Chevrolet Sequel Hydrogen Fuel Cell Concept

The Chevrolet Sequel, which debuted at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, uses renewable hydrogen as a fuel and emits only water vapor. GM officials say the five-passenger crossover SUV is the first car to integrate a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system with advanced technologies like wheel hub motors and lithium-ion batteries. The Sequel can travel an estimated 300 miles between fill-ups and can reach 60 miles-per-hour (mph) in 10 seconds.

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[xXjhurmelXx]

lol in my opinion... idc if we use biodiesel or hydrogen. As long as we dont use gas, that we use today, anymore

[rynwallace]

the cheapest way to get hydrogen is using electricity (direct current) and separating the oxygen and hydrogen in water, considering the only byproduct is water i dont see why you have a stick up your ass about hydrogen

[slarmas]

If you fill half the car with hydrogen, sure. If I filled my jetta with diesel I could go ..hmm lets see, by weight assuming 750lbs (105lbs per 15 gallons) 107 gallons max payload.. 42 miles per gallon..hrm around 4,530 to 4500 miles on ONE tank.

[roidroid]

Yes, from the electric plug to the wheels a pure Hydrogen system has about 23% efficiency, compare this to a lith-ion battery system with 69% efficiency. The 2 technologys combined however is the best option: Plugin Battery/Hydrogen Hybrid cars.

The efficiency of fossil fuels are off the scale they are so bad.

[roidroid]

Biodiesel is also an energy carrier, it absorbs sunlight to grow. It is much more efficient to cover that crop area with solar/wind to charge batteries and/or electrolyse hydrogen.

When you do the math Hydrogen is more efficient than Biodiesel

[HAL11000]

This is favoring the automotive and oil companies. The reason why they are doing research on hydrogen cars rather than electric cars is because it takes 3x more energy to power a hydrogen car the same distance of an electric car. And the cheapest way to get hydrogen, is through fossil fuels. Remember the electric cars Honda destroyed?

[slarmas]

Hydrogen is a nasty idea. It cracks and weakens metal, you need special (read costly) means of storage, we are going to have to upgrade our power production capacity to 1000 times what it is now..probably with coal or nuclear. If we create 50MW of nuclear power only 25 MW of hydrogen can be made using electrolisis, then only 12 to 15MW of that can be converted into motion. Hydrogen is a VERY BAD idea.

[Northax]

Chevy set a world record with driving 300+ miles in their all-hydro car, actually.

[slarmas]

Oh probably never unless you want to pay 1.7 million a copy for a hydrogen car with a range of 120 miles if you are lucky. Biodiesel Jetta..driving it now and on road trips have gone over 800 miles on one tank, 700 city is normal... Biodiesel makes more sense than hydrogen due to 300% net energy vs hydrogen being just an energy carrier and not a very efficient one when you do that math.

[h2fcell]

If everyone stopped buying and leasing new gasoline powered cars, how long would it take before the Government and car manufacturers roll out the hydrogen powered fuel cell cars and hydrogen fueling stations? Loss of revenue is a very powerful and persuasive motivator. Try not buying or leasing in 2007 wait a year; tell your friends and family to wait a year. Don't give in to a tempting price or financing incentive. We'll see fuel cell cars on the road sooner than you think.