Oil corps killed this. They want hybrids to stay alive to continue to keep gasoline engines alive. Too bad this could have solved it and solved the problem with all electric cars.
no1 really cares about emissions, but when the oil is running out we got hydrogen and we solved that problem, personally im not really afraid afraid of the future
i wonder how much emissions is produced during the manufacturing stage. Nickel mining is a dirty business, but vital for the batteries, refining the exotic materials, transporting them, ect. Then extracting the hydrogen for the fuel, i refuse to believe its 0 emission, the numbers need to be looked at properly b4 we all jump on the band wagon.
@ParanoidAndroid90 It less emission than digging a hole 2 miles under the ocean, pulling out oil, transporting that oil around the world, first on ships and then with trucks, both of which produce a lot of emissions...during car manufacture proces, emissions are probably equal with normal and hydrogen cars, but hydrogen cars make up for that with 0 emissions during usage. In any case hydrogen wins.
@Tbolt1000TForLife Nah I'm not a tree hugger at all man. I love good cars like Lambos, Ferraris, etc. I just think this car is good because its the first car that doesn't use gas and actually performs as well as an average road car. If this is the future of cars (hydrogen power) then I'm cool with that. Its not like gas is going away anytime soon so you don't have to worry about driving your classic cars.
This is why I know Honda still is ahead of the times, they always have been ever since that maverick engineer used his dad's motorcycle garage to build piston parts he tried to sell to Toyota only to later rise to be its arch rival.
So if the world began to use these cars like we do fossil fuel cars, and the emissions became billions of tons of water vapour every year, then wouldn't all that water vapour create artificial rain and alleviate drought in a lot of places too?
@dunti21 Not true lithium technology supports significant range 300 miles is the current capability in some ev's. Yeah true it does take some time for recharge but that is not a valid as an argument as you think for the average consumer... The average consumer can convert from 'running empty' as they do in gas v, they would just quick charge regularly for an optimal state of charge. Faster recharge from depleted batteries are in the works. 45 mins in some but that should get better very soonn.
I'm with Toyotaprius here; Hydrogen sounds good in theory but we've been promised "Hydrogen Cars in 10 years" for the last 50 years! Cracking water to make hydrogen is so inefficient that you would be better off just putting that energy into a battery in the first place,... which is where a 300 mile range Testla Model S comes in,... available 2012 at a fraction of the cost of a clarity.
@timaustin2000 Honda's clarity has been tested on the roads for decades now.. real families have been owning and using then on a day to day basis. But seriously, I can't imagine it being that difficult to produce hydrogen cost efficiently. They have underwater wind mills that generate electricity from the current. Use that for the source of electricity for electrolysis, and there you have a effective CIRCLE of renewable energy.
Why not just use that electricity to charge an electric car and skip the wasteful energy conversion process that electrolysis represents? The FCX Clarity can only do 250 miles on a full tank, same range as a Tesla Roadster. By the time fuel cell cars come out, battery electric cars will have surpassed them.
@musicmanvin1 the only problem is that the process of converting electricity to hydrogen only gives you a 20 percent effecientcy rate.. plus hydrogen is the smallest particle existing which makes it an escape artist.. nothing we know of can hold the hydrogen forever, it simply vanishes into blank air..
@esiosan yes but you won't really need to fight them, just wait a few years and they will run out of fossil fuels anyway. peak oil in 2006, oil will be gone, not declining in supply but gone, gone in 2050. hydrogen should then be realistic in 2020s, without the need for a fight.
I wish the FCX the best. And I hope hybrids (specially the Prius), Plug In EV, eco Fuel... to fail miserably because the're more maketing, fashion and posing than engineering
@xenoo4life your saying honda is years ahead of the competition. in fact mercedes benz is years ahead of the competition in terms of technology featured on cars, i'll give the honda engineers credit for coming up with this, but its not gonna be something serious cause its just another hybrid. the only way in reality to improve fuel efficiency is to take a look at diesel vehicles. the germans have been pushing them for years.
Mercedes? Their Technology is still at 50 years before Christ. Hahahha... Diesel? Is the Future...? Diesel will come to an end sometime. Hydrogen However, will exist...!
Men I hate diesel.
Honda though created all types of Vehicles.
Petrol, Diesel, Hybrids, Alternative Fuel, Hydrogen Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Solar Vehicles. Everything!
Honda did it first. Honda did it better. Honda means Pure Advanced Technology.
@xenoo4life dude its a hybrid omg u cant be that slow man. and the folks at bmw and mercedes have too, which is why they make so many diesel vehicles in europe, cause they're fuel efficient. all these hybrids with this being included is just nonsense and more harm to the earth then just getting a normal car and driving it off of petrol. i know what i'm talking about
It is not a fucking Hybrid. The Word Hybrid means 2 different things combined.
It is widely used in many situations. In our situation, A Honda Hybrid, is a car, that combines, an Internal Combustion Engine, and an Electric Engine / [motor].
The FCX has no Gasoline Engine inside.... That is not a Hybrid. Its a Hydrogen Car.
Get over it... Honda has the technology! Hydrogen may not be the future, but I'm sure Honda is.
@MartinTheCoolGuy You can only lease them in Southern Cali for about 600/month including insurance and other stuff for 3 years I believe only. You can't buy it!!
