I don’t remember the technology. The switch from H2 to gasoline and back was seamless.
It was never made available to the public. It was only for technology demonstrations. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On May 9, 2021, at 1:57 AM, Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah. Direct injection H2. (Essentially a Diesel engine running hydrogen.) > Thus, the low octane (MON) doesn't matter. > Most definitely not a converted vehicle. > > 100 of these vehicles produced in total. This beast got only 16.9 MPG on gas, > 4.7 MPG on H2. > >> On 5/9/2021 3:07 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: >> Well, yes - why would you want an internal combustion engine running on >> hydrogen? >> >> I don’t know the answer, but at one time BMW thought it was a good idea. I >> drove the result of their work - a bi-fueled series 8, and loved driving it >> (it was *not* a disappointment), but why? >> >> Sure, reduced emissions compared to the gas alternative, but a fuel cell can >> perform so much better with zero emissions. >> >> - Mark >> >> Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone >> >>>> On May 8, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Gasoline engines are designed to run best on gasoline. They can barely be >>> converted to run on H2. >>> >>> In a nutshell, H2 has an extremely low motor octane number (MON) of about >>> 60, and the compression must be reduced so much that the engine makes very >>> little power. The low charge density is a further detriment to the engine >>> HP. >>> >>> Yes, you can make an ICE run on H2, but it will be difficult and the result >>> will be disappointing. >>> >>> It begs the question; Why would you do this? Just run the engine on methane >>> (MON 120) and skip all the fuel conversion effort and energy losses. >>> >>> Better yet, skip the electrolysis step and the H2 transport, and run an >>> electric car directly on the electricity delivered right to your house >>> already! >>> >>> Bill D. >>> >>>> 2. There are billions of ICEs already in use. They can be converted to >>>> run on H2. And they will be able to claim they are "green" because >>>> pollution at the vehicle is considerably reduced (it moves to where the >>>> H2 is manufactured). >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Address messages to [email protected] >>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >>> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to [email protected] >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
