The Future of motoring (Honda FCX Clarity Hydrogen)

[bull77]

Top Gear test drive:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s92j97qx-gs

[scherry2]

GM has had hydrogen powered vehicles for some time now. lots of them as public transit buses in australia.

[Neouka]

I had the rare opportunity to drive a Ford hydrogen shuttle bus. A supercharged V10 Ford hydrogen shuttle bus. That engine sounded awesomely angry! It hauled *** too. I stuck my face in the tailpipe and my sunglasses fogged up from the steam.It was an H2ICE (Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine).. basically just the regular engine converted to burn hydrogen instead of gas/diesel. Words of wisdom: "If that thing on the dash starts beeping, GET OUT"

[shemp]

Too bad the Big 3 never come up with this stuff first....Hydrogen Fuel Cell EquinoxGM has been working on this concept for a long time. The problem as I understand it is not getting a Hydrogen Fuel Cell in a car, but rather finding an efficient way to isolate Hydrogen. I believe the most efficient way we have developed so far is to burn fossil fuels, and more energy is spent producing Hydrogen than you get out of it.

[Kevzaz]

This is a good idea. But if everyone is driving these, its putting a lot of H2O in the atmosphere. Wouldn't that lead to more water? Potentially raising the water levels more than what they are already?

[northvibe]

maybe we'll get tons of rain and be in a constant storm yeah dont know about the long effects..it HAS to affect something though. Too much of anything is bad.Ford and GM have both been working on hydrogen cars for a LONG time..but nothing really producitonwise ever came about. If there were some it was only in Cali.I agree good idea, but I still hear this is an expensive as heck technology still...

[michaelgt]

GM deployed 100 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Equinox's last year. The are driven by selected individuals for a couple of months, and then moved to others. The issue with making a production hydrogen vehicle is the hydrogen refueling stations. They are not readily available. This technology is currently expensive, but the cost would drop significantly if the production quantity was high enough.

[shemp]

The amount of water vapor generated by a fuel cell is minuscule. In order for Hydrogen to become a viable resource, some new technology would be required to be able to isolate Hydrogen atoms efficently. That would most likely be by seperating it from Oxygen molicules in water, so the fuel cell would only reform the same number of water molicules that you seperated.

[shemp]

Quote, originally posted by michaelgt »This technology is currently expensive, but the cost would drop significantly if the production quantity was high enough.I don't think it's a volume issue, the technology is not there to isolate Hydrogen efficiently on any scale.

[michaelgt]

There is a large volume of Hydrogen that is generated in many processes that is not captured. The cost of the Fuel Cell will drop significantly with production volumes.