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clyde
02-15-2006, 04:57 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/02/15/mazda_hydrogen_car.reut/index.html

Mazda is going to lease a few RX-8s capable of running on hydrogen or gasoline in the Japanese market. Nine cars to what appear to be selected public and private sector customers.
Roadstergal
02-15-2006, 05:02 PM
IMO, that is the one thing that would make the RX-8 more appealing. Horrible gas mileage, but from what little I've read, the rotary is more easily converted to hydrogen use.
clyde
02-15-2006, 05:06 PM
apples to oranges, but...

gasoline range: 341 miles

hydrogen range: 61 miles
FC
02-15-2006, 05:09 PM
hydrogen range: 61 miles

:eek: :ack:
lupinsea
02-15-2006, 05:15 PM
Geez. . . that's almost as bad as my old Corvette with a full tank of gas. :eeps:
Plaz
02-15-2006, 05:37 PM
hydrogen range: 61 miles


That wouldn't even get me to work and back.
ZBB
02-15-2006, 06:23 PM
Interesting... something tells me that the hydrogen tank is relatively small capacity...

Does anyone know the range offhand of the BMW 7s that have been converted to Hydrogen? They have a tank in the trunk that that takes up ~1/2 of the trunk, but I don't know their range...
Nick M3
02-15-2006, 07:09 PM
Interesting... something tells me that the hydrogen tank is relatively small capacity...

Does anyone know the range offhand of the BMW 7s that have been converted to Hydrogen? They have a tank in the trunk that that takes up ~1/2 of the trunk, but I don't know their range...
Very poor. Something less than they get on a tank of gas.
Rob
02-15-2006, 07:18 PM
Are you guys surprised? Gasoline mpg is where it is after decades of research and improvments, some of it driven by CAFE. Hydrogen is experimental. If the techonology works out and is refined, after 50 years, I bet the range improves.
Roadstergal
02-15-2006, 07:55 PM
Ja. What range did the first gasoline cars get?
ff
02-15-2006, 08:20 PM
I thought that hydrogen was stored in sponge-like "bricks" (for lack of a better term), rather than a tank. That would change the amount of actual product that could be stored in a single vehicle.
John V
02-15-2006, 10:20 PM
Until someone finds out how to divorce hydrogen from oxygen more efficiency, hydrogen power will always be a loser from an economy AND pollution standpoint.

But, it's neat. :dunno: