Can you imagine if your house 'garage' is the same like Jay Leno's? I mean, the place looks more like a living room than a garage for Christ's sake! XD
A question. Why is this car particularly "the most important"? Aren´t there hydrogen powered BMW´s a few years ago? Why wasn´t the segment made about those and instead made about the Honda? Is there a difference in the way the hydrogen BMW´s and Hondas work, so that the Honda is "the car"? Thank you for input.
@TheSRalston I think the focus was on the Insight because it was brand new around the time this film was made, and is a completely road-ready hydrogen car. The BMW Hydrogen 7 was a duel-fuel petrol and hydrogen hybrid, not a completely hydrogen-powered car like the Honda.
I don't think the film was really about the Insight anyway, it was more about hydrogen as a fuel in general.
well there is a Lot of Hydrogen in the Universe... but its not in its pure Form... you'll have to "make" it... out of Water for Example... but to do that, you'll need hell lot of Electricity... there is where Efficiency comes in...
@EugeneVanDerMill no u don't need a lot of electricity actually to extract hydrogen from water, but to make a hydrogen cell power generator require a lot of chemical product, not only steel
I can't help but wonder, that if the emissions from the Clarity, or other hydrogen powered cars, is water, does that mean the roads will always be wet? There are already problems in my state with run off - I wonder if this would contribute to it. Cool tech though.
Honda did a pretty nice job for what is the only fuel cell vehicle in production, although very limited, for the public. And does anyone know what the awesome song is at :50?
To anyone who reads this, you should know that those HHO scams are not the same thing as this. This is H2 hydrogen, not HHO. Your car cannot produce it's own power, that is perpetual motion which is against the laws of physics. I can't wait to see both H2 sports cars, as well as algae biofuel in the future. The cars must remain sporty though, cause I will walk before I trade in my Corvette on a Prius.
I think the model s is more practical. Especially when the fact that the technology has just been born and will increase in range and decrease in charge time.
You can get hydrogen from electrolysis of water. I don't see why they couldn't use solar power to generate the electricity needed to run that. I know it takes immense amounts of electricity to use that method but if you can use such a widely available resource, why not.
@dpreetam Would it not be easiser to simply plant energy crops (raps, maize), use solar energy to "power" their growth, then process them (essentially dump them in a hole and wait for hydrocarbons from plant decay) and use the hyrdogen? Neiher solar plants nor electrolysis plants needed then.
@xuevgermanist wouldn't you then have to wait for the plants to grow and to decay? We are some what of an impatient society. Though biodiesel doesnt seem like a bad alternative for the vehicles that can take it, which would fall in line for those who'd want to grow crops.
@christlubas Hydrogen is suppose to super unstable don't know how they keep all the temperature and heat out of it. and yes all very T3 if sparks get in contact =D
i dont want to buy one but I want everyone everybody want to buy one so I must buy one
there must be a problem cause if not there would be millions and millions already selled, and the gas dudes would start setting hidrogen station all over the world
oil problem solved, ever car producer make hydrogen cars, hybrids are too expensive to produce, hydrogen is the future.....so how come they aint being produced?????
@theman160090 I'd rather die than drive around in a "no passion" electric car for the rest of my life. (Cars and motorbikes are pretty much my favorite thing in the whole world)
OK, IM PUTTING THIS IN CAPS, BECAUSE ITS IMPORTANT. BACK IN THE 1980S THERE WAS A MAN NAMED Stanley Meyer's HE HAD A MOTOR THAT RAN ON PLAN OLD WATER!!! SALT WATER!!! OR SNOW!!! THE OIL COMPANYS WANTED TO BUY THE PATENT FOR 1 BILLION DOLLORS, BUT HE WOUDLENT SELL IT, HOW EVER HE DID SELL SUM OF IT TO THE american! AMRY, THE NEXT DAY AFTER HE MET WITH THE ARMY,TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, HE DIED OF FOOD POISIONING... GOOGLE IT!!! AMERICA HAS HAD THIS SHIT ALL ALONG. SINCE THE 80'S!!!
I love sports cars, ferraris, lamborghinis, porsches, toyota supra, and the skyline gtr. all these car car will be gone forever and we really need cars like the honda hcx clarity to save the the world from global warming, and fuel for sports cars of course. but human beings must learn the hard way before they use these kinds of cars. we humans will only take action when we are in the brink of a bad situation, and unfortunately most of us are stubborn as well.
wow, that is actually a really good Idea Honda, except 1 problem. Probably 1 in every 100,000 gas stations in America and Canada have Hydrogen pump in them!
*bleeb* this electic junk, its gonna be on hell of a while before the oil runs out and if its all gone there will be no gearbox oil en other stuff so well be back to square one...
@rock3tcat That idea is currently being tested and experimented with. Some technologies inject some H2 into the combustion chamber of an ICE along with the normal fuel, similar to how NO2 is injected. However, it will take a lot of r&d to refine the process to use H2 alone. On the bright side, this type of r&d is what caused normal gasoline/diesel engines to come such a long way in efficiency and output over the years.
It doesnt matter what we use in our cars cause the govt is full of greedy bastards that will just make hydrogen as expensive as gasoline would be so there really isnt much of a difference..and all of the queers that say it wont contribute to global warming they can go tell me why arctic ice is now building up..so suck it hippie fags
Its nice but it wont fully solve the oil need even when the whole infra of the large consuming countrys is addepted for this.
Oil is needed for allot more then moving ourself and our supplys.