Honda and BMW are investing billions over many years in hydrogen technology... nobody gives them credit, nobody thinks "oh, yeah, Honda/BMW, the eco-friendly car..."
BMW hydrogen is better, it uses hydrogen just like gas, you use your actual engine powered by liquid hydrogen instead, and only has H2O has byproduct as well.
@enemay hybrid powertrain will not disappear unless vehicles become full electric. This is coz it is capable of turning excess mechanical energy to electricity thus more efficient. For vehicles that are full electric, it will have the same capability; however, it will not be a hybrid coz it only has one source of fuel.
@enemay yeah hydrogen is the VERY VERY DISTANT future. i am puzzled that the host would describe a million dollar car as merely "much more expensive than an equivalent petrol car." yikes. bad reporting. enemay, when you get tired of waiting, call me and i'll build you a 100-mile EV that rides just like the FCX but can charge directly off your solar panels. ;)
@enemay they should have never be born. But, why someone clearly wants to sell hydrogen instead of being transformed from water in the car. Also i don't agree with the use of batteris to suport the engine, Batteries should be minimum because they are higly polluting to produce and to recycle. There's good powerfull electrical engines now, just use them together with this system
@enemay Hydrogen is 20 yrs away according to Honda. So in 20 years we'll still be using oil and waiting to hydrogen and for every decade someone says Hydrogen will be the future but it never really comes. It's all about electric now.
@toyotaprius79 there are other sources, its just in the US, Australia, china and india. in other places, Especially in europe, renewable is only just beginning to have a sizable percentage in energy production.
I agree, I dispize how dull people are when they buy those prius'. I don't mean to bring up Top Gear on a 5th gear vid but on there they tested a prius just driving quite fast around a track against a BMW M5 and just guess what had better Mile per Gallon? incase you haven't got an imagination, the BMW =P
I REALLY want the UK and everywhere to have these available(I know there's a recession thing still going on) but I'd learn to drive if I could save up for one of these =/
@enemay No way, hybrids are helping develop the electric motor & battery technology!! Eventually they'll just pull out the gasoline engine from a Prius and drop in a hydrogen engine. We want to keep the battery to store power from the regenerative brakes or to use as a plugin! Hybrid electric/hydrogen FTW!
i hate all electric cars and this H2 electric honda is not bad but the best of all is the piston driven H2 cars they are the best and they have NOISE!!! but that is just cars what about planes and boats and stuff like that?
@ViperVenomACR Planes does more damage to the earth then cars, because they are closer to the stuff in the sky (dont know what its called) xD. so why not make other wehicles more enviorment friendly? ;P
@Drivingyarns Are you serious old cars are the worst for the environment there carbon emission are one of the reasons why global warming is increasing. You have no idea what the fuck you talking about you dumbass.
No. What is harmful to the environment is buying so endless amounts of crap. 80% of carbon gases produced by the average car is in the manufacturing, so keeping it longer will result in less noxious gases.
The public is sold on green issues, but it's just another marketing ploy.
did anyone notice that she did this test in deutschland? the pumps got german on it and the number plate is german and people are claiming this is american when the car is made in Japan, do americans have to beat their chest so hard?
The U.S. taxpayers give trillions of dollars to banks which should have failed. We should have used the money to build nuclear power plants. The electricity from these plants could have been used to solve some of our energy problems. Electricity would be cheaper. It would support plug- in- hybrid cars, hydrogen cars, create US jobs, less dependent on oil.
This is funny because the amount of energy required to extract the hydrogen from sources is massive and around 70% of the worlds energy is derived from coal which is the "dirtiest" burning fossil fuel so these car's aren't that clean until we start getting our electricity from wind or other sources.
Hydrogen cars are not better than fosil fuel cars if hydrogen is produced with fossil fuels. It's only green if hydrogen is produced with renewable energies like solar or wind power.
so capacity of the car is 171ltrs = 11.97kg so at E9 it would cost E107.73.
I would guess the measure the hydrogen at the pump in weight(kg) cause of the changing in volume(ltrs) due 2temp change would affect the price 2 both the coustomer and petrol station where as the weight wouldnt change.and i would say its been refered to ltrs in this clip cause thats what we are use to.plz correct me on any of this if I'm wrong
i think that the car companies know that this is the way to go, but the thing is that some countries (like japan, america, and the uk for example) are giving massive discounts and incentives for electric cars. and the bottom line is that it's easier to make an electric car that needs to be recharged for 16 hours than it is to make a hydrogen car.
it's socialism at its finest (sarcastically). it's all about government agenda, not about the consumer or even the planet.
your an idiot- go watch top gears james may test the fcx clarity and get some sense into your brain, May hits it on the head in his review- one of the best segments to ever come out of top gear in my opinion.... electric cars just don't work... these cars are in different classes all together- the fcx is seriously like the jesus of cars at this point, it doesn't get more cutting edge and realistically futurisitic than this
i don't understand why do these eco cars need to have this stupid shape?WHY?????i understand it's suppose to be revolutionary but damn,that shape is ugly.why not try to fit this techonlogy in a "normal"car.
