Posted on 06/16/2024 7:12:48 PM PDT by Jonty30
While most ebikes on the road today will come with a battery pack, some are riding down the hydrogen fuel-cell cycle path. HydroRide not only has fuel-cell ebikes available, but also a compact refill station to top up H2 canisters. The global ebike market is estimated to grow in value to almost US$120 billion by 2030, and it's not surprising. Whether commuting or leisure riding, pedal-assist bikes take some of the strain out of the journey while also opening up routes for older riders. The vast majority of ebikes on the street roll with Li-ion batteries, but they can spend a good deal of time parked up charging, Swiss tech company HydroRide Europe AG is hoping to tempt e-cyclists over to the hydrogen fuel cell camp with the promise of super-fast top-ups for its range of city ebikes. And even has a compact hydrogen generator in its product portfolio, which can produce 20 g of hydrogen from 200 ml of purified water in around five-to-six hours. The company says that its refill station can even be powered by solar panels instead of the grid to produce green hydrogen, though efficiency and operational figures don't appear to have been revealed.
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“Hydrogen fuel-cell ebikes can be ‘recharged’ in seconds”
sure, when every convenience store in the U.S. has leak proof hydrogen handling facilities, including high pressure storage that can be refilled, and have pressure-reduction dispensing, AND all made to be completely explosion proof ... i estimate such facilities would cost only a few million each ... and then there are the hydrogen wholesale distribution centers and hydrogen transport trucks to refill the convenience store hydrogen dispensers ... i estimate THOSE facilities to cost many tens of millions ...
once all of that infrastructure is build, “ebikes” could easily be refilled in seconds for only a few hundred dollars per fill-up ...
You may have worked with hydrogen but I challenge you to show numbers to support your post.
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The data was all blown up.
“12-14 is pretty slow”
LOL!
It is a nice touring pace for the average rider on scenic trails.
To me, your car is pretty slow.
I know have smashed hydrogen tanks, hitting them with trains and whatever. Breaches to empty immediately and the hydrogen just joins water. No danger that they’ve been able to demonstrated in kinetic crashes.
I know engineers have smashed hydrogen tanks, hitting them with trains and whatever. Breaches to hydrogen tanks empties immediately and the hydrogen just joins water. No danger that they’ve been able to demonstrated in kinetic crashes.
“When I used to road bike more, “
“used to”
What do you do now?
Changing the tanks can be done in seconds. I think that is what it means. When you run out of hydrogen, you switch tanks and the system recharges in seconds.
To get the hydrogen, on their system, takes about 6 hours from 200mL of water.
If they can get the speed up to at least 20mph, it could be a good system for going to work and back. Pull out your tank and switch it with the bottle that has been charging all day and go biking afterwards.
Hydrogen as a motor fuel is silly. Apart from the gas containment problems the exhaust gas, water vapor, is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. But I suppose that since eco-fanatics are basically insane people, that really doesn’t matter.
“22-24 was my general flat ground speed.
12-14 is pretty slow”
If you did that on our scenic trails you would be a danger to all.
1.0 KPH = 0.61 MPH
1.0 MPH = 1.61 KPH
“Hydrogen as a motor fuel is silly. Apart from the gas containment problems the exhaust gas, water vapor, is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. But I suppose that since eco-fanatics are basically insane people, that really doesn’t matter.”
e-bikes are great! What is your problem?
I think the problems of hydrogen are all overblown.
Hydrogen is a better energy carrier in the long-term than lithium.
As far as I know, for individual use, it’s safe.
In my bicycling days, a steady 15 mph was pretty respectable.
But I was not fancy, nor ever wore a bird-head helmet (nor any helmet), nor spandex, nor was I ever a homosexual tort lawyer.
Get a (gasoline) motorcycle. Why are you happy with 20 mph?
I’m happy with my bike. I face almost no traffic on my route.
It’s great fun as well.
“I’ve worked with hydrogen in an industrial setting.”
I was wondering about the risk factor, thanks, that’s a start.
I also save almost $200/month in fuel.
“I was wondering about the risk factor, thanks, that’s a start.”
Start by ignoring his post.
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