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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Hit the Road
caffeined writes "Well, it looks like Honda is doing a real test of their fuel-cell car. A family in California is renting the car for $500/mo. Honda is charging them so that they take it seriously - an executive explained that if it were free they might not get the kind of feedback they want. If someone is paying for something and they're not happy - then you're going to hear about it. This is apparently the first fuel-cell car on the road anywhere in the world, according to Honda."
Forcing users to pay to beta test.
I wonder who will be the first to car jack this million dollar test car and take it to Mexico.
What happens if a hydrogen-powered car is in an accident? Can the fuel cell 'rupture' and explode, ala The Hindenburg? If it can, then ...
Oh the humanity!
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From TFA
Spallino was at the wheel of his silver Honda FCX, a car worth about $1 million that looks like a cross between a compact - say, a Volkswagen Golf - and a cinder block.
For that sort of cash I'd like to get more that than a Volksie Golf, at least a Passat.
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Excellent point. At lower temperatures that hydrogen gas might get all liquid and slushy and get stuck in the pipes.
Sigh.
If someone is paying for something and they're not happy - then you're going to hear about it.
So if you want honest feedback on your sexual prowess from your girlfriend then you should charge a fee, eh? Hmmm. I am intrigued by this concept and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
No kidding. I always hate it when the tempertures outside get below -200 C. Having to swim through the atmosphere makes me terribly cold by the time I get to work.
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Charge them $500 a month to have the car blow up upon impact and kill the whole family.
I think you have your car manufacturers mixed up.
This is Honda, not Ford
"But I wonder how the thing's batteries will stand up to -40."
depends, celsius or farenheit?
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Is this the MPAA? Is this the RIAA? Is this the DMCA? I thought it was the USA!
Me too! But so far I've had no luck finding a car that runs on cheap vodka.
What's funniest about that post is that -40 is the same for both temperature scales.
That's pretty funny, but what's even MORE funny is that -40 celsius is actually the exact same temperature as -40 fahrenheit! Haha! I'm glad no one noticed that before me.