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Automotive engineers are telling you that internal combustion engines have been regulated to the point of being air purifiers? Are they working on hydrogen bas
by RobLach 9y ago
Automotive engineers are telling you that internal combustion engines have been regulated to the point of being air purifiers?
Are they working on hydrogen based engines?
- petre 9y agoToyota is but sales have been underwhelming, infrastructure is lacking, the vehicle is quite ugly and you essentialy have a bomb (high pressure container) in your car - with the added disadvantage that hydrogen is odourless and the flames are invisible in daylight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Mirai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Mirai
- opencl 9y agoThe Mirai isn't using a hydrogen engine, it's using fuel cells. There are also internal combustion engines that burn liquid hydrogen. Somewhat more practically it's fairly straightforward to convert existing gasoline engines to run off propane or compressed natural gas, you can get cars like this today but the refueling situation is of course not great.
- petre 9y agoIt runs on H2. You can achieve better torque/speed/traction control with electric motors and the drivetrain is also simpler. ICEs are better off converted to LPG or DME. CNG takes too much space and also uses higher pressure containers, while it can be easily converted to DME and stored in containers pressurized at 0.5 MPa.