However it will be a big slice in the oil need, wich makes the reserves of oil still left suddenly allot greater wich means more time for even more alternatives...
Whoa, hang on a minute, I just thought of something.
Oil is made from organic materials a.k.a. dead animals. And as we all know Earth is covered with life and has been for 4 billion years. So it stands to reason that as long as things keep dying and decomposing deep underground, we will always have oil.
I think there's something wrong with that statement, but right now to me it makes perfect sense. Any takers?
@veigadevil Oooohh, touched a sore spot, have I? Well, sorry Mr. Sensitive. I was just expressing an idea I had and asked for some general feedback. Obviously now I know that my logic was wrong, but if that's all it takes to work you up into a hissyfit then YOU are the one that needs to grow up. Geez.
I love this video. I totally disagree with everything James May says of course because the one thing he didn't mention, the biggest point of all about hydrogen fuel cell cars is.... where does the hydrogen come from?
I really do hope that hydrogen cars do make it the to the mass market, but I also think that Hybrid cars like the Karma Fisker that use batteries and a gas generator (not a gas engine) to provide more electricity and gives like 100 mpg, also really practical. either way we gotta break the addiction with gasoline
Something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as sources of power for the drive train
It has a Hydrogen engine and a electric motor that makes it a hybrid right? Petrol has nothing to do with the word hybrid?
Something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as sources of power for the drive train
Petrol has nothing to do with the word hybrid? It doesnt even have to be a combustion engine like the hydrogen it just has to be 2 of something that is not the same that generates a powersource that makes the car drive.
@KiwiKid4Lyf Actually no. A Hybrid car is a car powered by two or more distinct power sources. -> copy paste from wikipedia -> "A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors." it's just commonly know to have a petrol engine and an electric engine.
@KiwiKid4Lyf hybrid means 2 technologies .. as in hydrogen and electric engine ... a normal hydrogen car has a internal combustion engine .. being a hybrid has nothing to do with petrol.
the petrol is getting more expensive so we need new energy for the cars
i hope that GM and Ford will make hydrogen,in my opinion we will start with slow cars but years later the companies will improve the technology and we will enjoy again the cars,imagine a hydrogen engined Mustang or a BMW,it would be great
I would save the planet such as using a car like this.But i really don't want to give up the sound of my super charged 4.7 ltr jeep GCL or Bmw.The things we have now are bad for the planet but more enjoyable,The things we will have in the near future are boring but friendly to the planet.
It's funny when you think of hydrogen engine you think of something like this car ,small, dainty,underpowered. When infact the most powerfull engine in our universe runs on hydrogen, The Sun and it's been running for a few million years.
Not True, the compression of hydrogen can be efficiently completed using renewable energy like wind etc, converted into electricity which drives the compressor. The problem is in the transportation (attached to metal?) and storage at very low tempretures. Work this one out and you will be a millionaire.
how is this hydrogen comprssed? by a big pump driven by an engine using petrol/diesel, before you mention running that engine on hydrogen, it would use more fuel than it could compress, the more parts you use the more inefficient things become, just burn the hydrogen simple
Thing is if they used Compressed hydrogen to generate electricity in electric cars, how will this work out for super cars with V 12 engines ? not everyone wants to ride in a fuel efficient car and give up speed. then again i don't know wether or not this method would work for super cars so im just asking.
@osamakayali bioethanol ! E85 is a mixture of alcohol (85%) and petrol. Normal engines need just some settings from a laptop to be able to run on that. Unfortunatelly, politics make this impossible. in North European countries ( which are known to be the most educated and the least corrupt) you don't pay taxes if you use this fuel and you get free parking. And it's not bad in any way!. The engines sound the same the power is up by 10-15%. They use 10-15% more fuel, but you can grow this fuel !
A fossil fuel burning, turbine powered electric car would be an excellent gap filler until hydrogen issues are resolved. Turbines can be built very small using existing technology resulting in extremely high fuel efficiency. It would be great to see this kind of car in production instead of all the "test" cars that are promised.
We just need more nuclear power plants, and then worry about the easiest way to transfer that energy to our vehicles...either in batteries or by compressing hydrogen.
The only thing to care about is localized pollution..smog, ground level ozone, etc. Go ahead regulate the hell out of that, that's fine. Just don't tie it to global atmosperic 'change', that's totally BS. Earth's temp related to sun and ocean cycles, and VOLCANOES you idiots, not miniscule burning of hydrocarbons.
what do you mean fail? It will one day replace all fossil fueled cars on the roads. The reason it hasn't yet is simple, there is still oil to sell, and how can the government charge extra tax for a car that doesn't pollute? (despite the fact that global warming is a natural cycle and we can't stop it)
@vnneh really, and i don't mean this against hondas because i like the gas engined ones, all of the hippie cars like the prius and clearity are the ugliest cars on earth, if they looked better they would sell much much more! To me its even uglier than the prius!!!
@m4dm3th0d I say theres place for both, yes mainly b/c I have an 82 Mercedes 240D that runs on biodiesel, and also b/c you will still need an engine of some kind instead of a billion little motors everywhere that are torquey as all hell but lack in the HP department, at least efficiently that is.
@m4dm3th0d Not quite. You could have most diesels running on waste vegetable oil with little modification. As for a Hydrogen car, everything about it is new.
