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More on GM's New Fuel Cell Cars
Whispers_in_the_dark writes "Scientific American has an article about GM's approach to fuel cell based vehicles of the future. It appears that GM wants to build a common fuel cell based drive-by-wire chassis that it will mount the body panels, control systems, and passenger compartments. This would provide a great deal of flexibility and upgradability to the cars of the future. GM has even more details."
From the GM link: ''With its robust 42-volt electrical system, the car is configured to run any number of devices in the passenger compartment, from homes to entire farms.''
um... what????
...case mods for cars. *sigh*
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Why? We have seen one wheel cars before :)
When my '72 Bonneville hits one of these things at 15 MPH. "Sorry, the fuel cell is cracked, gonna need to total it"
It's called "hot rodding" and it's been around for a while now. Maybe you've heard of it.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
No problem: at the same Paris show, GM are debuting their new energy drink, "Coca Petrola". Rumoured to be the product of years of research into untapped beverage resources under the Middle East, Texas, and Alaska, Coca Petrola is nearly 100% water free. GM plans to have have pumps of the stuff in every town and is understood to be re-using their older distribution networks.
Larry Burns is on record as saying "Heck, I even bathe in the stuff", shortly prior to a mystery accident which has hospitalised him. GM deny Burns' habit of smoking in the tub is to blame.
And here are those patents, in order of significance:
1) electrons
2) clueless executives
3) the wheel
4) Egypt
5) your mom
6) 9 horsepower
7) refuel WHERE?
8) cheese in sandwich
9) did you see how little those tires were?
10) CowboyNeal
11-24) give me a hybrid-electric Ford!
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"I honestly don't think there as much of a diffrence between auto hobiests and computer as first appears."
... except grease.. lots of grease.. and I only know one person who has a case that you need a pit to work on.
Hilary Rosen's speech was about her love of money and her desire to roll around naked in a pile of money.
I find it hard to believe that fuel cells used in cars would be so fragile that they would "crack" from the jarring involved in going over a speed bump. These things contain hydrogen after all, which is MUCH more explosive than gasoline. But by all means go ahead and drive your Bonneville into a hydrogen explosion. Somehow I doubt your big car will menace these new cars any more than it already menaces the environment and everyone else on the road.
later,
Jess
I am programmed for etiquette, not destruction!
Funny you should ask that, rumour has it that when the Miss North Carolina dispute reaches the supreme court that they are going to declare George W the winner again.
On the mods for cars theme, am I the only person who finds the pick up trucks with the body jacked up a foot over the axles to look utterly ridiculous?
The whole thing you want to get good handling is to make the chasis center of gravity as low as possible and the turning moment of inertia as low as possible. So sticking the chasis up on dork stilts is only going to make the thing steer like a cow.
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I don't think it looks any worse than the "riceboy" cars. You know, the Honda Civic lowered to the point that speedbumps are impassible with $3k in bodywork that doesn't help and $10k in engine mods so it can make eighty-one horsepower instead of the stock eighty. :-/
They both look stupid.
At least the truck mod has a legitimate use, though. I've only been offroading once, but it was a lot of fun. I'd never do it to any of my vehicles though, it still looks dumb.
Murphy was an optimist.