Hydrogen powered Ebike

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Is it this Google self driving bike? A very clever piece of technology.

View: https://youtu.be/hjXmFixZ-OA


Here's its partner technology, Introducing Google Wind - YouTube
 

Pale Rider

Legendary Member
It's all a bit confusing.

The Toyota hydrogen car uses the gas to generate electricity on board to power electric motors.

JCB on t'other hand are heavily backing hydrogen to power what is pretty much a traditional internal combustion engine.

Both technologies offer refuelling almost as fast as petrol/diesel, and better range/run times than electric only vehicles.

JCB head honcho Patrick Bamford says the hydrogen powered internal combustion engine is slightly cheaper to produce than existing engines, although the pressurised gas tank is a bit more, making the overall cost of the vehicle about the same as its petrol/diesel equivalent.

The Toyota Mirai is about £50k - the same as a basic Tesla/a lot of money for a family car.

https://www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/mirai/
 
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It's all a bit confusing.

The Toyota hydrogen car uses the gas to generate electricity on board to power electric motors.

JCB on t'other hand are heavily backing hydrogen to power what is pretty much a traditional internal combustion engine.

Both technologies offer refuelling almost as fast as petrol/diesel, and better range/run times than electric only vehicles.

JCB head honcho Patrick Bamford says the hydrogen powered internal combustion engine is slightly cheaper to produce than existing engines, although the pressurised gas tank is a bit more, making the overall cost of the vehicle about the same as its petrol/diesel equivalent.

The Toyota Mirai is about £50k - the same as a basic Tesla/a lot of money for a family car.

https://www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/mirai/
Who is buying this ?
More expensive than the Tesla to buy.
Costs as much as a petrol car to run.
Slower acceleration than an EV.
You'd need to live near to a Hydrogen fuel station or its pointless.

Hydrogen isn't the answer for cars.
 

classic33

Leg End Member

Wonder why there's a recall on it.
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Cycleops

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Accra, Ghana
Forget all that stuff, wait for the Apple car. It’s insanely clever and it’s even got an Allegro steering wheel. What’s not to like?

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Sorry, bit off topic.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
But you have to take your bike to a vehicle refuelling station to ‘recharge’ it.
A bike is a vehicle though.
Getting allowed in to refill/recharge at a motor vehicle refuelling recharging point may be awkward.

E-assist, you could do at home, possibly at stops along the way.
 

figbat

Slippery scientist
A bike is a vehicle though.
Getting allowed in to refill/recharge at a motor vehicle refuelling recharging point may be awkward.

E-assist, you could do at home, possibly at stops along the way.
That’s m’point. Who wants to go to a filling station (likely not on a decent cycling route), queue with the cars and fill up your bike and have to pay? Especially when you can refill a battery at home for pennies.
 
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