Of course replacing most cars with new, hydrogen powered cars is a lot more profitable for car makers.
i totally gotta buy one sux i'm only 12 oh well. Lenos point was really relieving, i thought that electric and earthy cars would bring an end to the almighty, greatest invention in the world the supercar, not the normal car, only the super, i don't care for domestic cars and trucks. and btw i wish i were leno but my collection would have ALOT ALOT more Ferraris. i love ferraris ok my comment is too long ima stop now
@Krayonsssss97 you can really tell that your only twelve because you only care about supercars! you do realize that there are cars like a Ford Focus RS that handel better than most if not all American "supercars" , don't diss the regular car.
i didn't mean to diss the reg. car and yes i do understand that there are alot of better handling cars then the "american" supercars but i honestly don't care that much, and on my comment i shud've put "i don't as much for the domestic cars....."
BTW i dnt only care abt supercars in fact my all time favorite car is the nissan skyline GTR R34, which isn't a supercar (u shud already kno that)
idiot.. oil burns with oxygen. the carbon in oil combines with oxygen to create CO2 -> a greenhouse gas. the energy in gasoline is stored in hydrocarbons. any hydrocarbon in a combustion reaction breaks down into CO2 and H2O, using much oxygen.
It wont be soon till this is in production over the world.
He makes a good point , when people think about future , why think about flying cars that drive using a complicate system? Use the stuff we've got now and substitute the main variables. It's simple.
As James said 'It's the car of the future because it is much like the car of today'.
Only if the platinum is replaced by other less expensive metals. In the movie who killed the electric car, one of the largest obstacles that they brought up was the sheer cost of the fuel cells right now.
The nutjob really might want to explain how you get oil from burning carbon. Willing to bet theres not a chemist on the planet that could balance that chemical equation. Oh and burning REQUIRES oxygen. Thats what the word means. Combustion, look it up sparky. No oxygen, no combustion. Might want to take a few 100 level college courses there buckwheat. He must work for big oil. "Its hard to get a man to understand/accept a thing, when his paycheck depends on him NOT understanding it."
flatspin, you might want to explain something to yourself...
If something is biotically-based (i.e. from living matter), it BREAKS DOWN. Oil doesn't break down, other than separating from water. That, in and of itself, would be proof enough to any intelligent mammal of oil's ABIOTIC origin. It means it's a renewing substance, not a set amount.
And things can burn without oxygen. Usually, it's called PLASMA. Try again, public school...you fail.
The most efficient way to store hydrogen is next to a carbon atom i.e. in a fossil fuel. It is immensely inefficient to get hydrogen in the form it needs to be to fill up from a filling station as shown in the video.
Fuel cells are quite useful but I am not a supporter of the hydrogen economy as a replacement for our current system. Electrics/hybrids/something else will have to be the answer.
Jeeez, all people think is petrol nowadays, not the fact that it's a matter of time until humanity faces the danger to become extinct because of its unconditional usage of natural resources. There's the sun, there's the wind, there's geothermal energy and electric cars and still everyone's wasting his time on the oil economy...
JM talks about all the positive qualities but neglects the fact that creating a hydrogen fuel cell requires electricity and fossil fuels. not to mention that most car manufacturers have cut out R&D, so it's at a stand-still anyway
They can't release new technology like this until they figure out how to make us pay through the nose for it.The most abundant element in the universe is the same price as petrol, what a coincidence !
The reason it costs as much as petrol is because it needs to be extracted from sources like water or other chemicals with hydrogen in it. The whole process currently emits more C02 than the productions of petrol although obviously this will change soon enough.
It moves the production of power from the car's engine to the separation station (where the hydrogen is extracted from the water). These large stations allow for more efficient extraction from a variety of sources, including renewable ones such as solar, wind, geothermal, and even nuclear energy.
The point of the car is not the looks, though i can't say i dislike it, compared to the Prius it's perfect. I agree with James on this one. If any future lies up ahead for cars, this is it. At least before they make all the transportation automatic. Fortunately we won't live to see such a disaster. :P
its not fully electric its a hydrogen fuel cell powered car, that's like saying gasoline cars are electric because it generates electricity.
JimmaayN 2 weeks ago
Wish the video was longer, wanted to see what clarkson would say
Mathiasomg 1 month ago
I've sat in one, the interior is dead cheap....yuk...
manoman0 2 months ago
Being the lightest of chemical elements, it doesn't weigh down your car at fill-ups ;)
MrFerrarifreak8 2 months ago
Am I the only one who thinks it's remarkably beautiful?
aymthebest 4 months ago
lololol may is so funny
utuberevlimitracing 4 months ago
JAY LENO HAS NICE CARS!
BUT HE'S DRESSED LIKE A TRAMP
Lunarvrr 4 months ago
Isn't this a honda insight ?
jksee97 5 months ago
@jksee97 no, the insight is a hybrid, this isnt
sersarsor 5 months ago
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James:Prius SUCKER! 2:34
jezza941 6 months ago
James:Prius SUCKER!
jezza941 6 months ago
3:54 anyone notice the insect?
S7r0ng3r 6 months ago
@S7r0ng3r yap
pepumarius2006 6 months ago 3
Can you imagine if your house 'garage' is the same like Jay Leno's? I mean, the place looks more like a living room than a garage for Christ's sake! XD
Str4t0sPh3rE 7 months ago
A question. Why is this car particularly "the most important"? Aren´t there hydrogen powered BMW´s a few years ago? Why wasn´t the segment made about those and instead made about the Honda? Is there a difference in the way the hydrogen BMW´s and Hondas work, so that the Honda is "the car"? Thank you for input.
