Ya know, every once in a while (rarely, actually) you can find something on Fakebook that really is worth sharing, like this todbit from the 'Unknown Facts' Fakebook wall (their page is https://www.facebook.com/UnknownFactsByGenmice:
BMW has announced a move away from electric vehicles, stating that it has successfully addressed the challenges of hydrogen engine technology. The company revealed significant progress in hydrogen fuel cell development, which it sees as a more sustainable alternative to conventional electric cars. Unlike electric vehicles that depend on large batteries, hydrogen engines use lightweight fuel cells, offering faster refuelling and greater range.
BMW also emphasized the environmental benefits, highlighting that hydrogen-powered vehicles emit only water vapor, making them a promising solution for the future of eco-friendly transportation.
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There are some marked advantages for Hydrogen over EVs. But you still have to create the Hydrogen, usually by electrolysis. Which is a net energy LOSS.
ReplyDeletehydrogen is no better than electricity for powering vehicles. The gas has to be generated then chilled to very low temperatures for bulk transport and keeping it in a tank at high pressure isn't easy. Hydrogen embrittlement is a major problem too. Just another sop to the greenies that won't work out in practice.
ReplyDeleteAllis Chalmers had an experimental fuel cell tractor back in the early Sixties.
ReplyDeleteIf you can find it there is a book about Allis Chalmers and all of their projects. From heavy equipment to large generators for dams, industrial kilns and conveyors and on and on. It was a mighty company that actually contributed to our industrial strength. And now it's gone.
DeleteAh yes, BMW failed to learn from Toyota. Hydrogen engines are easy compared to the distribution (gas station) network required to support the fuel.
ReplyDeleteYeah, maybe. But try getting laid because you drive one...
ReplyDeleteTry to convince me that the pic of the impossibly complex engine has any relation to reality. AI to the max.
ReplyDeleteMan, that's a lot of mechanical pieces to break.
ReplyDeleteThat engine looks like mucho $$$ to repair. No thanks.
ReplyDeleteAsk any rocket engineer just how hard/difficult/unsafe it is to handle hydrogen. Then just imagine it turned loose on The Great Unwashed Masses for fueling their conveyances.
ReplyDeleteNope. Nopitty-nope. No way, no how.
Uh-huh. Ain't gonna happen, Cap'n.