@costellom5 areodynamics play a key role in these cars.... they are designed to be slippery to the air and thus have less drag and increasing there range
@costellom5 the stupid shapes are usually to lower the air drag coefficient; less drag means better mpg. do notice the rear end similarity of both honda insight and toyota prius for example.
That is a amazing car. espcially if you came from a dry country. its not only economical, uses solar energy to produce the hydrogen, but it also produces fresh water!. i like
you can make your own hydrogen at home from electrolysis..just put an electrical charge through water and it releases hydrogen gas..they want to charge us for something that we can produce ourselves...look up HHO or browns gas
You need very high voltage and the hydrogen gas you produce is not enough to run the car. Also hydrogen gas is flammable, so storing it in your house might make it go boom!
You dont need a high voltage to produce hydrogen i have a hybrid system running on my car using the battery..the problem is it dosent produce enough gas to replace fossil fuel..instead you need a hydroge storage device - its like a hydrogen rechargeable battery - that can be recharged at home at night - we really produce our own energy without the big boys they just want us to think we cant so they can charge us the earth - go to unitednuclear[dot]com and ask about this
@scomber- Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the amount of electricity required to make a unit of hydrogen from water the same amount of electricity generated when that same unit of hydrogen is converted back into water through a fuel cell? If so, then why not just charge a larger battery from your home power and take the fuel cell out of the loop?
Personally, I don't think hydrogen fuel cells are viable yet. The cost is still too high and hydrogen supply/delivery is a big question mark. I think plug in battery powered electric drive with a small onboard combustion engine range extender generator is what we will see before fuel cells. The infrastructure already exists and the cost is not as prohibitive.
The best way is to use hydrogen as a fuel in its own right and do away with the battery. Theres a smart guy working on producing a rechargeable hydrogen 'battery' that can be recharged overnight that will deliver hydrogen gas straight into your conventional engine you can still have the fossil fuel supply in case you run out - its still experimental and the big boys dont like it - check out bob lazaar+hydrogen on you tube and contact him via his website unitednuclear[dot]com
It can run on hydrogen or gasoline at the flick of a switch. Using hydrogen in combustion is hardly efficient, but the separate intake/exhaust chambers of a wankel lend itself well for hydrogen use without the backfiring problem.
My diesel car runs pretty good on the hydrogen hybrid much smoother as the gad effectvely increases the octane of the fuel mixture as it burns at a higher temp than the diesel which should in theory increase mpg although ive not seen a significat increase what is noticable is more power throughtout the rev range (~5-10%) but the system i have is unreliable in that i have to check it constantly that the terminals and levels and bolts are all tight as vibration is a problem
i live in ireland where the roads are very bumpy....hydrogen produced at home and dlivered to a conventional engine is very possible..please dont be taken in by the big boys spin they are rich and powerful and want us to believe that we need them when in reality they just want our money and want us to rely on them...a hydrogen powered internal combustion car is perfectly feasable and has been achieved numerous times in the past with the inventors either being bought out or killed
I have some concerns about hydrogen cars. First, while the car itself may be zero-emission, what about the process of producing the hydrogen worldwide? What would be the cost to the consumer to fuel this car with hydrogen if a national or worldwide infrastructure were to be set up? How about the cost of production on a large scale? Could a properly fast performance car or commercial vehicle be based on this technology?
My personal opinion is that algae-based biogasoline is the best option.
there should be a lot more hydrogen cars on the road. unlike pure electrics, the technology is there. all that's left is the infrastructure and someone's holding that back
Oil corps killed this. They want hybrids to stay alive to continue to keep gasoline engines alive. Too bad this could have solved it and solved the problem with all electric cars.
flexor212000 4 days ago
no1 really cares about emissions, but when the oil is running out we got hydrogen and we solved that problem, personally im not really afraid afraid of the future
geppegep 4 weeks ago
Got VTEC? xD
guitarkilla444 1 month ago
14 People Bought A Prius :D
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16 peaple are Nissan Leaf owners
wasif9ty3 2 months ago
why arent car companies pushing this instead of hybrids??
acuradan623 2 months ago 2
can i buy this in the U.S?
MrTKDTV 3 months ago
These cars are like garlic bread, they're the future.
MrYorkshireFella 3 months ago
honda is so revolutionary, the crx, civic, cr-z and the fcx
Pilotsofer 4 months ago
But if the Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the known Universe,then why it costs the same as petrol or just little less ?
I mean i can make hydrogen in my own home !
daswada9 4 months ago
i wish EV people & the fuel cell people would stop fighting :(
i see good things in both.
johnson1095 5 months ago
The episode was filmed in Germany???? It says "Wasserstoff" on the gas pump
Charly1985snoop 6 months ago
Top Gears Review was better
ThePandaPwnage 6 months ago
i want that car!!!
TheLaksjdhfg123 6 months ago
i wonder how much emissions is produced during the manufacturing stage. Nickel mining is a dirty business, but vital for the batteries, refining the exotic materials, transporting them, ect. Then extracting the hydrogen for the fuel, i refuse to believe its 0 emission, the numbers need to be looked at properly b4 we all jump on the band wagon.
