Hydrogen Powered Cars

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I was window shopping online, yesterday, for a new car, maybe a hybrid. So I went to the Hyundai web site, which has inexpensive hybrids, and to my surprise they now offer a hydrogen fuel cell car. This the first hydrogen production car on the market and came out on 2023. It cost about $60K which is more than I can spend but this will be the future of driving.

It is essentially an electric car with the heavy battery of the electric replaced by the lighter fuel cell which can be filled in 5 minutes. The model they offer can get about 380 miles on a fill up of about 12 pounds of hydrogen. Pound for pound hydrogen is the most concentrated energy source with only pure H2O emissions. It comes with a credit card for 5 years of free hydrogen fuel. Unfortunately, it is only sold in California due the hydrogen filling stations infrastructure only between LA and San Fran. The future is here.

The fuel cells breaks the hydrogen H2 down, into protons (H+) and electrons (e-). The protons combine with the oxygen to make water, and the electrons drive the electric motor. The Picture below is the NEXO Fuel Cell Car by Hyundai. The harder you press the peddle the more electron the more power. It very quiet but very powerful.

 

[We Never Know]

I was window shopping online, yesterday, for a new car, maybe a hybrid. So I went to the Hyundai web site, which has inexpensive hybrids, and to my surprise they now offer a hydrogen fuel cell car. This the first hydrogen production car on the market and came out on 2023. It cost about $60K which is more than I can spend but this will be the future of driving.

It is essentially an electric car with the heavy battery of the electric replaced by the lighter fuel cell which can be filled in 5 minutes. The model they offer can get about 380 miles on a fill up of about 12 pounds of hydrogen. Pound for pound hydrogen is the most concentrated energy source with only pure H2O emissions. It comes with a credit card for 5 years of free hydrogen fuel. Unfortunately, it is only sold in California due the hydrogen filling stations infrastructure only between LA and San Fran. The future is here.

The fuel cells breaks the hydrogen H2 down, into protons (H+) and electrons (e-). The protons combine with the oxygen to make water, and the electrons drive the electric motor. The Picture below is the NEXO Fuel Cell Car by Hyundai. The harder you press the peddle the more electron the more power. It very quiet but very powerful.

Seems to be very limited.

"Nexo and its Mirai counterpart are only currently sold in California, where about 63 hydrogen fueling stations exist"

https://www.caranddriver.com/hyundai/nexo

 

[Twilight Hue]

Some interesting stuff.....

Hydrogen fuel cells, explained

Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as a high-potential technology that offers significant energy efficiency and decarbonisation benefits to a range of industries—including automotive and heavy transport. In a new joint-venture with automotive systems supplier ElringKlinger, Airbus is investing to...

www.airbus.com

This technology has been used since the 1960s!

 

[wellwisher]

Some interesting stuff.....

Hydrogen fuel cells, explained

Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as a high-potential technology that offers significant energy efficiency and decarbonisation benefits to a range of industries—including automotive and heavy transport. In a new joint-venture with automotive systems supplier ElringKlinger, Airbus is investing to...

www.airbus.com

This technology has been used since the 1960s!

NASA has been using fuel cells since way back when, since this tech allows for the most compact electrical energy source that makes drinking water. This technology is less impacted by hot and cold weather, like batteries. However, both still suffer from charging infrastructure limitations.

Biden's $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years. President Biden has long vowed to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the United States by 2030.

Electric charging infrastructure has the same problem as Government toilet seats that cost $500 each; incompetence and corruption caused by too many chiefs and not enough braves. The are too many meetings but no action.

That stall has led to an opening for the free market to do more with less, via hydrogen. Once the infrastructure is in place hydrogen has many other advantages, especially for the trucking and heavy machinery industries, where battery size/weight become a problem. Electric trucks would need to be so heavy; battery, we would need to reinforce all the bridges and the existing roads would degrade quicker. Plus waiting to recharge a large battery means time lost and added costs to all consumers.

Hydrogen cars are currently made by US allies, Japan and South Korea, while China has a lock on the electric car batteries and other technology.