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Good point the stations could certainly split the water. I was under the impression that fuel cells to have range comparable to gasoline. Here's a wired blog ab
by biohacker42 18y ago
Good point the stations could certainly split the water. I was under the impression that fuel cells to have range comparable to gasoline. Here's a wired blog about Toyota's fuel cell claims: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/516-mile-range.html http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/516-mile-range.html
- Retric 18y agoYou can burn hydrogen in a normal car engine the issue is the fuel tank. Pound per Pound Hydrogen has a higher energy density than gas, but high pressure tanks are costly and take up a lot of space. Fuel cells have a higher efficiency which let's you store less fuel, but they are even more costly. You can even make a hybrid, fuel cell, hydrogen car like the FCHV-adv, but few people are going to want to pay the full cost of such a beast. Ok, they could do a small production run like the Bugatti Veyron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron at a loss. PS: Toyota, is getting people to road test their prototype, but don't think this is any where near being cost effective in mass production.
- biohacker42 18y agoI wonder what's an easier engineering task, affordable fuel cells, or affordable high pressure hydrogen tanks?