatti Veyron, or variant.
It is not. It is a power transfer medium, not a source.