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BMW Shows Off World's Fastest Hydrogen Car

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the saving-some-power-units dept.

loid_void writes "According to Reuters and others BMW unveiled the world's fastest hydrogen-powered car at the Paris auto show on Wednesday, dubbed the H2R, capable of exceeding 300 kilometers (185 miles) per hour. The are also working with Shell on hydrogen dispensing stations. '"Our drive toward the future is called hydrogen," BMW management board member Burkhard Goeschel said before the tarp slowly slipped off the teardrop-shaped body of the sleek race car.' All I want to know, does it come with an iPod hookup?"

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  1. Re:Let's see how long... by tigress · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can connect my iPod to my car.

  2. Re:misses the point of hydrogen by cheese_wallet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    someone needs to figure out how to use all the energy stored in the rotation of the earth. In a sense, these people are I guess.

  3. Re:Isn't - by ifwm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    One method of stabilizing it is to store it in palladium. Palladium absorbs vast amounts of hydrogen like a sponge.

  4. hydrogen only 8% to 9% better by r00t · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Although helium is twice as dense as hydrogen its lifting capacity is only slightly less because what matters is the difference between its density and that of air."

    See here.

    I suppose, if you were cutting things close with a very heavy fixed weight for the aircraft itself, there could be a difference that matters.