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Just because hydrogen is synthesized from water does not make it a synthetic fuel. Hydrogen is used is making synthetic fuels. You could correctly call it syngas, but it is not synthetic fuel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_fuel Hydrogen is not easy to store. It requires high...

Dude, shut up. You are just embarrassing yourself.

No, because then they would have to advertise a 6 to 9 hour recharge time. No one would buy them if they couldn't fast charge. But they want to limit fast charging as much as possible and hope most people charge with 12kW at home rather than with superchargers. The NEC says nothing about...

The faster you charge your battery, the lower the expected lifespan. EV manufacturers don't put in higher rate chargers because they want most people to charge at home from a 12kW service so their batteries last longer.

Yes, it is absolutely possible. Some of the energy used by the vehicle involves cooling the batteries, warming the batteries, running coolant, powering the steering, brakes, etc. Tweaks to these can increase range. Also, changes in how regenerative breaking is used could increase range as...

I am not sure what this means. Glucose is a compound molecule made up of C₆H₁₂O₆. Hydrogen is just a single element but most commonly found in the molecular form H₂.

Hydrogen is not a synthetic fuel, it is an element. And the reason we would make fuels containing carbon is because they are: 1. Liquid at room temperature. 2. Easy to store. 3. Easy to transport. 4. Can work with our current distribution system. 5. Can be used in the millions upon millions of...

Why would we use hydrocarbon fuels to make synthetic fuels when we can use renewable energy sources?

A hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is far safer than a pure EV. The modern storage of hydrogen is safer than any other vehicle fuel storage we presently have available to us. Batteries on EVs are some of the most unsafe forms of energy storage in a vehicle. A modern composite hydrogen tank will...

600 watts is power, not energy. You don't say 600 watts per hour. You would say 600Wh Solar energy radiation is more than 1,000 watts per meter. Therefore, a meter of solar panels at 90% efficiency is equal to 900 watts. 187.5 sqft is 17.4 sqm. 17.4 x 900W = 15,660W. Or, and if you simply...

Yeah, that is my whole point! It was about the possibility of what could be. Not what is available now. JFC, you people lack any and all vision.

7.5' width x 25' length = 187.5 sqft x 90 w/sqft = 16,875 watts x 8 hours a day = 135kWh. Yeah, sorry. I was 1kwh high. That is what I get for doing the math in my head. I did say it was an estimate, right?

The solar panels this company is working on would be nice. They are shooting for 90% efficiency. I estimate that a van covered in these panels would produce around 136kwh of energy a day. That means means it would obtain around 150 miles of range everyday. If it had slide out panels to...

I want one of these with 400 miles of range, AWD, and turned into a camper van covered in solar panels. I would live in it full-time.

Rallycross are rally cars on a closed circuit. You might be envisioning some of the more extreme Rallys like Baja which require heavily modified vehicles. Most are designed to use modified production cars.

If it is near the sportiness of my Subaru, I would be happy. Rally cars are not for off-road. Rallying is all on-road in a point-to-point race, rather than a circuit. Some of the best rally cars were minis that had very little suspension travel. The common suspension today is a fixed...

I am probably going to wait to buy until I see the Rally Car. If it has good specs, I will probably go for that over the truck. I was looking at the truck so i can tow an RV, but the range loss is just too large. Also, I like a sporty feel, and I doubt the truck is going to feel that sporty...

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WHAT???? I don't even know what to do with your level of stupid. You aren't losing 1/3rd of the energy, because the engine itself is still at best only 30% efficient. So, at idle, you are using a gallon, and only 30% of that is being used to generate the power needed to keep the engine...

Just hope the power doesn't go out right after you get home from a long trip. I wanted to build a light weight tiny home that used the Rivian as the battery source, but that would require Rivian to have some sort of high output feature. I believe the 120V plugs will be a mere 500 watts, and...