Comments on: Hydrogen powered Toyota completes 350 mile trip

By: Get Real

Get Real — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:49:09 +0000

Yeah, Datsun had a good thing going there.

Then they changed to Nissan and joined the French to make cars people don’t trust.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:05:37 +0000

1115: Not a bad nostalgic ’70s car commercial.

here’s one.

“Put your money in the bank
not in the tank
drive a Datsun, datsun
We areeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee driven!

By: injunraiv

injunraiv — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:53:31 +0000

Deanster, WTF? I was just repeating what I’ve been told. I’ve never checked into the validity of the comment…

Even if the quantity of power generated is vastly overstated, my basic point was that you could use a renewable power source to create a renewable fuel. Take my argument and distort it however you want, that point is valid.

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:23:40 +0000

Cars have to be built for the masses and hydrogen cars won’t be ready for many years due to insurance, repair facilities, fueling sites, and safety validation. Hopefully a low pressure solution will evolve. So far everything is being tested has a very high pressure tank and that needs to change. Electric vehicles and fuel cells have been around for years and thats what they really are testing as a package. The real problems with Hydrogen transportation are massive expense and huge liability…not durability.

By: BLISS

BLISS — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:58:38 +0000

SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY…..GREAT.

By: A4

A4 — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:20:25 +0000

but gasoline isnt nearly as combustible in an accident as pressurized pure hydrogen.

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:16:28 +0000

And still not one insurance company to take on vehicles that have to get an annual test for leaks. Hydrogen is the most reactive element in the periodic table, and they still don’t have a fuel tank to last. A long, long way to go yet….but good job Toyota!

By: injunraiv

injunraiv — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:19:32 +0000

Oh yeah – to frankhoffy: I guess you didn’t know gasoline is flammable, too… ;^)

By: injunraiv

injunraiv — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:17:06 +0000

Deanster: Yes, I said (and I mean) wind. I have a wind farm near me in NE PA. My understanding is every time the blade goes around one time it produces enough energy to power an average home for 2 weeks. Surely it can produce enough to pass some electricity through water so the H can be harvested…

By: WEKS

WEKS — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:28:05 +0000

In before GM_SALES

By: Commodore

Commodore — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:51:29 +0000

55amg – are you serious? They are so many positive posts. A lot more than there would be if this was an article about the Volt or Hydrogen-powered TEST car from GM

By: Scarface03

Scarface03 — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:44:14 +0000

I agree this isn’t necessarily breaking news, but if the infrastructure is to come, the technology has to be proven. A 350 mile range definitely fits the bill for most people’s needs.

Sarcasm from Deanster aside, wind can be an effective energy source. Wind farms already can provide enough electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes, but I’ve never heard how that someone compresses hydrogen into a fuel cell.

By: 55amg

55amg — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:00:54 +0000

just because its toyota, everyones being negative

By: Deanster

Deanster — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:47:52 +0000

injunraiv, did you say “wind” as an energy source?

Man, I think I was in grade three when my teacher would tell us “One day, energy will come from wind and the sun! It’s true!!!” Man, that was funny….

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:35:26 +0000

I love what you do for me Toyota

By: Commodore

Commodore — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:54:46 +0000

Good job Toyota!

By: injunraiv

injunraiv — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:37:36 +0000

Hey, I actually saw GM making their trip some months ago – they went right past my door! As for infrastructure, it can’t get here fast enough. Lastly, it takes power to extract the hydrogen, but that can come from non-poluting, renewable sources (like wind). At least it’s zero emisions at the vehicle. You can clean one smokestack cheaper than 1,000,000 cars.

By: AgmLauncher

AgmLauncher — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:10:12 +0000

Battery fuel cell > Hydrogen fuel cell. Fact.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:43:23 +0000

mujician: good point

By: Mbongo

Mbongo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:47:26 +0000

The true is this: GM did this first and no one will change it.
I bet that if GM has to this today, they will probably complete more than 350 miles.

By: frankhoffy

frankhoffy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:11:50 +0000

And at the end of the trip, the vehicle exploded

By: Get Real

Get Real — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:01:28 +0000

Ok, how are we going to make Hydrogen ?

Will it take “power” to make it ?

There goes pollution again, no net gain.

Move to India, live as an “untouchable”, and then love the mother earth.

By: maximus

maximus — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:55:25 +0000

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By: mujician

mujician — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:47:02 +0000

Who even cares at this point, I may sound overly sarcastice, but we need an infrastructure. Everyone has shown that producing a hydrogen vehicle is a possability, but what’s the use if no one came come up with the fuel source for the public. At this point I fill it’s useless.