TheSRalston 8 months ago
@TheSRalston I think the focus was on the Insight because it was brand new around the time this film was made, and is a completely road-ready hydrogen car. The BMW Hydrogen 7 was a duel-fuel petrol and hydrogen hybrid, not a completely hydrogen-powered car like the Honda.
I don't think the film was really about the Insight anyway, it was more about hydrogen as a fuel in general.
Strike86 8 months ago
''i' m afraid it's a four door honda'' hahaha
turbokompressored 9 months ago
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WhatThePresidentSays 9 months ago
well there is a Lot of Hydrogen in the Universe... but its not in its pure Form... you'll have to "make" it... out of Water for Example... but to do that, you'll need hell lot of Electricity... there is where Efficiency comes in...
EugeneVanDerMill 9 months ago
@EugeneVanDerMill no u don't need a lot of electricity actually to extract hydrogen from water, but to make a hydrogen cell power generator require a lot of chemical product, not only steel
obeybosss 6 months ago
captain slow brilliant as always.
bababacardi 10 months ago 2
I can't help but wonder, that if the emissions from the Clarity, or other hydrogen powered cars, is water, does that mean the roads will always be wet? There are already problems in my state with run off - I wonder if this would contribute to it. Cool tech though.
MrHamlet 10 months ago
@MrHamlet well yes water will be what it emits but it will be in the form of water vapor.
Foreignguy22 10 months ago
If everybody in LA was driving this car, I can't imagine how humid it would be!
piervasil 10 months ago
all they need to do now is creat a car that looks half decent, available in 2door or 4door, and is somwhat sporty for around 30K and il be happy :)
CemetaryGatesML 10 months ago
ok well what if you go out of the country how do you fill it up if there are no hydrogen pumps
heronXS 10 months ago
Honda did a pretty nice job for what is the only fuel cell vehicle in production, although very limited, for the public. And does anyone know what the awesome song is at :50?
XxXwhyshouldicareXxX 10 months ago
5 people owns a gas drilling company..
stewardlie 10 months ago
To anyone who reads this, you should know that those HHO scams are not the same thing as this. This is H2 hydrogen, not HHO. Your car cannot produce it's own power, that is perpetual motion which is against the laws of physics. I can't wait to see both H2 sports cars, as well as algae biofuel in the future. The cars must remain sporty though, cause I will walk before I trade in my Corvette on a Prius.
v12tommy 10 months ago
lmao: prius, sucker 2:39
mrnathv 11 months ago
I think it's brilliant!
FullyNimble 11 months ago
"See, in America we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonimously."
armandosama 11 months ago
did he mention the mpgs on that thing or does anyone know?
LOGIC42369 11 months ago
@LOGIC42369 think he said 1200km's or miles on a tank of Hidrogen. but i could be wrong. pritty sure thats what he said.
CemetaryGatesML 10 months ago
@CemetaryGatesML 270 miles, aka 434.5 kms
PantlessWanderer 10 months ago
Where can I watch this full episode? YouTube doesn't seem to have it... unless I'm mistaken?
lupischuckle 1 year ago
They are so right, it is the future because it is the car of today.. and then we will use petrol for ''recreation'' (sports cars)
psv95car 1 year ago
I think the model s is more practical. Especially when the fact that the technology has just been born and will increase in range and decrease in charge time.
Queeranus 1 year ago
A fine video. But fuel cells are a dead end nevertheless.
Hydrogen (in industrial amounts) is obtained from oil or liquified natural gas.
Once oil and gas are depleted, we'll have only the hydrogen we can produce from processing organic waste
(sawdust, foliage, manure, feces if you like). This won't be able to cover even 10% of the demand which keeps growing.
Hence, the only way is delevolping techniques of harvesting thermonuclear energy.
xuevgermanist 1 year ago
@xuevgermanist
You can get hydrogen from electrolysis of water. I don't see why they couldn't use solar power to generate the electricity needed to run that. I know it takes immense amounts of electricity to use that method but if you can use such a widely available resource, why not.
dpreetam 11 months ago
@dpreetam Would it not be easiser to simply plant energy crops (raps, maize), use solar energy to "power" their growth, then process them (essentially dump them in a hole and wait for hydrocarbons from plant decay) and use the hyrdogen? Neiher solar plants nor electrolysis plants needed then.
xuevgermanist 11 months ago
@xuevgermanist the problem with solar power is 1 you can only drive on a suny day and 2 one solar panal will get you only 30 miles an hour
delawarespeedway26 11 months ago
@delawarespeedway26 I'm not talking about solar energy (or about cars) I'm talking about thermonuclear enegy based on hydrogen fusion.
xuevgermanist 11 months ago
@xuevgermanist wouldn't you then have to wait for the plants to grow and to decay? We are some what of an impatient society. Though biodiesel doesnt seem like a bad alternative for the vehicles that can take it, which would fall in line for those who'd want to grow crops.
dpreetam 11 months ago
Hydrogen Fuel Cell? does it explode like in Terminator 3?
christlubas 1 year ago
@christlubas Hydrogen is suppose to super unstable don't know how they keep all the temperature and heat out of it. and yes all very T3 if sparks get in contact =D
babymegatron 1 year ago
i dont want to buy one but I want everyone everybody want to buy one so I must buy one
there must be a problem cause if not there would be millions and millions already selled, and the gas dudes would start setting hidrogen station all over the world
jpmdddd 1 year ago
oil problem solved, ever car producer make hydrogen cars, hybrids are too expensive to produce, hydrogen is the future.....so how come they aint being produced?????
foxdmulder 1 year ago 2
@foxdmulder Would you drive a gas car on autogas if there wasn't a single pump in your area?
ruiferreira89 1 year ago
Mclaren F1 is the most important car thats ever been made
redghost105 1 year ago
everyone should use this car if they don't wanna die in 2012
theman160090 1 year ago
@theman160090 I'd rather die than drive around in a "no passion" electric car for the rest of my life. (Cars and motorbikes are pretty much my favorite thing in the whole world)
ThirteenMatt 1 year ago
i saw it today...UGLY!
