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> All drivers need to do to refuel is swap out the old cartridge for a new one and fill a tank with water. Interesting. So the paste is being mixed with water
by naebother 6y ago
> All drivers need to do to refuel is swap out the old cartridge for a new one and fill a tank with water.
Interesting. So the paste is being mixed with water to release the hydrogen gas? What happens to cartridge after? Do you just refill it with more paste? Why can't that be done at POS? Would be nice to have a more technical description of how the whole process works.
- maxerickson 6y agoIt's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_hydride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_hydride It the energy storage is comparable to gasoline on a weight basis, it won't be viable to fuel cars with it by hand. 6 pounds a gallon for gasoline, 10 or 15 gallons, that's a lot of paste. The press release makes it clear that it compares favorably to hydrogen, not requiring huge infrastructure just to sell a little bit (because you can move the slurry a lot easier than cold/compressed hydrogen). So that's what they are chasing, a way to use hydrogen as fuel. It seems unlikely to be good enough to beat batteries.