[Rca2000]

I STILL maintain that fuel cells are the WAY TO GO, for a truly viable electric car. a 40KW/H pack and maybe 2-4KW/H of “booster cells” for acceleration needs—(fuel cells are NOT good at “peak currents”, since they do not “store anything”),and you could have a NICE , full-size electric car or minivan, with about 200 HP or so, that could travel maybe 350 miles to a “Tank”(of hydrogen-rich fuel like methanol),and then could be refilled JUST like a gas car, and in a very similar way too.

In theory—gasoline CAN be used in a fuel cell—but is WAY too “dirty”(with too many “by products”) to be used efficiently and cleanly.

BTW—you do NOT need 150 KW/H to drive the motors, that is the PEAK draw for acceleration and such, as stated before. for “real world” driving, probably 15-20 KW/H is used. A 50kw/h pack WOULD be good for over 200 miles, maybe more. The EV-1 had an UNDER 20 KW/H pack, and was good for about 70 miles or so.

[Nowhere Man]

In theory—gasoline CAN be used in a fuel cell—but is WAY too “dirty”(with too many “by products”) to be used efficiently and cleanly.

IIRC, on one episode of "Knight Rider," KITT explains that he runs off of a fuel cell and they use their own fuel but they can use gasoline, diesel, and others if that's the only thing available. You brought up methanol, that would be a good idea too, if people still want to use their normal internal combustion engines, they still can do that with some modifications like adjusting the carburettor or fuel injectors and installing anti-corrosive parts. I think Indy style CART cars and Formula One racers use methanol. Such fuel cells were proposed as far back as the 1950's.