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TXCritter

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1. What materials for the engine block?

Reply to nationalize the fed (Original post)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 01:17 PM

Oct 2016

My understanding is that one of the big problems with hydrogen cars is heat. Ceramic engines have been proposed as alternatives to steel because of this. Have they overcome the heating problem?

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Guardian: Hydrogen cars and electrolysers: the dawn of Australia's hydrogen economy? [View all] nationalize the fed Oct 2016 OP

What materials for the engine block? TXCritter Oct 2016 #1

Fuel Cell Hot Weather Test +120 Degrees in Death Valley nationalize the fed Oct 2016 #2

There is no engine block. This is an electric vehicle, powered by a fuel cell rather than a battery. OKIsItJustMe Oct 2016 #3

*headdesk* Duh. TXCritter Oct 2016 #4

Jack Nicholson was H2 before H2 was Cool nationalize the fed Oct 2016 #5