http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
And by bizarre union... I mean Harold and Maude.]]>Jun 16th 2009 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
Learn to read before posting. ]]>Jun 16th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
Apart from the fact that it is not that green..... Harvesting hydrogen is very energy intensive and shipping this to fuel stations and then converting it back into electricity is very wasteful. It would be far better to simply send the electricity down the lines to charge a battery.]]>Jun 16th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
The problem is, refuelling stations are all owned by oil companies, and they want to use oil / natural gas to produce the hydrogen :(

So anything other than small-scale hydrogen projects - like this company - are an absolute non-starter as far as I'm concerned.

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you're a moron. it uses a carbon-fibre safety cell. it is anything but a 'coffin'.]]>Jun 16th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
I thought that if the regenerative braking was more aggressive that the car tends to brake faster. Am I wrong in thinking this?]]>Jun 16th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/It's a faboulous car (once you get used to the windscreen being 2 cm from the steering wheel) !]]>Jun 16th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
Hydrogen is green where electricity isn't, because it's produced by power stations? Please enlighten me on the process of creating the hydrogen in the first place. Please, look it up, and then take that smug knowitall look off your face.]]>Jun 16th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
The reason hydrogen appears appealing at the moment is down to the poor capacity of batteries, in comparison to a kilo of hydrogen, but the overall process makes it less efficient down the entire chain. If we figure a way of making hydrogen efficiently and/or without the use of traditional fossil-fuelled power stations, or if battery capacity significantly improves, then one or the other will start to take a lead.]]>Jun 16th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070515WoodallHydrogen.html

Hydrogen fuel cells are very good in situations where there is little infrastructure of any kind; deserts, underwater, outer space... Those who are working toward fuel cells are working on the next generation of power BEYOND current hybrid and EV vehicles.]]>Jun 16th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/

Anyway, one motor per wheel? Not a good idea.]]>Jun 16th 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Synchronization is another thing, and I don't want to dream of what will happen if one of the engines hickups...]]>Jun 16th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
Do you have images of one motor/wheel going slow, and another one spinning out? If you put identical amounts of power into two identical motors, they'll spin at pretty much exactly the same speed.]]>Jun 16th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/
That's what we like to call a 'failure indicator'. How else would you know it's burnt out?]]>Jun 16th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/hydrogen-powered-riversimple-urban-car-unveiled-makes-your-hybr/Jun 16th 2009 10:28AM