ParanoidAndroid90 7 months ago
@ParanoidAndroid90 It less emission than digging a hole 2 miles under the ocean, pulling out oil, transporting that oil around the world, first on ships and then with trucks, both of which produce a lot of emissions...during car manufacture proces, emissions are probably equal with normal and hydrogen cars, but hydrogen cars make up for that with 0 emissions during usage. In any case hydrogen wins.
derbigpr500 6 months ago
i like Vicki,and hydrogen too
MrLeamsi73 7 months ago
The future of automotive, I hope. Great vehicle, hope to see more of this tech in years to come.
Automopedia 7 months ago
Clarify for me the Honda FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Technology...
heartlessvietboy 7 months ago
junk
Tbolt1000TForLife 7 months ago
@Tbolt1000TForLife Are you kidding? Yeah it doesn't look or perform well but it's the most eco friendly car ever made.
raptors11111 7 months ago
@raptors11111 eco friendly piece of shit, im a car enthusiast so i like classic muscle cars. you're not a tree hugger, are you
Tbolt1000TForLife 7 months ago
@Tbolt1000TForLife Nah I'm not a tree hugger at all man. I love good cars like Lambos, Ferraris, etc. I just think this car is good because its the first car that doesn't use gas and actually performs as well as an average road car. If this is the future of cars (hydrogen power) then I'm cool with that. Its not like gas is going away anytime soon so you don't have to worry about driving your classic cars.
raptors11111 7 months ago
Looks like there's a 2012 Civic body in there. Looks good to me:-)
TheBoogie24seven 7 months ago
This is why I know Honda still is ahead of the times, they always have been ever since that maverick engineer used his dad's motorcycle garage to build piston parts he tried to sell to Toyota only to later rise to be its arch rival.
KeepingModern 7 months ago
This is brilliant! And the car looks pretty nice too :-P
MeowChicken123 9 months ago
@MeowChicken123 Agreed!!!!!
casperonian 9 months ago
So if the world began to use these cars like we do fossil fuel cars, and the emissions became billions of tons of water vapour every year, then wouldn't all that water vapour create artificial rain and alleviate drought in a lot of places too?
Neoli2300 9 months ago
Hydrogen is the future! Die hybrid!
raykrislianggi 9 months ago
Little to none infrastructure and it's quite clear the industry is moving to electric.. Can't wait for the tesla model s to shake the world!
Zcow29 9 months ago
Hydrogen tanks are massive makes no sense to be carrying around such a tank.. Not efficient, again makee no sense.
Zcow29 9 months ago
From the start? I understand the minuses of electric which ONLY is recharging that takes so long. This hopefully will be a small milestone..
Zcow29 9 months ago
Makes no sense. Why create such a complex system if you could just use electric..?
Zcow29 9 months ago
@Zcow29 cos only electric takes hours to recharge, and has very low mileage. THAT makes no sense.
dunti21 8 months ago
@dunti21 Not true lithium technology supports significant range 300 miles is the current capability in some ev's. Yeah true it does take some time for recharge but that is not a valid as an argument as you think for the average consumer... The average consumer can convert from 'running empty' as they do in gas v, they would just quick charge regularly for an optimal state of charge. Faster recharge from depleted batteries are in the works. 45 mins in some but that should get better very soonn.
Zcow29 8 months ago
@Zcow29 What if you wanted to do a 700 mile trip?
dunti21 8 months ago
I wonder if liquid hydrogen would work as fuel for a mini-jet engine that some sports cars use. That's probably the way to go.
jsmurley1289 10 months ago
It's a hydrobrid!
jsmurley1289 10 months ago
I want to have one!!! and I live in Europe so please, DO IT!!!
naceks 11 months ago
could we use an electric current and separate the Hydrogen and the Oxygen and recycle the fuel?
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wigglemaster5000 2 months ago
I'm with Toyotaprius here; Hydrogen sounds good in theory but we've been promised "Hydrogen Cars in 10 years" for the last 50 years! Cracking water to make hydrogen is so inefficient that you would be better off just putting that energy into a battery in the first place,... which is where a 300 mile range Testla Model S comes in,... available 2012 at a fraction of the cost of a clarity.
timaustin2000 1 year ago
@timaustin2000 Honda's clarity has been tested on the roads for decades now.. real families have been owning and using then on a day to day basis. But seriously, I can't imagine it being that difficult to produce hydrogen cost efficiently. They have underwater wind mills that generate electricity from the current. Use that for the source of electricity for electrolysis, and there you have a effective CIRCLE of renewable energy.
musicmanvin1 10 months ago
@musicmanvin1
Why not just use that electricity to charge an electric car and skip the wasteful energy conversion process that electrolysis represents? The FCX Clarity can only do 250 miles on a full tank, same range as a Tesla Roadster. By the time fuel cell cars come out, battery electric cars will have surpassed them.
Zamboro 10 months ago
@musicmanvin1 the only problem is that the process of converting electricity to hydrogen only gives you a 20 percent effecientcy rate.. plus hydrogen is the smallest particle existing which makes it an escape artist.. nothing we know of can hold the hydrogen forever, it simply vanishes into blank air..
MrNadhazi 10 months ago
Vicki is so hot...
Orical001 1 year ago
vicki to present top gear!
SalamisNuvolari5001 1 year ago
I am getting one of these in 2018.
Neoli2300 1 year ago
Great review. :D
rock3tcat 1 year ago
who are the 14 jackoffs who gave this a thumbsdown?
