I just saw the commercial, and I looked online... THERE IT IS AT HONDA.COM!!!

I didn't know they pulled the trigger.

Sorry if this is a rethread.

Thought I'd bring it up.

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/

 

Omg!!!! Its 2008!!!!! I Overslept!!!!!!!

 

Torque ain't bad at 189 ft/lbs - on a pretty flat torque curve too.

 

welcome to innovation. others say it, this company does it.

 

True.

Now if I could only find a Hydrogen refill station in the next 280 miles.

 

I read somewhere that each of those first couple hundred cars costs Honda over a mil. each. I think if they build the cars, the filling stations will follow shortly.

 

It is going to be a long time before these cars are avaible to the general public they cost Honda 1 million each to make them.

 

I know the comment was a bit smart alec-y, but, from what little I know, Hydrogen Fuel Cells/Hydrogen Power is the *the* energy source of the future; not ethanol, not "bio-diesel", not battries, not gas-electric hybrids - those are all just half answers, IMHO.

And the higher oil/gas prices are, the more viable it becomes for the market-place to commercialize a "hydrogen energy economy".

 

Ehanol is a joke unless we want to turn all of the USA into a farm. From what I understand it takes a lot of engery to make hydrogen but I could be wrong on that. I heard an idea that I thought was good. Build nuclear plants and at night time when they arent running as strong and have the extra power produce hydrogen.

 

There is a limited number available to the public...in select cities of So Cal that are near hydrogen fill up stations. Its a $600/mos lease. I live in one of those cities

 

I agree. I have been very fortunate to have be involved with a fuel cell vehicle, and having learned a great deal about all the different types of technologies etc, I have come to the same conclusions. It will take some time, and a lot of money, but the potential is great.

Side note,....Honda's fuel cells are insane awesome. I got to check out the FCX at the SAE conference this year, and the damn thing is small (the fuel cell stack). AND IT PUTS OUT 100KWs,...sweet. to Honda

 

Look at how much power...and oil...it takes to produce ethanol.

 

The Germans in WW2 converted coal into gasoline more efficiently than this ethanol bullshit.

And thats a fact.

And welcome to 1999, Honda has been doing the hydrogen fuel cell route publicly for almost 10 years and they're lightyears ahead of everyone else.

 

bimmers been doing the hydrogen cars for a bit, too. I see the 7 series around here every so often.

 

To be fair, although it's been in the news a lot in the past month, the FCX thread here has been pretty quiet, so I can see how someone could've missed it:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=321035

 

The only issue is that the environmental impact needs to be minimized with the technology of today. I live around the corner from a coal fired electric plant (brayton point), and it's historically been one of the worst polluters in New England... It's gotten better, but there hasn' been a huge effort to make coal as clean and viable of an alternative as it could be.

We (the US) need to ramp up the research on converting coal into energy in a cleaner more environmentally friendly form. We're the Saudi Arabia of coal. We've got more of it then we know what to do with, but because of environmental concerns, we can't tap into that abundant resource.

 

There's a company is Japan that already made a car to run on water..its get's like 50 miles per litre to water...i think it was posted on this site actually.