First general public Fuel Cell car on the road.

what happens if they get into an accident

 

Same thing that happens in a Prius, I guess.

You get a new car.

If you're FUDding about explosions, they did mention that the car was the first hydrogen car to be NHTSA crash tested, and it didn't explode in any of the tests.

 

People are so afraid of the whole hindenberg aspect of hydrogen... I think we've come a long way since then, and really, gasoline is very explosive as well, but we don't think twice when we fill up our cars with it.

 

Do not light a match after a crash, no matter how stressed you are :lol:

 

Spallino was at the wheel of his silver Honda FCX, a car worth about $1 million...

Can we now expect a whole new rash of "Is this car worth the gas savings?" articles? :lol:

 

gasoline vapors are more explosive than hydrogen

 

Uh... it will ONLY take 50 years to recover the cost when we run out of petrol (with a lot of inflation too).

GM (and Detroit) spin doctors, where are you when we need you? :lol:

 

the hydrogen infrastructure will take an estimated 25 trillion to implement plus more than a decade of time.

an extended range Prius needs nearly nothing to be implemented and most of the infrastructure is already in place. sure we will need to add here and there, but the ability to fall back on gasoline to temporaraily extend the range makes it a viable technology now.

for every $1000 additional cost in EV motive power we can add 10 miles to the EV only range of the current Prius. this has already been proven and built at UC-Davis. this means that a 100 km or 60 mile EV range Prius would cost about $30,000.

that initial cost may seem high, but 60 miles a day will satisfy over 90% of all the personal transportation needs of the country. based on mileage at 6.5 c/kwh that would equate to 25 cents per gallon in gas. with this system, its conceiveable that you would only need gas once a year or less.

 

who's the idiot at the leasing company that'll lease a $1,000,000 dollar vehicle for $500 a month cause I've got several deals to get them to fund!

 

Sounds kinda interesting. I'll be on the lookout for this thing around town. I'm curious as to what it looks like....but yeah, leasing a $1m car for $500/month? I'd like to lease a car from them too. $50/month lease sound ok??

 

Must have one heck of a residual!

Gary

 

for a good show on Global Warming. check out PBS tonight 8 PM

sponcered by Toyota...

some very scary statistics

 

It's a lame PR stunt, especially when you consider this comment: "The feedback from these consumers will be very astute".

California is a pretty friendly operating environment for fuel-cells. The required heat for the chemical reaction is plentiful there.

Minnesota is an entirely different matter. That's where the valuable feedback would come from. But they wouldn't dare. The coldest startup currently supported is 20F degrees. Last year, I had a morning commute at -18F. What would I drive then? Heck, we can go for entire week with the high temperature for the day not even reaching 10F. I'd be stranded. A fuel-cell vehicle would be completely worthless here in Minnesota during that part of the year. That's why you don't ever here about tests in northern states.

That technology is loaded with problems to overcome still. The press it gets now for automotive applications is nothing but a distraction from hybrid technology.

 

The press it gets now for automotive applications is nothing short of amazing, stunning even. Any other technology this lame would have been buried years ago.

 

You know, they really didn't give too flattering of a description of that car...

And judging by the pictures, it's not so hot.