Our next toy? - Check out this Kawasaki concept

[Albec]

Are you asking where can you get the most plentiful element in the known universe? That would be the element that makes up 75% of the mass and 90% of the atoms of everything? I have no clue, maybe we could negotiate with some small, unfriendly country to get some water from them. Water has 2 parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, but then we would have the dirty waste by product of all that oxygen polluting the atmosphere.

It would be a real problem. It is really too bad we don't have any water in this country.

If only the Hindenburg had not exploded...... it was full of hydrogen. I guess most of the people who knew how to get hydrogen back in 1937 to fill dangerous flying machines are probably dead by now. We will never know where they got it from.

Thanks for the chemistry lesson but I didn't see anyone asking where to get hydrogen. What was asked about was a hydrogen filling stations.

As advanced as these robo-horses seem to be I doubt that they're advanced enough to separate water into its basic elements, not yet anyways.

You know that some smart folks are working on hydrogen fuel cell technology, right? I'm pretty sure that even in this dumbed down age we find ourselves in now that someone out there still knows how to separate water into oxygen and hydrogen.

 

[Gwolf]

Thanks for the chemistry lesson but I didn't see anyone asking where to get hydrogen. What was asked about was a hydrogen filling stations.

As advanced as these robo-horses seem to be I doubt that they're advanced enough to separate water into its basic elements, not yet anyways.

You know that some smart folks are working on hydrogen fuel cell technology, right? I'm pretty sure that even in this dumbed down age we find ourselves in now that someone out there still knows how to separate water into oxygen and hydrogen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_internal_combustion_engine_vehicle

If Indiana Jones had not been killed in the crash of the 55 black Chevy in American Graffiti, we could just send him into the dusty old government storage warehouse that contains the 1863 Hippomobile built by Étienne Lenoir.

Maybe we could just run a current through the water and it would break the connection between the oxygen and the hydrogen atoms. We could call it electrolysis.

 

[iSilentP]

I don't believe that battery technology is ready for vehicles designed to travel long distance yet. New batteries are being developed all the time. Some people may try to force the public to buy electric vehicles before they are ready for real travel. That will not work and all it does is turn some against electric vehicles completely. When battery technology (range and recharge) is ready for prime time, no government will have to force the public to buy them. The public will be standing in line when the doors open.

When that time comes, there may not be a gas can full of electricity to recharge a vehicle in the middle of nowhere, but there may be an emergency back up battery in a little box to get you back to civilisation.

I agree with you 110%. I am waiting for battery/cell technology to catch/step up to the point when it becomes feasible.

 

[racoon]

US Department of Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center website.

Alternative Fuels Data Center: Hydrogen Fueling Station Locations

It also covers Canada, as apparently the nearest hydrogen refilling station to me is in Quebec, Canada, a little over 1,200 miles from where I live.

 

[Bfromla]

Our next toy? I want one, but I’ll be dead before it hits the market.

Oh no millennial Cowboys

 

[BajaRon]

If you listen to the video, they mention that it is powered by an hydrogen engine.

But the question remains, where do you get hydrogen nowadays.

I don't expect to see such an "animal" in my lifetime.

Exactly. Not sure why we are discussing battery technology as a detriment when this vehicle does not run on battery power. Since it utilizes hydrogen canisters. It would make sense to carry spare canisters if you're going further than the on board supply will take you. Should be easier than taking a gas can.

 

[Woodaddict]

Here's a simpler solution.... not mine.

 

[iSilentP]

Here's a simpler solution.... not mine.

That's really cool looking Gothic bike!

 

[Gwolf]

That's really cool looking Gothic bike!

Nice, but unfortunately, the State of Florida is very near sea level and the interior water table is not very far below ground level in most of the State. There are plenty of limestone caverns in Florida, but almost all of them are filled with water. I just could not have a Bat Cave to park a Bat Cycle in that was not flooded all the time.

 

[Cobranut]

Robotic horse? And how do you recharge it when it runs down in the middle of nowhere?

It has a small piston engine running on hydrogen.
Just carry a spare jug of hydrogen and you'll be fine.

Who can tell me if a hydrogen truck gets heavier or lighter when it's loaded?

 

[Gwolf]

Who can tell me if a hydrogen truck gets heavier or lighter when it's loaded?

They might be like the helium shielding gas cylinders for welding. They are heavy even when they are empty.

 

[Albec]

Corleo will be driven by a 150cc engine powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Hydrogen fuel cells work by converting chemical energy from hydrogen into electricity. Hydrogen gas is split into protons (H+) and electrons, and the electrons create electricity that can power the motor. This process produces zero emissions, with only water as a byproduct. Hydrogen fuel cells can easily be recharged by refueling them with hydrogen gas.

 

[Cobranut]

A 150cc engine suggests it's an internal combustion engine running on hydrogen.
There was no mention of a fuel cell in what I read.