My point in posting this is to show, by means of a major manufacture getting into the hydrogen fuel act, that a hydrogen conversion for a Vanagon may be thought of someday in the future like a Subaru conversion is today, the current availability of fuel notwithstanding. Imagine what was said about the now-ubiquitous gasoline by steam car owners at one time. JIm On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:15 PM KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > Essentially, all these specialty cars work….for some people, but rarely > for all, due to the availability of their fuel sources. > > Gas is everywhere. Diesel nearly as ubiquitous. Electric charging stations > are common, in the big cities, and relatively available in many suburbs > (Tesla specific ones are not nearly as common, but they have adapters for > the other style). > > Hydrogen sources are rare. > > My Volt (plug in hybrid) works well for me, as nearly all my driving of > it, falls within its range on electricity (25 miles per charge in the > depths of winter, up to 50 miles per charge in the summer). But if I didn’t > have the free charger at work (and at home), it wouldn’t be nearly as > convenient. > > Quite honestly, I’d drive a Chevy Bolt (200 mile range on a charge) and > trade in my Volt, since I have my vans as backup vehicles for longer range > drives, if I hadn’t just gotten my Volt last year. > > I wish that the plug in hybrid technology would spread to other vehicles > (like a good replacement for our Vanagons), as I think it is the technology > of the future. I know Volvo is implementing it with the T8 drive train on > the XC90 and upcoming S90. There is still room for innovation in this realm. > > > > On Jan 22, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > I think the tesla is a better deal. Otherwise now that gasoline is > > reasonable I think I'll get three Jettas or Passats for that monthly > lease. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of > > Jim Felder > > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 6:07 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Hydrogen fuel cars > > > > It's Friday. One can dream... > > > > > https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/honda-prepares-to-launch-fuel-cell-seda > > n-for-under-500-per-month-012216.html > > > > Jim > |
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