UNDERRATEDMCS 1 year ago
does anyone know the song at 0:51
SucapunchRecords 1 year ago
does anyone know the song at 1:10
SucapunchRecords 1 year ago
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j250ex 1 year ago
Stanley meyers was a fraud. Check your facts
j250ex 1 year ago
2:37, thumbs for SUCKER in British accent
janusmallick 1 year ago 16
OK, IM PUTTING THIS IN CAPS, BECAUSE ITS IMPORTANT. BACK IN THE 1980S THERE WAS A MAN NAMED Stanley Meyer's HE HAD A MOTOR THAT RAN ON PLAN OLD WATER!!! SALT WATER!!! OR SNOW!!! THE OIL COMPANYS WANTED TO BUY THE PATENT FOR 1 BILLION DOLLORS, BUT HE WOUDLENT SELL IT, HOW EVER HE DID SELL SUM OF IT TO THE american! AMRY, THE NEXT DAY AFTER HE MET WITH THE ARMY,TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, HE DIED OF FOOD POISIONING... GOOGLE IT!!! AMERICA HAS HAD THIS SHIT ALL ALONG. SINCE THE 80'S!!!
MrMooseheadbeer 1 year ago
thank u james may...great report
scoot24925 1 year ago
laughed so hard at 1:55
bobrec3GTI 1 year ago
I love sports cars, ferraris, lamborghinis, porsches, toyota supra, and the skyline gtr. all these car car will be gone forever and we really need cars like the honda hcx clarity to save the the world from global warming, and fuel for sports cars of course. but human beings must learn the hard way before they use these kinds of cars. we humans will only take action when we are in the brink of a bad situation, and unfortunately most of us are stubborn as well.
Destronus 1 year ago
When, can I OWN, not lease one, WHEN???????
78923451 1 year ago
wow, that is actually a really good Idea Honda, except 1 problem. Probably 1 in every 100,000 gas stations in America and Canada have Hydrogen pump in them!
Motorfordtoyota 1 year ago
*bleeb* this electic junk, its gonna be on hell of a while before the oil runs out and if its all gone there will be no gearbox oil en other stuff so well be back to square one...
doriftomasta 1 year ago
after all that jeremy must have had some smart ass smirk to say about the car!
tigersoup 1 year ago
@tigersoup he actually thinks of it as the best green planet friendly car in the world.
Destronus 1 year ago
Why not just use the hydrogen in a conventional IC piston engine?
rock3tcat 1 year ago
@rock3tcat That idea is currently being tested and experimented with. Some technologies inject some H2 into the combustion chamber of an ICE along with the normal fuel, similar to how NO2 is injected. However, it will take a lot of r&d to refine the process to use H2 alone. On the bright side, this type of r&d is what caused normal gasoline/diesel engines to come such a long way in efficiency and output over the years.
SKsquashbass12 1 year ago
It doesnt matter what we use in our cars cause the govt is full of greedy bastards that will just make hydrogen as expensive as gasoline would be so there really isnt much of a difference..and all of the queers that say it wont contribute to global warming they can go tell me why arctic ice is now building up..so suck it hippie fags
IAMBLACKSTIG 1 year ago
Its nice but it wont fully solve the oil need even when the whole infra of the large consuming countrys is addepted for this.
Oil is needed for allot more then moving ourself and our supplys.
However it will be a big slice in the oil need, wich makes the reserves of oil still left suddenly allot greater wich means more time for even more alternatives...
Clausewitzz 1 year ago
Whoa, hang on a minute, I just thought of something.
Oil is made from organic materials a.k.a. dead animals. And as we all know Earth is covered with life and has been for 4 billion years. So it stands to reason that as long as things keep dying and decomposing deep underground, we will always have oil.
I think there's something wrong with that statement, but right now to me it makes perfect sense. Any takers?
allamericandude15 1 year ago
@allamericandude15 you stupid fuck you know how much fuel do we spend in 1 day?? it takes 1000 years to recover what we consume in a day moron...
you must be like 10 years old... get a brain
veigadevil 1 year ago
@veigadevil Oooohh, touched a sore spot, have I? Well, sorry Mr. Sensitive. I was just expressing an idea I had and asked for some general feedback. Obviously now I know that my logic was wrong, but if that's all it takes to work you up into a hissyfit then YOU are the one that needs to grow up. Geez.
allamericandude15 1 year ago
I love this video. I totally disagree with everything James May says of course because the one thing he didn't mention, the biggest point of all about hydrogen fuel cell cars is.... where does the hydrogen come from?
GearlessUK 1 year ago
We do only have about 80 years of oil left
SNYDAMAAN 1 year ago
Very well put, Jay Leno!!
