Hydrogen car projects affected by CARB regulations
According to a recent article in Forbes, the new CARB rules will affect negatively all hydrogen car projects. Even though this is something quite a number of our readers consider good, the article states that it's bad, and it's a direct consequence of the reduction to 7,500 the number of zero-emissions vehicles required by 2014. This is 70 percent fewer than the 25,000 ZEVs CARB had mandated in 2003.
Although what we might consider electric cars to be more ZEVs than hydrogen-powered vehicles, the article considers hydrogen fuel cells as solid ZEV options. Quoting GM sources, the article says that the problem is the lack of hydrogen infrastructure, not the ability of automakers to build hydrogen-powered cars. If a carmaker produces a small number of hydrogen-powered cars that can go a long distance, they won't be required to make many electrics.
[Source: Forbes]
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Eletruk 8:50PM (4/03/2008)
What? Is it possible CARB actually is doing a backhanded promotion of Hydrogen vehicles? This would actually help BEVs if so. With estimates of Hydrogen infrastructure costing about $10 Billion, this is a sneaky way to kill the stupid wasteful Hydrogen effort. But I don't think CARB is actually that clever. However, if this is true, Yay!
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A.Brien 11:37PM (4/03/2008)
They can use hydrogen too for theirs internal combustion engines and invest in home machinery that produce hydrogen gas.
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Tim 8:03AM (4/04/2008)
Good! Now we can focus on electric cars with better batteries and improve mass transportation.
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Steve 10:11AM (4/04/2008)
"Although what we might consider electric cars to be more ZEVs than hydrogen-powered vehicles, the article considers hydrogen fuel cells as solid ZEV options."
Then whoever wrote the article is a MORON.
Seriously, this is engineering, not politics. You don't have to be "unbiased." Hydrogen cars are not viable, nor will they be until Mr. Fusion comes out. At which point it'd be better to just run your car off Mr. Fusion.
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mike wheatley 6:53AM (4/05/2008)
you dont run hydro thru carb. it goes in vac. line.
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Bruce 1:14PM (4/15/2008)
both electric and hydrogen are better than petrol or diesel, hydrogen can be produced at home using power from solar cells as can electric cars recharge from solar cells. An alternator run on home produced hydrogen can power/heat your home, and home made hydrogen can heat a boiler which runs a steam engine. lets all work together to break the oil companies monoply and our dependance on foreign oil. Bruce.
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