ActionBastard85 1 year ago 3
@ActionBastard85 a bunch of dumb fucks dude!!!!
javdpoll 1 year ago
The fossil fuel industry isn't going out without a fight... hydrogen can be easily made clandestinely, let's keep that in mind.
esiosan 1 year ago
@esiosan yes but you won't really need to fight them, just wait a few years and they will run out of fossil fuels anyway. peak oil in 2006, oil will be gone, not declining in supply but gone, gone in 2050. hydrogen should then be realistic in 2020s, without the need for a fight.
Neoli2300 1 year ago
one gtr please. thank you.
greencase 1 year ago
81MPG :O??? That's much much more efficient than petrol-electric hybrids, diesels, diesel hybrids and so on. Can I have one :)?
ale03000 1 year ago
@ale03000 2018
Neoli2300 1 year ago
fifth gear can suck my dick
TopGear1Stig 1 year ago
Hydrogen still ten years away, not much has changed there then, keep dangling that hydrogen carrot honda
eldictator1 1 year ago
I wish the FCX the best. And I hope hybrids (specially the Prius), Plug In EV, eco Fuel... to fail miserably because the're more maketing, fashion and posing than engineering
mdelatorre85 1 year ago
@mdelatorre85 Agreed!
JZZ31 1 year ago
Always were and will be, Years Ahead of competition.
Honda Power
xenoo4life 1 year ago
@xenoo4life LOL, i think your thinking of mercedes benz, this car will fail cause its just another hybrid.
guitaristwagner 1 year ago
@guitaristwagner what?
xenoo4life 1 year ago
@xenoo4life your saying honda is years ahead of the competition. in fact mercedes benz is years ahead of the competition in terms of technology featured on cars, i'll give the honda engineers credit for coming up with this, but its not gonna be something serious cause its just another hybrid. the only way in reality to improve fuel efficiency is to take a look at diesel vehicles. the germans have been pushing them for years.
guitaristwagner 1 year ago
@guitaristwagner
hahaha... First of all, this is not a Hybrid.
Mercedes? Their Technology is still at 50 years before Christ. Hahahha... Diesel? Is the Future...? Diesel will come to an end sometime. Hydrogen However, will exist...!
Men I hate diesel.
Honda though created all types of Vehicles.
Petrol, Diesel, Hybrids, Alternative Fuel, Hydrogen Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Solar Vehicles. Everything!
Honda did it first. Honda did it better. Honda means Pure Advanced Technology.
xenoo4life 1 year ago
@xenoo4life dude its a hybrid omg u cant be that slow man. and the folks at bmw and mercedes have too, which is why they make so many diesel vehicles in europe, cause they're fuel efficient. all these hybrids with this being included is just nonsense and more harm to the earth then just getting a normal car and driving it off of petrol. i know what i'm talking about
guitaristwagner 1 year ago
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@guitaristwagner "i know what i'm talking about" you sure do!
It is not a fucking Hybrid. The Word Hybrid means 2 different things combined.
It is widely used in many situations. In our situation, A Honda Hybrid, is a car, that combines, an Internal Combustion Engine, and an Electric Engine / [motor].
The FCX has no Gasoline Engine inside.... That is not a Hybrid. Its a Hydrogen Car.
Get over it... Honda has the technology! Hydrogen may not be the future, but I'm sure Honda is.
xenoo4life 1 year ago
how many years does the fuel cell last?
tri400 1 year ago
Japanese cars are the best!
nissanaltimaka24de 1 year ago
this sucks ass
Glennfalconi 1 year ago
stupid woman torques measured in footpounds, not poundfoot
that aside my only problem with it is that its an automatic and they are useless
IanWiiPlayer 1 year ago
@IanWiiPlayer You can't have a manual transmission with an electric car. The clutch would just disintegrate every time you go for a gear change.
DanM012324 1 year ago
is it on the market?
MartinTheCoolGuy 1 year ago
@MartinTheCoolGuy You can only lease them in Southern Cali for about 600/month including insurance and other stuff for 3 years I believe only. You can't buy it!!
GBraidi78 1 year ago
is it on the market?
MartinTheCoolGuy 1 year ago
It may be more expensive then a Civic, but on a long term its worth it. The moment it comes to Canada I will definetely buy one.
bradarel22 1 year ago
Honda and BMW are investing billions over many years in hydrogen technology... nobody gives them credit, nobody thinks "oh, yeah, Honda/BMW, the eco-friendly car..."
And it's the only realistic alternative...
alernest 1 year ago
BMW hydrogen is better, it uses hydrogen just like gas, you use your actual engine powered by liquid hydrogen instead, and only has H2O has byproduct as well.
atami210 1 year ago
Amazing! We should ALL be driving these.
myscongeniality 1 year ago 32
Give this MILF a vibrator an hidrogen one please
exiliointhehouse 1 year ago
171 litres x 81mpg = 5814 km range. what the fuck is up with the 500km they said it can do?
zephan69 1 year ago
I think Vicki is "well packaged".
Alvord1430 1 year ago
The world is ready for green energy.
The multi biljoen dollar corperations are not..