BTW: I was at a car show in Van Nuys and saw his black Bentely (at 5:16)
TamiyaRunner 1 year ago
ok. how many litres of gallons of h2 per 100 miles or km?
tibycom 1 year ago
jay leno see his interview in top gear
jman11597 1 year ago
honda is for teh gays
brain4aheart 1 year ago
I really do hope that hydrogen cars do make it the to the mass market, but I also think that Hybrid cars like the Karma Fisker that use batteries and a gas generator (not a gas engine) to provide more electricity and gives like 100 mpg, also really practical. either way we gotta break the addiction with gasoline
riK987 1 year ago
its not technically a hybrid if it doesnt have a petrol engine
KiwiKid4Lyf 1 year ago 12
@KiwiKid4Lyf
Something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as sources of power for the drive train
It has a Hydrogen engine and a electric motor that makes it a hybrid right? Petrol has nothing to do with the word hybrid?
TheTecknic 10 months ago
@KiwiKid4Lyf
Something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as sources of power for the drive train
Petrol has nothing to do with the word hybrid? It doesnt even have to be a combustion engine like the hydrogen it just has to be 2 of something that is not the same that generates a powersource that makes the car drive.
TheTecknic 10 months ago
@KiwiKid4Lyf Actually no. A Hybrid car is a car powered by two or more distinct power sources. -> copy paste from wikipedia -> "A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors." it's just commonly know to have a petrol engine and an electric engine.
fideefe 9 months ago
@KiwiKid4Lyf hybrid means that has 2 different powersources, this has.
MaistroDavid 9 months ago
@KiwiKid4Lyf hybrid means 2 technologies .. as in hydrogen and electric engine ... a normal hydrogen car has a internal combustion engine .. being a hybrid has nothing to do with petrol.
Mardokun 5 months ago
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hydrogen, kinda sucks..
chipalike 2 years ago
@chipalike
Destroyed earth, kinda sucks.
Your opinion, kinda sucks.
vhghe 1 year ago 4
Current fuel cell cars cost an average of $1,000,000. This cost, in his words, "has gotta drop."
Current materials cannot store enough hydrogen in a reasonable space to "give you the range people want."
chipalike 1 year ago
Current fuel cell cars cost an average of $1,000,000. This cost, in his words, "has gotta drop."
Current materials cannot store enough hydrogen in a reasonable space to "give you the range people want."
Hydrogen fuel is "wildly expensive." In his words "even hydrogen from dirty fossil fuels is two or three times more expensive than gasoline."
chipalike 1 year ago
are you kidding me? the only thing this car emit is WATER. YOU CAN LITERALLY SURVIVE ON A STRANDED ISLAND WITH THIS CAR
OohieuoO 1 year ago 3
LOL as long as you pump that shit
CarribeanBern 1 year ago
the petrol is getting more expensive so we need new energy for the cars
i hope that GM and Ford will make hydrogen,in my opinion we will start with slow cars but years later the companies will improve the technology and we will enjoy again the cars,imagine a hydrogen engined Mustang or a BMW,it would be great
maxthunder1 2 years ago
@maxthunder1 You forgot the Wooooooooooooooooo!
cobolt13 2 years ago
song @ end?
cobolt13 2 years ago
I would save the planet such as using a car like this.But i really don't want to give up the sound of my super charged 4.7 ltr jeep GCL or Bmw.The things we have now are bad for the planet but more enjoyable,The things we will have in the near future are boring but friendly to the planet.
cobolt13 2 years ago
Prius, sucker!LOL
mattmatt131313 2 years ago
It's funny when you think of hydrogen engine you think of something like this car ,small, dainty,underpowered. When infact the most powerfull engine in our universe runs on hydrogen, The Sun and it's been running for a few million years.
racinglightning01 2 years ago 2
WOW what a great Documentary... this one is very well-informed and positively remarked...Top Gear is always #1 motoring show in history period.
hadabenz 2 years ago
Not True, the compression of hydrogen can be efficiently completed using renewable energy like wind etc, converted into electricity which drives the compressor. The problem is in the transportation (attached to metal?) and storage at very low tempretures. Work this one out and you will be a millionaire.
mongolfer 2 years ago
how is this hydrogen comprssed? by a big pump driven by an engine using petrol/diesel, before you mention running that engine on hydrogen, it would use more fuel than it could compress, the more parts you use the more inefficient things become, just burn the hydrogen simple
racedemon89 2 years ago
i love it too bad its slow
RnB123100 2 years ago
Thing is if they used Compressed hydrogen to generate electricity in electric cars, how will this work out for super cars with V 12 engines ? not everyone wants to ride in a fuel efficient car and give up speed. then again i don't know wether or not this method would work for super cars so im just asking.
osamakayali 2 years ago
there is bmw v12 hydrogen ;)
dartasweideris 2 years ago
@osamakayali bioethanol ! E85 is a mixture of alcohol (85%) and petrol. Normal engines need just some settings from a laptop to be able to run on that. Unfortunatelly, politics make this impossible. in North European countries ( which are known to be the most educated and the least corrupt) you don't pay taxes if you use this fuel and you get free parking. And it's not bad in any way!. The engines sound the same the power is up by 10-15%. They use 10-15% more fuel, but you can grow this fuel !
horilazar 1 year ago
A fossil fuel burning, turbine powered electric car would be an excellent gap filler until hydrogen issues are resolved. Turbines can be built very small using existing technology resulting in extremely high fuel efficiency. It would be great to see this kind of car in production instead of all the "test" cars that are promised.
