“These things are now ready for prime time”
Hyundai's North American CEO John
Krafcik commenting on the 2014 Hyundai Tucson
Hyundai has made a decision that’s sure to shake the very foundations of
the Auto Industry in the US of A. They’ve decided to debut the 2014 Hyundai Tucson
as their first mass produced Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered Automobile in America
as stated in the article “Hyundai
to market Hydrogen vehicle next year”, published Tuesday, November 19, 2013
1:40 PM, The Jamaica Observer.
This is a big decision and indicates the South Korean’s confidence in
Americans taking to this new technology, despite the lukewarm reception
received by All-Electric Vehicles thus far, such as the Nissan Leaf as stated
in my blog
article entitled “Nissan
Debuts the 2013 Nissan Leaf - 228 km range good for commute to The House at the
End of the Street”.
Interestingly, Nissan was one of a consortium of companies that had been working together to develop Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered Range Extender Vehicles as explained in my blog article entitled “Ford ,Dailmer AG and Nissan Motors Develope All-Electric Vehicles powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cell Range Extender Technology - Fast and the Furious 6 Open Architecture Ender's Game for Hydrogen”.
2014 Hyundai Tucson – Hydrogen
Powered Vehicles that Fulfill George W. Bush’s Mandate
I guess Hyundai beat them to it first as this is basically what the 2014
Hyundai Tucson; an All-Electric Vehicles that uses a generator powered by a Hydrogen
Fuel Cell aka a Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered Range Extender as described in my blog article entitled “Alternative Energy and Volvo
- Tomorrow Never Dies for the Hydrogen-Electron Economy” and “Lithium-Ion vs Hydrogen Fuel
Cell - The Living Daylights”.
It also fulfills former President George W. Bush’s who in had started the
Hydrogen X Project with a US$1.2 billion for Hydrogen research and stated at
his State of the Union address, quote: “The first car driven by a child born
today could be powered by Hydrogen and pollution free”. His words have come to
pass indeed, as by 2014; many in America will live to see a mass-produced Hydrogen
Vehicle Roaming the Streets.
Curiously , GM
(General Motors) 2011 Chevy Volt, which led the way in Range Extender
Technology as described
in my Geezam blog article entitled “The American Race towards
Alternative Energy”, has no plans for a Mass produced Hydrogen powered Vehicles. But the
Japanese and the Koreans do, with the following auto makers also having plans
to launch similar Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered vehicles, also to be announced on
Wednesday November 20th 2013.
Hyundai PEM – Hydrogen from
Water to power SUV makes sense
Hyundai’s apparently solved the problem of making it affordable to the
masses by first introducing PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) inside of SUV
(Sports Utility Vehicles). SUV’s are usually pricey, making it the typical
vehicles for the well-to-do trendsetter to drive. In so doing, they’re
initially targeting those with the cash to splash, with the hopes that it’ll
generate enough interest to get Americans excited about Hydrogen Powered
Vehicles.
They’ve also apparently solved the storage problem for Hydrogen. This proprietary
safe storage method is resistant to crashes and has been designed so as to not
explode, ensuring the safety of the passengers. Most likely, I’m willing to bet
they’ve stored the Hydrogen as Distilled Water with a proprietary ionizing salt.
Something that Researchers in Jamaica who are developing a replacement
for LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) Cylinders are also working on as noted in my blog article
entitled “UTECH
partners with GOJ and UWI to develope Hydrogen Cooking Gas Cylinders - EU
Funded 3 Year Project is Chasing Mavericks to push Jamaica into the Hydrogen-Electron
Economy”.
Finally they’ve solved the Gas Station problems as well, as most of the Hydrogen
Gas station simply store Distilled Water and convert it and keep in pressurized
tanks on site. Thus Transportation and refilling of Hydrogen Gas Stations is
nothing more than refilling the Underground Tanks with Distilled Water. Solar
Panels at the Gas Station then split the Water into Hydrogen and oxygen and the
Hydrogen is cooled in situ and kept
until a customer arrives.
When they fill up, the process takes mere minutes, no different than
refilling with Gasoline. The California Air Resources Board counts none (9) of
these thus far, with one hundred (100) more coming thanks to a Congressional
Grant of US$100 million over the next five (5) years to build some 100 more in
California alone. It's that serious folks if the State Legislature is involved
and the Federal Government may soon support this move with more funding.
Hydrogen Fuel is for the Future
– Water is Renewable and as plentiful as the Sea is wide
It also makes sense to use SUV’s as the test vehicles. They drink gas and
demand a lot of power for sudden accelerations that current All-Electric
Vehicles designs can’t manage. A Hydrogen Range Extender, however, is like
having a power supply for the Li-Ion Batteries in the Vehicles.
With enough Energy to lift rockets into space, powering a SUV is the
ultimate demonstration of the power and strength of Hydrogen. Best of all,
it’ll make All-Electric Vehicles achieve mass market, something they’ve
struggled to due to Range anxieties related to running out of battery Charge.
Best of all, recharging the Vehicles can now take two (2) forms:
1.
Recharging the Li-Ion Batteries directly at home
or at a Recharging Station
2.
Refilling the Hydrogen Fuel Tanks at home or at
a Hydrogen Refuelling Station
Whenever the SUV needs that extract burst of Energy, the Hydrogen can
more than supply the Energy needed as Hydrogen readily converts to a gas
without need for nozzles in the combustion chamber to atomize it via spraying
as a liquid for more even combustion.
Here’s to The Best Man
Holiday (2013) for Hydrogen Powered All-Electric Vehicles.
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