Monthly Archives: June 2009
Jesse James’ H2 Land Speed Record is Exposed as a False Claim
Still the official record holder: the BMW H2R at the high-speed Miramas Proving Grounds (Courtesy of BMW USA) It looks like there’s quite an argument brewing between Jesse James, who according to a recent press release from Spike TV is “a custom bike and car builder , producer, publisher, television host and restaurateur,” and Louise Ann Noeth a “noted automotive journalist and world land speed historian.” What could a custom bike builder and a historian quarrel about, you ask? Well, it Continue reading
Hydrogen-powered bug car unveiled
A two-seater hydrogen-powered car has been revealed which has a top speed of 50mph and can travel over 240 miles without refueling. The Riversimple open source car also emits less than 30 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer, far less than current eco-cars. Boffins from Oxford University helped create the car which will be leased to customers and costs just 15p per mile to run. Being hydrogen-powered means that rather than exhaust fumes, the car emits only water … but is currently incredi Continue reading
Fuel-cell car to be rolled by Toyota by 2015
The world’s top automaker, Toyota has said that it plans to launch a fuel cell based car by the year 2015. Fuel cell technology is considered a cutting-edge technological solution for reducing carbon emissions as it generates electricity by combining a fuel usually hydrogen with oxygen and there only emits water. Fuel cell systems still is very expensive mainly because of the technology involved and the fact that it is very difficult to store enough hydrogen in a vehicle… Continue reading
Why haven’t you heard of this car?
~raviwfc As per the claims it runs only on a 300W “Water Energy System (WES)” where WATER is the only FUEL. The basic power generation mechanism of the new system is similar to that of a normal fuel cell, which uses hydrogen as a fuel. According to Genepax, the main feature of the new system is that [...] Continue reading
Water Powered Cars: Too Good To Be True?
Okay, so the Hydrogen tank is bulky…but isn’t most new technology bulky? Not that it’s brand new…in fact, this Japanese water-powered car has been around for a little over a year. The Genepax debuted in Osaka last June, with an onboard energy generator called a ‘membrane electrode assembly’ that extracts hydrogen from water by a ‘chemical reaction.’ Continue reading