RedRiver2011 2 years ago
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damn bored episode, noob future
yehlai 2 years ago
Honda FTW!!!!!
rob0079 2 years ago
the fuel cell IF it ever comes in to full on production is so far off that we will be fucked
colin340 2 years ago
We just need more nuclear power plants, and then worry about the easiest way to transfer that energy to our vehicles...either in batteries or by compressing hydrogen.
The only thing to care about is localized pollution..smog, ground level ozone, etc. Go ahead regulate the hell out of that, that's fine. Just don't tie it to global atmosperic 'change', that's totally BS. Earth's temp related to sun and ocean cycles, and VOLCANOES you idiots, not miniscule burning of hydrocarbons.
courageousjake 2 years ago
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fuel cells=fail
colin340 2 years ago
what do you mean fail? It will one day replace all fossil fueled cars on the roads. The reason it hasn't yet is simple, there is still oil to sell, and how can the government charge extra tax for a car that doesn't pollute? (despite the fact that global warming is a natural cycle and we can't stop it)
tommart123 2 years ago
car looks nice tbh, another good car by honda =]
vnneh 2 years ago
@vnneh really, and i don't mean this against hondas because i like the gas engined ones, all of the hippie cars like the prius and clearity are the ugliest cars on earth, if they looked better they would sell much much more! To me its even uglier than the prius!!!
AdrianC12345 2 years ago
tune it, other bumpers :) u can make it a nice car, imo its got potential and i like to looks of it so :o
vnneh 2 years ago 2
basically same performance as a 1995-97 accord 2.2
scbeering 2 years ago
i agree with leno
the hydrogen car is the future, not bio fuel
m4dm3th0d 2 years ago 33
@m4dm3th0d I say theres place for both, yes mainly b/c I have an 82 Mercedes 240D that runs on biodiesel, and also b/c you will still need an engine of some kind instead of a billion little motors everywhere that are torquey as all hell but lack in the HP department, at least efficiently that is.
adamslurch71 1 year ago
@m4dm3th0d
but still... ``IF`` there no oil anymore... Bio fuel can be used in your v8 xD
dylanBBE 1 year ago
@m4dm3th0d Not quite. You could have most diesels running on waste vegetable oil with little modification. As for a Hydrogen car, everything about it is new.
Of course replacing most cars with new, hydrogen powered cars is a lot more profitable for car makers.
ruiferreira89 1 year ago
@m4dm3th0d biofuel is what will keep your sports cars and exotics rumbling when oil runs out, not hyrdrogen. Hydrogen is for the average motorist
ChocolatePoop1301 10 months ago
Wow. Your so wrong. Oil comes from decomposed animals and plants. Oil pits don't refill themselves...
srx08 2 years ago
maybe...maybe not. Have you ever heard about abiotic oil? There are some interesting arguments for it.
courageousjake 2 years ago
i totally gotta buy one sux i'm only 12 oh well. Lenos point was really relieving, i thought that electric and earthy cars would bring an end to the almighty, greatest invention in the world the supercar, not the normal car, only the super, i don't care for domestic cars and trucks. and btw i wish i were leno but my collection would have ALOT ALOT more Ferraris. i love ferraris ok my comment is too long ima stop now
Krayonsssss97 2 years ago
Totally agree man.
misfitsfiend69 2 years ago
@Krayonsssss97 you can really tell that your only twelve because you only care about supercars! you do realize that there are cars like a Ford Focus RS that handel better than most if not all American "supercars" , don't diss the regular car.
AdrianC12345 2 years ago
i didn't mean to diss the reg. car and yes i do understand that there are alot of better handling cars then the "american" supercars but i honestly don't care that much, and on my comment i shud've put "i don't as much for the domestic cars....."
BTW i dnt only care abt supercars in fact my all time favorite car is the nissan skyline GTR R34, which isn't a supercar (u shud already kno that)
Krayonsssss97 2 years ago
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Krayonsssss97 2 years ago
The suns fire isnt really fire, its plasma, and there are pretty much oxygen in the sun.
Sushitheone 2 years ago
idiot.. oil burns with oxygen. the carbon in oil combines with oxygen to create CO2 -> a greenhouse gas. the energy in gasoline is stored in hydrocarbons. any hydrocarbon in a combustion reaction breaks down into CO2 and H2O, using much oxygen.
bykeryder92 2 years ago
boring... burn the hydrogen! much more fun! :D
CptCumshot 2 years ago
It wont be soon till this is in production over the world.
He makes a good point , when people think about future , why think about flying cars that drive using a complicate system? Use the stuff we've got now and substitute the main variables. It's simple.
As James said 'It's the car of the future because it is much like the car of today'.
IxISwiftyIxI 2 years ago 3
wow this is a really touching episode. REALLY COOL. Who cares about Diesel or electricity when you can have this!!!
Waffleater1 2 years ago
Noise is bad for others you noob...think again, if every one was driving with ugly loud pipes then it would be hell of a life>>
And city with silent cars...it will be amazing..
limpampoo 2 years ago
does he mention that the fuel cells cost 7 digits USD?...=.=
luvmakesasubaru 2 years ago
you can get a fuel cell for 10-15 grand
terminator1111in 2 years ago
Only if the platinum is replaced by other less expensive metals. In the movie who killed the electric car, one of the largest obstacles that they brought up was the sheer cost of the fuel cells right now.
luvmakesasubaru 2 years ago
for now maybe but the technology is going forward!
Sushitheone 2 years ago
I hate eletric cars, i want a car that makes a noise then it drives
EddieLolz3r 2 years ago
illuminati?