SpeedDennis 1 year ago
this car really seems from the future... a bigger trunk will be better
harmankardonbose 1 year ago
she is very knowledgeable!! very clear! ty
monstercameron 2 years ago
kinda like it :) it grows on u'
BeattraxxSound 2 years ago
Hydrogen is the future, hybrids please die already.
enemay 2 years ago 88
@enemay this hydrogen car is a hybrid.....LOL
guitaristwagner 1 year ago
@enemay hybrid powertrain will not disappear unless vehicles become full electric. This is coz it is capable of turning excess mechanical energy to electricity thus more efficient. For vehicles that are full electric, it will have the same capability; however, it will not be a hybrid coz it only has one source of fuel.
fackyoudude 1 year ago
@enemay yeah hydrogen is the VERY VERY DISTANT future. i am puzzled that the host would describe a million dollar car as merely "much more expensive than an equivalent petrol car." yikes. bad reporting. enemay, when you get tired of waiting, call me and i'll build you a 100-mile EV that rides just like the FCX but can charge directly off your solar panels. ;)
sockosockosocko 1 year ago
@enemay they should have never be born. But, why someone clearly wants to sell hydrogen instead of being transformed from water in the car. Also i don't agree with the use of batteris to suport the engine, Batteries should be minimum because they are higly polluting to produce and to recycle. There's good powerfull electrical engines now, just use them together with this system
simaojrcosta 1 year ago
@enemay Hydrogen is 20 yrs away according to Honda. So in 20 years we'll still be using oil and waiting to hydrogen and for every decade someone says Hydrogen will be the future but it never really comes. It's all about electric now.
toyotaprius79 1 year ago
@toyotaprius79
Where does electricity come from? Fossil fuels. How much uranium do you think is left for nuclear power?
JeremyFuhenstasser 1 year ago
@JeremyFuhenstasser plenty. enough to tie us over until 2050-60 with fusion anyway.
Neoli2300 1 year ago
@toyotaprius79 there are other sources, its just in the US, Australia, china and india. in other places, Especially in europe, renewable is only just beginning to have a sizable percentage in energy production.
Neoli2300 1 year ago
@enemay hahahaha =)
I agree, I dispize how dull people are when they buy those prius'. I don't mean to bring up Top Gear on a 5th gear vid but on there they tested a prius just driving quite fast around a track against a BMW M5 and just guess what had better Mile per Gallon? incase you haven't got an imagination, the BMW =P
I REALLY want the UK and everywhere to have these available(I know there's a recession thing still going on) but I'd learn to drive if I could save up for one of these =/
Johny40Se7en 11 months ago
@enemay hydrogen is a myth..
MrNadhazi 10 months ago
@enemay No way, hybrids are helping develop the electric motor & battery technology!! Eventually they'll just pull out the gasoline engine from a Prius and drop in a hydrogen engine. We want to keep the battery to store power from the regenerative brakes or to use as a plugin! Hybrid electric/hydrogen FTW!
creepynut 9 months ago
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she looks kind of old now....showing her age
gjapan1332 2 years ago
i guess the country who makes oil oboslete in their country would become an economic superpower, which japan is headed
BlueKrush88 2 years ago
This is Hondas best car. Just because it's so intelligent.
Marrowni 2 years ago
i hate all electric cars and this H2 electric honda is not bad but the best of all is the piston driven H2 cars they are the best and they have NOISE!!! but that is just cars what about planes and boats and stuff like that?
ViperVenomACR 2 years ago
@ViperVenomACR Planes does more damage to the earth then cars, because they are closer to the stuff in the sky (dont know what its called) xD. so why not make other wehicles more enviorment friendly? ;P
TheDewror 2 years ago
It would be fashionable with eco-warriors, because they haven't got a clue what they are talking about. This car is an environmental criminal
Real environmentalists would keep their old car for as long as possible
Drivingyarns 2 years ago 2
@Drivingyarns Are you serious old cars are the worst for the environment there carbon emission are one of the reasons why global warming is increasing. You have no idea what the fuck you talking about you dumbass.
KainKindy 2 years ago
No. What is harmful to the environment is buying so endless amounts of crap. 80% of carbon gases produced by the average car is in the manufacturing, so keeping it longer will result in less noxious gases.
The public is sold on green issues, but it's just another marketing ploy.
Drivingyarns 2 years ago 2
did anyone notice that she did this test in deutschland? the pumps got german on it and the number plate is german and people are claiming this is american when the car is made in Japan, do americans have to beat their chest so hard?
lindscol 2 years ago
The U.S. taxpayers give trillions of dollars to banks which should have failed. We should have used the money to build nuclear power plants. The electricity from these plants could have been used to solve some of our energy problems. Electricity would be cheaper. It would support plug- in- hybrid cars, hydrogen cars, create US jobs, less dependent on oil.
Piramide555 2 years ago
This is funny because the amount of energy required to extract the hydrogen from sources is massive and around 70% of the worlds energy is derived from coal which is the "dirtiest" burning fossil fuel so these car's aren't that clean until we start getting our electricity from wind or other sources.
gunzkevin 2 years ago
wrong
PreludeH22A5 2 years ago
How so?
gunzkevin 2 years ago
watch?v=YzM9_KuvC-s
Thats video about first gen FCX, car is different, but technology is same.
It's all 100% "green", or "blue". whatever you call it :)
PreludeH22A5 2 years ago
I'm all for green tech. but why don't we use nuclear plants to extract hydrogen. We would be more energy independent.
