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Re: [Prius-2G] Re: Fuel Cell Test Drive

If I can borrow a camera (our digital camera need to be fixed) I will take
some photos and post them on the yahoo group.

Dan

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Bill G. <wwblues2@...> wrote:

> --- In Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com <Prius-2G%40yahoogroups.com>, "Dan
> Felsenheld" <dan.felsenheld@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > A while ago (like 6 or 8 months ago) I signed up through GM's website to
> > volunteer to be a test driver for GM's fuel cell vehicles that they are
> > developing. I'm lucky enough to live in a metro area where they have a
> > hydrogen fueling station. Anyway, I haven't been chosen to drive one
> for a
> > month yet, but I did get invited to a Ride and Drive event this coming
> > Saturday in Downtown Washington, DC. I'm really excited, I've never
> had the
> > opportunity to drive a concept vehicle before, let alone a fuel cell
> car. It
> > should be pretty cool... With GM rapidly running out of money, who knows
> > what will happen with the development of the fuel cell cars at least
> in the
> > short term...
> >
> >
>
> Hey, cool, Dan!
>
> Let us know what your impressions are!
>
> I had a chance to ride on an airplane next to a guy who was working on
> that powerplant, maybe 10 or 12 years ago. He was telling me about
> their concept platform then, where you could move the seats and
> controls anywhere on the big flat floor, because it was all fly by
> wire, and the works was under the floor.
>
> My daughter lives in DC. I'll have her keep an eye out on Saturday.
>
> BillG
> Minneapolis
>
>
>


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A while ago (like 6 or 8 months ago) I signed up through GM's website to volunteer to be a test driver for GM's fuel cell vehicles that they are developing....
Dan Felsenheld
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Dec 2, 2008
10:48 pm

... for a ... had the ... car. It ... in the ... Hey, cool, Dan! Let us know what your impressions are! I had a chance to ride on an airplane next to a guy who...
Bill G.
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Dec 3, 2008
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If I can borrow a camera (our digital camera need to be fixed) I will take some photos and post them on the yahoo group. Dan ... [Non-text portions of this...
Dan Felsenheld
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Dec 3, 2008
10:56 pm

Here's a link to some photos on my facebook page from the event: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12272&l=73d12&id=1007935117 The car was very quiet to...
Dan Felsenheld
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Dec 8, 2008
9:56 pm

..ah, all seems well and good, but where did the hydrogen come from? Steve From: Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Prius-2G@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan...
Steven Hodge
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Dec 8, 2008
10:43 pm

Excellent question. We were informed that the hydrogen for the cars came from a chemical plant where hydrogen is produced as a byproduct of the process of...
Dan Felsenheld
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Dec 21, 2008
4:11 am

. which was just an evasive way of saying it came from fossil fuels. A hydrogen economy only makes sense for energy and environmental reasons IF it is...
Steven Hodge
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Dec 25, 2008
1:26 am

Well, if hydrogen is a byproduct of the chemical process as Dan states, and it would otherwise get vented to the atmosphere, but now we can reclaim it and use...
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The rub is that it would be the reverse, by far, if you ever started doing it a big way, big enough to impact overall transportation issues. Everything else -...
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Dec 28, 2008
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The other side is that they have to prove the concept, and just because this is how hydrogen is produced for the concept, doesn't necessarily mean this is how...
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