Toyota FCHV-adv hit the road early this morning - Live Tweeting

[Danny]

A new story entry has been added:

Toyota FCHV-adv hit the road early this morning - Live Tweeting

Toyota's PR team has been live-Tweeting today while the Toyota HCHV-adv is being delivered to the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) for long-term evaluation. They left early this morning and are undertaking a 400-mile trek with no re-fueling opportunities.
At least they found an In-N-Out Burger along the way.
Here is a list of the Tweets so far (starting with the earliest):

[Rybold]

Originally Posted by Danny

"Toyota's PR team has been live-Tweeting today"

Is this a first for a (fuel cell + hybrid) ?
I skimmed over those facts quickly, but does anyone know what Toyota's discussion/conclusion was ?
Total miles traveled / cost of fuel / net energy consumed / viability in real world ?

Did Toyota show a bias in the tweeting ? ("gee Ted, this thing is a clunker compared to the Prius" )

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[joewein]

The Honda FCX uses a fuel cell in combination with an ultra-capacitor, very similar in concept. That's because
1) you need somewhere to store energy from regenerative breaking and
2) Fuel cells don't change output as much as is desirable for an electric motor with acceleration, uphill stretches, etc.

I still don't see the point of fuel cells in cars, if hydrogen is either produced from fossil fuels or electricity, either of which can be used more efficiently via a plug-in hybrid system.