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Chrysler Announces Hydrogen Fuel Cell Van

Posted by michael on from the clean-as-a-whistle dept.

Juanfe writes: "Chrysler group announced a concept vehicle called the Natrium, powered by a sodium borohydride (NaBH4) engine developed by Millenium Cell. NaBH4 can be made from sodium borate -- basic borax, used in laundry detergent. MilleniumCell is a US Company that, not surprisingly, has made strategic agreements with major borax purveyors in the US (which just happens to be thought of as the largest borax reserve in the world). Could this be the start of the end of big oil and the start of the start of big Borax?" superflippy points out that Chrysler's press release is related to the Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas (EVAA) Electric Transportation Industry Conference 2001.

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  1. The Name by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If anyone's wondering, 'Natrium' is the latin word for sodium. That's what sodium is 'Na' on the periodic table.

  2. Re:Fuel Cells kick ass. by catbutt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You barely mentioned the one thing that people here should be drooling over about the segway: artificial balance. That is an incredible accomplishment. And, being digital technology (mostly just software, with pretty standard hardware running it) it will only get cheaper and cheaper.

  3. Yippee! by spanky555 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's time for the U.S. to get out of relationships with countries that hate us, i.e, most of the Middle East - could this be part of the ticket?

    Then we can take a hands-off approach to everyone unless they pose an immediate threat (such as Iraq) or declare war, such as Afghanistan. For everything else, let them fight their own battles, use their own diplomacy, etc. I'm tired of giving these backwards countries excuses to label us "imperialists".

    Anyway, to (ab)use a pun: more power to the alternatives, I say.