Comments on: Hyundai Poised To Launch Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle This Year

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:28:39 +0000

How much energy is required to compress Hydrogen from 1 atm to 10,000 PSI?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:40:31 +0000

How could you say it is a net energy loser? Doesn’t that depend on how the electricity is generated. If it is generated by solar…NOT a net energy loser…If it is generated by Wind turbines..NOT a net energy loser…If it is generated by Geothermal (Calpine Corp.)…NOT a net energy loser…I can go on Energy Clown…er Czar. The world is segueing into alternate forms of power generation in all fields…not just cars …There will be a day when we can substantially lower the emissions of this world we live in…And because of Peak Oil, Peak Coal… just a few years away, it will come sooner than you think…Clown.

By: Consumer

Consumer — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:58:06 +0000

BTW EV’s and fuel cell tech are cost prohibitive for the everyday commuter, even if gas goes to 10 dollars a gallon. The only other alternative is blocked by big oil, A.K.A. government. It is the frog analagy, throw the frog into boiling water and he jumps out, but put him in cold water and turn on the heat, he dies in hot water.

By: John Bailo

John Bailo — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:38:12 +0000

Nice to see them pushing this along.

Go H2 and UK...thanks for taking a leadership role.

By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:42:27 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cell is like half a battery. The “Charge” cycle is where you use electricity to separate hydrogen and oxygen. Technically, you could put a hydrogen filling station anywhere you have electricity available and generate the hydrogen locally. The second half of the battery is the fuel cell, where the hydrogen is recombined with oxygen to produce electricity. (On the vehicle.) So, a hydrogen powered car is still an “electric” car, with its battery split in two; one part being stationary, the second mobile. Hydrogen is just the method of moving the energy. This brings us back to the subject of how the original electricity is being generated. Probably a coal or gas fired plant. The question is, “How much of the original energy used at the power plant makes it to the wheels of the vehicle, and how much gets lost in the process?”

By: M Darosa

M Darosa — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:34:39 +0000

Are forgetting somthing here? How much it will cost cnsumers versus gas powered cars.

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:37:43 +0000

A net energy loser. What a waste....

MrEnergyCzar

By: Roy_H

Roy_H — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:28:54 +0000

325 miles range… a little more than Tesla’s $90k Model S. So how much is this Hyundai ix35FCEV?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:47:38 +0000

Pathetic.
There is no infrastructure and no hydrogen either. Hydrogen foolcell cars have been part of one of the dirty games of the oil industry for more than 45 years now. (have you seen the Hyundai guy begging for infrastructure? LOL!).
Smoke and mirrors foolcell cars are for the brainwashed uneducated only.

By: Party McAnimal

Party McAnimal — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:49:28 +0000

About time..No range anxiety…easily fueled up…Now we are talking. NO MORE GAS!!!NO MORE GAS!!!NO MORE GAS!!!

Here is another that has zero emmission..Runs on air compression…fills up in minutes…range of over 100 miles… Now we are getting creative.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/08/forget-electric-cars-one-runs-compressed-air/2967/