Habibu 2 years ago
wow ... i am not a honda fan but the seriousness and the factual nature the way it was presented just blew me away ... awesome job Mr. may :)
mustangted16 2 years ago 32
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19ac087 2 years ago
hot chick playing,lol.
RnB123100 2 years ago
3:53 bug on the camera
AkrivsTube 2 years ago 6
Damn, you are right!
pepumarius2006 2 years ago 2
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That car is so fucking gay.
CTidda23 2 years ago
The nutjob really might want to explain how you get oil from burning carbon. Willing to bet theres not a chemist on the planet that could balance that chemical equation. Oh and burning REQUIRES oxygen. Thats what the word means. Combustion, look it up sparky. No oxygen, no combustion. Might want to take a few 100 level college courses there buckwheat. He must work for big oil. "Its hard to get a man to understand/accept a thing, when his paycheck depends on him NOT understanding it."
flatspin11 2 years ago 2
flatspin, you might want to explain something to yourself...
If something is biotically-based (i.e. from living matter), it BREAKS DOWN. Oil doesn't break down, other than separating from water. That, in and of itself, would be proof enough to any intelligent mammal of oil's ABIOTIC origin. It means it's a renewing substance, not a set amount.
And things can burn without oxygen. Usually, it's called PLASMA. Try again, public school...you fail.
cecilbdml 2 years ago
I can't find the words to describe how staggered I am by your stupidity.
Elsweenos 2 years ago 3
great vid..thanks for the upload
vignesh199222 2 years ago
Yeah but even their official YT channel doesn't have such quality.
MercSLRFan 2 years ago 6
ah, yes... well that's HDTV for you!
pepumarius2006 2 years ago
Such a great video quality.
Not even the official Top Gear videos are this good.
MercSLRFan 2 years ago 4
@MercSLRFan: what do you mean? This is an official top gear video...
pepumarius2006 2 years ago
for fuck sake loaddddddddd
EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 2 years ago
The most efficient way to store hydrogen is next to a carbon atom i.e. in a fossil fuel. It is immensely inefficient to get hydrogen in the form it needs to be to fill up from a filling station as shown in the video.
Fuel cells are quite useful but I am not a supporter of the hydrogen economy as a replacement for our current system. Electrics/hybrids/something else will have to be the answer.
kwamejh 2 years ago
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onoksess 2 years ago
hahahahahaah!!!!! this is actually lame when u already know about the hh0 feul cell!
RedDevilVinni 2 years ago
lol @ 1:50
the reason that hydrogen won't catch on is because to compress hydrogen it takes so much energy.... which burns coal
so having a hydrogen powered car really has no advantage BUT before all u people start abusing me i would love to see this work
i just dont think it will :(
KiwiKid4Lyf 2 years ago
Fossil fuel burning power plants can be several times more efficient and cleaner than internal combustion engines are.
They key to the electric car is, that the energy to charge the batteries or produce the hydrogen can be obtained in whatever way u want.
I think hydrogen is the most viable technology if we want to replace petrol and diesel powered vehicles.
It's just much simpler to have filling stations like we have today than to have a power outlet at every parking space.
Molo9000 2 years ago 2
Jeeez, all people think is petrol nowadays, not the fact that it's a matter of time until humanity faces the danger to become extinct because of its unconditional usage of natural resources. There's the sun, there's the wind, there's geothermal energy and electric cars and still everyone's wasting his time on the oil economy...
Alkinoos7 2 years ago
this is gooood
leefoster95 2 years ago
If honda would make more, they would 1 save the planet 2 be very rich and 3 wipe out the prius
binkieboy38 2 years ago
Not A Chance
ICEMANnLUPE2010 2 years ago
This is a pretty fancy car
AstronauT93 2 years ago
I like the hotties there playing volleyball.
beepandbop 2 years ago 3
If all our cars run on hyrdrogen, would that mean that this planet will get more rainfall than usual if not maybe even floods over the globe?
tiberianexcalibur 2 years ago
Hahaha, that is sooo funny!
pepumarius2006 2 years ago
when i saw it was a honda i was like dammit. but when i heard what it does i realized what potential can come out of it
iknowcarsbetterthanu 2 years ago 2
JM talks about all the positive qualities but neglects the fact that creating a hydrogen fuel cell requires electricity and fossil fuels. not to mention that most car manufacturers have cut out R&D, so it's at a stand-still anyway
moonlitshadow27 2 years ago 2
That's beautiful.
marktech101 2 years ago
They can't release new technology like this until they figure out how to make us pay through the nose for it.The most abundant element in the universe is the same price as petrol, what a coincidence !
KeeepinItReal 2 years ago 4
The reason it costs as much as petrol is because it needs to be extracted from sources like water or other chemicals with hydrogen in it. The whole process currently emits more C02 than the productions of petrol although obviously this will change soon enough.
Petchhyy 2 years ago
It moves the production of power from the car's engine to the separation station (where the hydrogen is extracted from the water). These large stations allow for more efficient extraction from a variety of sources, including renewable ones such as solar, wind, geothermal, and even nuclear energy.
marktech101 2 years ago
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lol, good point
DaytonaRoadster 2 years ago
The point of the car is not the looks, though i can't say i dislike it, compared to the Prius it's perfect. I agree with James on this one. If any future lies up ahead for cars, this is it. At least before they make all the transportation automatic. Fortunately we won't live to see such a disaster. :P
injinerconev 2 years ago