autobloggreen.com — AutoblogGreen's Sam Abuelsamid got behind the wheel of a $1 million prototype hydrogen-powered Ford Focus for 15 minutes this morning. What's it like to drive the car of the future? Some things are different, some are the same, everything's worth a lot of money.
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jennifersOct 19, 2006
Excellent! All the environmentally-conscious goodness $1+ million can buy. No wonder Ford's on the leading edge of car manufacturing today. Seriously, though--what's a detent?
fugeguyOct 20, 2006
The open issue with hydrogen is that currently it is produced from ng (non- renewable) and electrolizing water. In order to provide enough h2 fuel we would either build huge new nuclear plants, burn enormous amounts of coal or further deplete a resource already in terminal decline (ng) in North America.Until we have a better source for electricity, hydrogen vehicles are a horse pushing a cart (IMHO). If we had a new technology that produced enormous amounts of electricity, why not just build electric vehicles? That way, avoid the energy losses?.- All of which assumes the ?other? issues around this technology will be resolved