Cool video on GM HyWire Vehicle
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Re: Cool video on GM HyWire Vehicle
Originally Posted by Chilly
I'll drive my Prius down to my local GM dealer and take a Hy-Wire out for a test drive. How did your test drive go?
Bob Wilson
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Re: Cool video on GM HyWire Vehicle
LOL, I really like it. I like the concept, I like the interchangability of it, I like the by wire driving, and I like the steering wheel. (Though I'd prefer a tri plug so you can use your PS2, Xbox, or Gamecube controler to drive it. 
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I'm not so fond of the Hydrogen power source, or the fact that once again, we're told it'll be 10-20 years before we see it on the road. (Yeah, I haven't heard that from Hydrogen for the past 15 years.)
Oh, and there's another video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qow9r5yhhBo
) I'm not so fond of the Hydrogen power source, or the fact that once again, we're told it'll be 10-20 years before we see it on the road. (Yeah, I haven't heard that from Hydrogen for the past 15 years.)
Oh, and there's another video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qow9r5yhhBo
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Re: Cool video on GM HyWire Vehicle
Scientific American Frontiers had a few shows about alternative fuels and future car technology.
Here is one about Hydrogen Power:
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1506/
Nice work from GM. But it could be Toyota or Honda that offer that first Hydrogen Fuelled vehicle test-drive... we'll see...
Here is one about Hydrogen Power:
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1506/
Nice work from GM. But it could be Toyota or Honda that offer that first Hydrogen Fuelled vehicle test-drive... we'll see...
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Re: Cool video on GM HyWire Vehicle
Originally Posted by Katz6768
Scientific American Frontiers had a few shows about alternative fuels and future car technology.
Here is one about Hydrogen Power:
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1506/
Nice work from GM. But it could be Toyota or Honda that offer that first Hydrogen Fuelled vehicle test-drive... we'll see...
Here is one about Hydrogen Power:
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1506/
Nice work from GM. But it could be Toyota or Honda that offer that first Hydrogen Fuelled vehicle test-drive... we'll see...
1) Short fuel cell life - "current automotice PEM fuel cells last only about 2,000 hours" (pp. 97)
2) Cost - "handmade specialty items that cost about $1 millon apiece." (pp. 97)
3) Storing - ". . . large, high-pressure cylinders" or liquid at "-423 degrees Fahrenheit" (pp. 97)
4) Safety - ". . . a much wider range of concentrations of hydrogen is flammable . . ." (pp. 98)
5) Supply - ". . . hydrogen is obtained from the high-temperature processing of natural gas and petroleum." (pp. 99)
6) Cost - ". . . the current costs for producing hydrogen using these methods [electrolysis and biomasss gassification, RJW] are high: $6 to $10 per kilogram. " (pp. 99)
The article remains as accurate today as were the same facts and data decades ago. Meanwhile, I continue to commute daily in my hybrid electric.
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Re: Cool video on GM HyWire Vehicle
If anyone's in the NYC area, the Wired NextFest is coming up at the Javits Center from September 29-October 1st.
Their website mentions the HyWire, and a video from last year's transportation pavilion shows that the it was there.
Their website mentions the HyWire, and a video from last year's transportation pavilion shows that the it was there.
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