4.
Built as an experiment by Honda
Select few were available for lease at
600/month to chosen California residents in
our current area
Built to run and drive like a normal car, 130hp,
189 ft-lbs of torque
Stores up to 45 gallons of gaseous hydrogen at
5000 psi, range of 270 miles
Several hydrogen stations around the LA area
Not “for sale”, fuel cell is massively expensive
5. State has put money into developing hydrogen
transport and fueling stations
Gov. Schwarzenegger non monetary supporter,
helps build first few filling stations
Gov. Brown claims he will devote
$20 million to hydrogen cars and at
least 100 stations
6.
Plans for hydrogen cars
Hyundai-April 2014
Toyota and Honda- 2015
Daihatsu- sure, whenever (who’s daihatsu
again?)
7.
Costly to extract
However, when burned, produces water vapor
Virtually no time to refuel- 5 to 10 minutes
versus electric 6-8 hours charging
Hindenburg blimp? Many false claims
surround the incident, further testing would
reveal whether or not it is truly more
dangerous than conventional fuel.
