Re:Toyota Embraces Fuel-Cell Cars for Post-Gasoline Future
by henrikschroder on Friday December 19, 2014 @04:26PM
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The only game-changer I could see there would be if we could make some sort of in-your-home hydrolyzer, so that you just connect water and electricity to it, and it connects to your car to fill it up. That's on-par with the convenience of an electric car, if we ignore the safety issues of hydrogen gas leaks in urban neighbourhoods...
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Re:Toyota Embraces Fuel-Cell Cars for Post-Gasoline Future
by dragonwriter on Friday December 19, 2014 @04:39PM
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Regenerative fuel cells are cells with an in-cell hydrolysis system; if you could incorporate them, a fuel cell vehicle would have pretty much the same recharging UX as any other EV.
Even with stationary at-home electrolysis systems, if you don't store more than one fill-up in the system, there's marginal additional risk compared to having a hydrogen-fueled vehicle in the first place.
Re:Toyota Embraces Fuel-Cell Cars for Post-Gasoline Future
by henrikschroder on Friday December 19, 2014 @06:23PM
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Great, that allows you to very easily compare that vehicle to one with a chemical battery, and evaluate it on cost, range, engine power, "battery replacement", etc! And then we can avoid all this "but it runs on water" nonsense and look at the actual capabilities.