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Re:COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine... by sterlind on Thursday November 11, 2021 @03:51AM (#29185895)
500 miles of range? You could get by making the fuel tank bigger. I assume you meant miles per gallon or something?
Re:COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine... by Skyy93 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @03:59AM (#29185946)
Nope, 500 miles of range here the website link https://www.rolandgumpert.com/en/

of course, this range is only correct with best circumstances, in practice it will be less

Re:COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine... by _ph_ on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:04AM (#29185984)
As far as I can see, this is a nice prototype but not a practical concept. This car is using a methanol fuel cell. They seem to be quite rare yet and not ready for mass production. And there is no mass production of green methanol yet. It would of course be much more storeable than hydrogen.
Re:COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine... by iso1210 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:04AM (#29185985)
500 mile range, which is what some people care about -- how far can I go before I have to fill up.

Fossil companies are keen on hydrogen as they can still pump their oil.

Re:COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine... by jkepler on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:04AM (#29185978)
I routinely got 500+ miles range out of my diesel TDI Jetta... I believe it was a 2002.
Re:COP26: Germany fails to sign up to 2040 combustion engine... by fogihujy on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:17AM (#29186082)
My old Peugeot Partner (2003), can easily go 650 km with plenty of petrol left in the tank. I don't think 800 km would be out of the question.

Edit: according to the specs, it should have a range of 960 km (597 miles) under optimal conditions. It sounds more than I would expect, but then the car is almost 20 years old. Still, the low fuel consumption is one of the reasons I keep it -- it uses less fuel than modern hybrids do.