Re-invest in nuclear fusion.
Piramide555 2 years ago
Whoa...be careful about anything that suggests the word 'nuclear'.
A lot of people (especially environmentalists, ironically) are extremely scared of nuclear anything.
But yes I completely agree
stanbernadino 2 years ago
Hydrogen cars are not better than fosil fuel cars if hydrogen is produced with fossil fuels. It's only green if hydrogen is produced with renewable energies like solar or wind power.
MelkartGaditano 2 years ago
Why is she speaking in liters and the fuel pump is in kilograms. How many kg has one liter of Hydrogen? 9 euros for one kg @ 3:55 ?
xxdadixx 2 years ago
I think the specific gravity of hydrogen is 0.07
which means 1ltr = 0.070kg
so capacity of the car is 171ltrs = 11.97kg so at E9 it would cost E107.73.
I would guess the measure the hydrogen at the pump in weight(kg) cause of the changing in volume(ltrs) due 2temp change would affect the price 2 both the coustomer and petrol station where as the weight wouldnt change.and i would say its been refered to ltrs in this clip cause thats what we are use to.plz correct me on any of this if I'm wrong
5imp50n06 2 years ago
its more economical than gasoline I think
JLchevz 2 years ago
its in liters because thats what we use in america and thanks to 5imp50n06 you know what it is in kg
animetodamaximum 2 years ago
in the beginning of 20th century people used to buy petrol from pharmacies... and now there is a station everywhere
same can happen with hydrogen as well if companies keep making cars like this
rondar2 2 years ago
i think that the car companies know that this is the way to go, but the thing is that some countries (like japan, america, and the uk for example) are giving massive discounts and incentives for electric cars. and the bottom line is that it's easier to make an electric car that needs to be recharged for 16 hours than it is to make a hydrogen car.
it's socialism at its finest (sarcastically). it's all about government agenda, not about the consumer or even the planet.
coolerdude44 2 years ago
true but when your putting that much more energy onto the power grid, power plants start operating at higher capacities
drfrisker 2 years ago
i live in san diego california usa
itouchfingerboarder 2 years ago
Basically, you need to 'make' the Hydrogen through energy gathered by Wind, Solar or Wave power plants. Easy. :)
Nannarii 2 years ago
Come on mate don't be so naive. Those methods are never going to even begin to meet demands for world energy.
The only clean way to produce hydrogen is nuclear in the future it will be by fusion rather than fission but that is still some time away.
srspower 2 years ago
that is awesome!! good stats! cant wait to better looking, smaller H cars come out (not a big fan of big cars, nothing against FCX)
shotokanbiker 2 years ago 3
wicked
djtyper 2 years ago
I WANT 1...
bbbd 2 years ago
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the electric mini is much better than this one
taiko911 2 years ago
I agree.
wsbygt 2 years ago
your an idiot- go watch top gears james may test the fcx clarity and get some sense into your brain, May hits it on the head in his review- one of the best segments to ever come out of top gear in my opinion.... electric cars just don't work... these cars are in different classes all together- the fcx is seriously like the jesus of cars at this point, it doesn't get more cutting edge and realistically futurisitic than this
Alexhoning 2 years ago
now all we need is the infrastructure
MilitantOldLady 2 years ago
A Hydrogen car is a mere novelty
quite silly actually as there is no
economical way on earth
to create the fuel to run it.
Its all in that somewhere along the line.
When you consider we are still sitting on an ocean of oil this is just silly.
Winky395 2 years ago
We may be sitting on an 'ocean' of oil, but what are our oceans made of? Hydrogen and oxygen.
decmcginn 2 years ago
ur retarded
tonyandphil 2 years ago
i tought 5 th gearwas dead how old is this
mircokaka 2 years ago
Isn't hydrogen explosive or something?
pdgeman 2 years ago
and gasoline isnt?
Caninefire 2 years ago
not like hydrogen..
pdgeman 2 years ago
yeah, hydrogen isn't as dangerous when it burns, nor does its combustion release a multitude of noxious chemicals and greenhouse gases.
Caninefire 2 years ago
isnt oil?
tonyandphil 2 years ago
much like gasoline?
eyyop 2 years ago
awesome.
ishtiaq13 2 years ago
revolutionary car
HyperbirdF6 2 years ago 3
Dacia logen in anglia:)) super taree 5:31
Nasul07 2 years ago
i don't understand why do these eco cars need to have this stupid shape?WHY?????i understand it's suppose to be revolutionary but damn,that shape is ugly.why not try to fit this techonlogy in a "normal"car.
brilliant idea anyway.
costellom5 2 years ago 13
its more aerodynamic
yukonforza 2 years ago
it's still ugly.i bet the 911 is more aerodynamic :))
costellom5 2 years ago
@costellom5 because its proven to have the lowest drag coefficient
jingjingisgay 1 year ago
@costellom5 its almost like a conspiracy to keep people buying dirty cars
americanu197 1 year ago
@costellom5 areodynamics play a key role in these cars.... they are designed to be slippery to the air and thus have less drag and increasing there range
MrTNL3 1 year ago
@costellom5 the stupid shapes are usually to lower the air drag coefficient; less drag means better mpg. do notice the rear end similarity of both honda insight and toyota prius for example.
fackyoudude 1 year ago
@costellom5 i think its because its both aerodynamic and family friendly.
dojokonojo 1 year ago
i can't understand why green car must be uggly! The only one beautiful it's Tesla, but too expensive for me. I wait hopefull in the future...
lucaepatty 2 years ago 3
eco-nice
Galex399 2 years ago
brilliant
lilsaint256 2 years ago
cool car :) but didnt toyota invent this???
coolabajset 2 years ago
this car might save all super cars we all love for years to come
shadman1911 2 years ago
The FCX a good idea but not a cool looking car, Hydrogen fuel cells is so much better than hybrid cars or electic cars that pug in to the mains.
