Aston-Martin V-12 Vantage, not a Gay car.
Posted on 07/14/2012 4:16:18 PM PDT by rawhide
My daily driver is a Nissan Cube, so this would look awesome sitting next to it in the driveway.
A fuel cell can achieve +60% conversion efficiency of the energy contained in a pound of fuel vs. 30% max for an IC engine. Coupled with an AC motor and drive, you could easily achieve +50% system efficiency for the system in its crudest form. A fuel cell is basically a battery with a externally supplied consumable electrode, with hydrogen being supplied by a chemical compound (in this case methanol), and oxygen supplied by the atmosphere. With a methanol fuel cell, you could use the existing fuel transportation and distribution network, and reutilize existing refineries. Most methanol is made by catylizing natural gas, and it can also be made from the destructive distillation of wood and celluose (byproduct of charcoal making). This isn’t new technology, the original concepts were discovered around the 1830’s.
You have to be rich to be green.
You will never see the poor buying solar panels, electric cars, windmills, or anything else. Even the electric bicycles are out of reach to the poor.
Interesting details. Thanks.
Stuffed full of enough batteries, sure.
Can it also match the gasoline car’s 10 minute refuel time for the next 500 miles?
and with 3-inch wide tires, I’m sure the handling is particularly “crisp”...
Two weeks ago DC had a 48 hour blackout.
Sigh...I knew that at one time. I was to busy knowing it wasn’t water to give it a second look. My turn to be embarrassed I suppose.
You got that right. :-)
Guess they forgot to add that little tidbit. Carrying water for Government Motors in the UK...interesting.
Will it fit in one of Bloombergs new 300 sq ft apts, for recharging
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