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Not an hour after my chat with Tom Williams, another driver of a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox FCEV as part of GM Project Driveway, he leaves a message on my cell phone:
“When I drove up to downtown L.A. from Orange County today, I got 60 miles to the kilogram. I don’t know about you, but I love that.”
It’s the kind of excitement I’m used to hearing from truly motivated Prius owners. By any standard, the hydrogen-fueled Chevy Equinox fuel cell electric vehicle qualifies as alternative-fuel exotica, as rare and fascinating as it is expensive and impractical.
You can call it the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox FCEV (FCEV as in fuel cell electric vehicle), but this is no production vehicle. Only General Motors knows what it costs to build these SUVs, but each of these prototypes is probably worth the equivalent of 10 Tesla Roadsters.
For the next 72 hours, though, I’m going to drive our Chevrolet Equinox FCEV test vehicle like it’s an ordinary, ,000 Chevy Equinox LTZ. Of course, the FCEV’s 150-mile range prevents me from leaving the green dreamland of Southern California. A Chevrolet dealership will probably never be more than five miles away, and specially trained OnStar advisors are waiting to take my call.
As a participant in the hydrogen-powered GM Project Driveway, I even have my own Driver Relationship Manager. She tells me I can call her cell any time, day or night. Not even my mom wants to talk to me that often.
‘TriFuelCell’ as shown in the picture that can be fitted to a Diesel or Petrol engine. The designer of this unit is a designer of Jet engines and he had a contract with the American military to both redesign a jet engine to increase power and fuel efficiency. This type of HHO gas unit was used in part to help achieve those desired results.
The ‘TriFuelCell’ has been tested on jet engines to enhance power and fuel performance. If it has helped in those extreme conditions it can potentially create the desired result of making your engine more green by saving fuel on both petrol and diesel power units. Installation with a little tweaking can reduce fuel consumption by up to 50%. There is a potential to Save up to £50.00 a week on a £100 spent on petrol or diesel on your car, pick up.
The installation is very simple as the ‘TriFuelCell’ comes with graphic installation manual. Remember one litre of water produces a staggering 8,000 litres of HHO Gas.
Hundreds of pounds potential Savings monthly on Fuel
Give your car, pick up, truck, boat, the amazing power of environmentally friendly Oxygen and Hydrogen power.
Hydrogen Fuel cell helps:
• Engine to run smoother
• Saves on fuel costs
• Reduces emissions by up to 50%
• Gives more power for less fuel.
• Engine run Cleaner with less carbon build up.
• Increases engine life
• Engine runs cooler
• Engine to suffer less wear
The Cell is simple to install made from long lasting components.
FACT: Pound for pound HHO IS 3 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN PETROL OR DIESEL!!!
Up until now most of the tuning focus on vehicles has been to increase the acceleration and high performance. Fuel consumption has been far down the list of priorities. Yet you can have your cake and eat it. You can have better performance and fuel consumption together with reduced maintenance.
Introducing the Hydro-Bike, a new development by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies. The Hydro-Bike will be the first affordable fuel cell transportation solution for urban mobility, and is available for sale now at www.horizonfuelcell.com
By Glenn Pew for AVweb.com
Boeing has flown a manned aircraft on hydrogen fuel cell power. The full text of Boeing’s release follows:
MADRID, Spain, April 03, 2008 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has, for the first time in aviation history, flown a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The recent milestone is the work of an engineering team at Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE) in Madrid, with assistance from industry partners in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
“Boeing is actively working to develop new technologies for environmentally progressive aerospace products,” said Francisco Escarti, BR&TE’s managing director. “We are proud of our pioneering work during the past five years on the Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane project. It is a tangible example of how we are exploring future leaps in environmental performance, as well as a credit to the talents and innovative spirit of our team.”
A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts hydrogen directly into electricity and heat with none of the products of combustion such as carbon dioxide. Other than heat, water is its only exhaust.
A two-seat Dimona motor-glider with a 16.3 meter (53.5 foot) wingspan was used as the airframe. Built by Diamond Aircraft Industries of Austria, it was modified by BR&TE to include a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell/lithium-ion battery hybrid system to power an electric motor coupled to a conventional propeller.
Three test flights took place in February and March at the airfield in Ocaña, south of Madrid, operated by the Spanish company SENASA.
During the flights, the pilot of the experimental airplane climbed to an altitude of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) above sea level using a combination of battery power and power generated by hydrogen fuel cells. Then, after reaching the cruise altitude and disconnecting the batteries, the pilot flew straight and level at a cruising speed of 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) for approximately 20 minutes on power solely generated by the fuel cells.
According to Boeing researchers, PEM fuel cell technology potentially could power small manned and unmanned air vehicles. Over the longer term, solid oxide fuel cells could be applied to secondary power-generating systems, such as auxiliary power units for large commercial airplanes. Boeing does not envision that fuel cells will ever provide primary power for large passenger airplanes, but the company will continue to investigate their potential, as well as other sustainable alternative fuel and energy sources that improve environmental performance.
BR&TE, part of the Boeing Phantom Works advanced R&D unit, has worked closely with Boeing Commercial Airplanes and a network of partners since 2003 to design, assemble and fly the experimental craft.
The group of companies, universities and institutions participating in this project includes:
Austria — Diamond Aircraft Industries
France — SAFT France
Germany — Gore and MT Propeller
Spain — Adventia, Aerlyper, Air Liquide Spain, Indra, Ingeniería de Instrumentación y Control (IIC), Inventia, SENASA, Swagelok, Técnicas Aeronauticas de Madrid (TAM), Tecnobit, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and the Regional Government of Madrid
United Kingdom — Intelligent Energy
United States — UQM Technologies.