Koolag1 2 years ago
no emission? the people who sells emission stickers won't like this.
zelgadiss 2 years ago 4
vicki, you are awesome, marry me.
paragonx88 2 years ago
That is a amazing car. espcially if you came from a dry country. its not only economical, uses solar energy to produce the hydrogen, but it also produces fresh water!. i like
dasautomega 2 years ago 3
Fifth Gear = facts
Top Gear = entertainment
I like having both
ZeekyBoogyDoog 2 years ago 3
much for thorough test than james may's one~~~ 5 stars~~~
igotnoideawhattoput 2 years ago
you can make your own hydrogen at home from electrolysis..just put an electrical charge through water and it releases hydrogen gas..they want to charge us for something that we can produce ourselves...look up HHO or browns gas
scomberscombrus 2 years ago
You need very high voltage and the hydrogen gas you produce is not enough to run the car. Also hydrogen gas is flammable, so storing it in your house might make it go boom!
Leave it to the pros.
wahkao1990 2 years ago
You dont need a high voltage to produce hydrogen i have a hybrid system running on my car using the battery..the problem is it dosent produce enough gas to replace fossil fuel..instead you need a hydroge storage device - its like a hydrogen rechargeable battery - that can be recharged at home at night - we really produce our own energy without the big boys they just want us to think we cant so they can charge us the earth - go to unitednuclear[dot]com and ask about this
scomberscombrus 2 years ago
@scomber- Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the amount of electricity required to make a unit of hydrogen from water the same amount of electricity generated when that same unit of hydrogen is converted back into water through a fuel cell? If so, then why not just charge a larger battery from your home power and take the fuel cell out of the loop?
theslimeylimey 2 years ago
@theslimeylimey Recharge of the batteries is slow, and MPG with battery only is low.
sasho78bg 2 years ago
@sasho: So is making hydrogen at home slow :)
Personally, I don't think hydrogen fuel cells are viable yet. The cost is still too high and hydrogen supply/delivery is a big question mark. I think plug in battery powered electric drive with a small onboard combustion engine range extender generator is what we will see before fuel cells. The infrastructure already exists and the cost is not as prohibitive.
theslimeylimey 2 years ago
The best way is to use hydrogen as a fuel in its own right and do away with the battery. Theres a smart guy working on producing a rechargeable hydrogen 'battery' that can be recharged overnight that will deliver hydrogen gas straight into your conventional engine you can still have the fossil fuel supply in case you run out - its still experimental and the big boys dont like it - check out bob lazaar+hydrogen on you tube and contact him via his website unitednuclear[dot]com
scomberscombrus 2 years ago
Have you seen the hydrogen Mazda RX-8?
It can run on hydrogen or gasoline at the flick of a switch. Using hydrogen in combustion is hardly efficient, but the separate intake/exhaust chambers of a wankel lend itself well for hydrogen use without the backfiring problem.
theslimeylimey 2 years ago
My diesel car runs pretty good on the hydrogen hybrid much smoother as the gad effectvely increases the octane of the fuel mixture as it burns at a higher temp than the diesel which should in theory increase mpg although ive not seen a significat increase what is noticable is more power throughtout the rev range (~5-10%) but the system i have is unreliable in that i have to check it constantly that the terminals and levels and bolts are all tight as vibration is a problem
scomberscombrus 2 years ago
i live in ireland where the roads are very bumpy....hydrogen produced at home and dlivered to a conventional engine is very possible..please dont be taken in by the big boys spin they are rich and powerful and want us to believe that we need them when in reality they just want our money and want us to rely on them...a hydrogen powered internal combustion car is perfectly feasable and has been achieved numerous times in the past with the inventors either being bought out or killed
scomberscombrus 2 years ago
I have some concerns about hydrogen cars. First, while the car itself may be zero-emission, what about the process of producing the hydrogen worldwide? What would be the cost to the consumer to fuel this car with hydrogen if a national or worldwide infrastructure were to be set up? How about the cost of production on a large scale? Could a properly fast performance car or commercial vehicle be based on this technology?
My personal opinion is that algae-based biogasoline is the best option.
JETZcorp 2 years ago 2
little late to the punch here but converting all gas stations to include hydrogen is too costly
adj789 2 years ago
there should be a lot more hydrogen cars on the road. unlike pure electrics, the technology is there. all that's left is the infrastructure and someone's holding that back
AlternativeUses 2 years ago 4
why hydrogen takes more to produce than gasoline dumbass...where do you think hydrogen comes from and how do they get it
Mario4Italy 2 years ago