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23-10-2019, 10:03 PM
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Battery breakthrough

This will make a difference if it's true


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23-10-2019, 10:41 PM
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Re: Battery breakthrough

Originally Posted by Ray Cathode ->
This will make a difference if it's true


https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-i...miles-20191020
Yes, it certainly looks encouraging.
The range is very good, compared to what's currently available, though I didn't read anything about charging time. It's also interesting that a conversion kit might be available to add to conventionally powered vehicles and at a reasonable price.

The remaining problem, of course, is where all the additional electricity is going to come from when electric vehicles become more popular.
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Yes, on the assumption the article is correct, it could make difference.
However, I still cannot understand why with a simple conversion of car engines hydrogen as a fuel is not in the running. Water split by basic electrolysis could provide the hydrogen and if produced on a large enough scale the gas could also fuel existing gas boilers again with a simple conversion .. just as we saw and experienced when hydrogen (town coal gas) was removed in favour of natural gas in the form of methane.
All I can think is big money is involved.
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24-10-2019, 10:30 AM
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Re: Battery breakthrough

Currently circa 95% of Hydrogen produced comes from Hydrocarbons but electrolysis processes are improving.
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Re: Battery breakthrough

Originally Posted by LongDriver ->
Yes, on the assumption the article is correct, it could make difference.
However, I still cannot understand why with a simple conversion of car engines hydrogen as a fuel is not in the running. Water split by basic electrolysis could provide the hydrogen and if produced on a large enough scale the gas could also fuel existing gas boilers again with a simple conversion .. just as we saw and experienced when hydrogen (town coal gas) was removed in favour of natural gas in the form of methane.
All I can think is big money is involved.
There was a rumour going round back in the late sixties LongDriver, that a West Yorkshire bloke had invented a way of using water injection as part of the fuel for a car, extending it's mpg into three figures....It was rumoured that his idea was bought out by some big oil company and shelved.....
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Yes. Hydrogen as a fuel for vehicles is something worth pursuing, I believe. One drawback is storage which, if a useful amount is to be carried, would have to be pressurised yet kept safe from explosion, etc. I think I have heard of ways around this, though, but I can't remember details. Fuel cells springs to mind.

The use of water as a fuel (or additive) is interesting. It can, of course, be separated into hydrogen and oxygen which in combination would provide a highly explosive mixture. How to do that efficiently in a car engine, though, I don't know.
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Re: Battery breakthrough

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
There was a rumour going round back in the late sixties LongDriver, that a West Yorkshire bloke had invented a way of using water injection as part of the fuel for a car, extending it's mpg into three figures....It was rumoured that his idea was bought out by some big oil company and shelved.....
I heard about this too foxy..
 

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