dedeleco wrote:... The future is not predictable, like major technological advances ....
Beautiful words of deleco!
It would be fun to make a list of irrelevant "stuff" that later became major technological advancements.
And try to understand why.
the engineer responsible for the engines of the future at Toyota, a certain Justin Ward, said in an interview with Ward's Auto that the cost of manufacturing Toyota's PAC car had dropped from $ 1 million a few years ago to $ 129 (000 million Yen) today. Asked about its probable cost in 1, he refused to confirm the price of $ 2015 that some announced for the PAC cars planned for that year.
Air Liquide opens its first consumer hydrogen station in Germany
10 Sept 2012 Enerzine
While the automotive sector has announced the sale of vehicles powered by fuel cells by 2015, the manufacturer Air Liquide intends to contribute to the emergence of hydrogen in the transport sector by supporting the deployment distribution infrastructure.
The French group announced last Friday that it officially opened its first hydrogen distribution station accessible to the general public for passenger cars in Germany, in the city of Düsseldorf.
And that's just the beginning ! 10 new hydrogen distribution stations will be designed, built and deployed over the next three years, added Air Liquide, as part of a large-scale demonstration project led by the German government. By 2015, Germany will have a supply network of at least 50 public hydrogen stations.
These developments are in line with the Group's announcement made in October 2011 relating to investment in 20 new stations in Europe.
In addition, Air Liquide recently installed two other stations: "one in Oslo, Norway, and one in Switzerland, in the city of Brugg."
In Japan, the government sees hydrogen as a major and promising source of energy for the future of the automobile and plans to install around 100 hydrogen filling stations for fuel cell vehicles by 2015. Air Liquide Japan should therefore ensure the construction of a large number of these stations and, in this perspective, has recently set up a specialized team dedicated to the hydrogen market. The Group has already installed 3 hydrogen stations to date, in Tokyo, Kawasaki and Saga. According to Air Liquide, one of these stations has demonstrated the feasibility of a complete chain of "blue hydrogen" from wood chips allowing "clean mobility".
“Air Liquide is proud to support these government initiatives. These new developments illustrate the Group's commitment to participate in the deployment of hydrogen energy infrastructure around the world. Hydrogen is one of the innovative solutions that contribute to the preservation of the environment by providing a short-term response to the challenges posed by sustainable mobility: reduction of greenhouse gases, pollution of cities and dependence on hydrocarbons ”declared François Darchis, Director of the Company and member of the Executive Committee of Air Liquide.
To date, around 60 hydrogen distribution stations have been designed and delivered by Air Liquide worldwide.
Toyota Mirai, world sobriety champion
Service stations don't say thank you
The Toyota Mirai is a car powered by hydrogen (fuel cell) which produces only water vapor, and therefore zero CO2 emissions. It is also a road camel.
Toyota-Mirai-USA-WEB.jpg (Toyota photo credits)
During the last Aspen Ideas Festival, in the famous eponymous ski resort located in Colorado, the Toyota Mirai, fuel cell vehicle, was the focus, due to its next marketing this fall in California. Toyota USA President Jim Lentz took the opportunity to make a comparison with a car with an internal combustion engine. On a mixed route (highway / city), the Mirai consumes the equivalent of 3,50 liters of petrol per 100 kilometers. With a full tank of hydrogen (two tanks with a total capacity of 5 kg of compressed fuel), the Mirai is capable of covering approximately 502 kilometers. Performance equivalent to thermal cars, but all without polluting, and even producing electricity via the fuel cell. Californians, world champions of ecology, will appreciate it.
For Jim Lentz, "the Mirai is now ready to enter a new era of hydrogen-based transportation, just like the Prius Hybrid was 20 years ago (…)."
In California in particular, the Toyota Mirai will be marketed from 57 US dollars (500 euros) with the possibility of benefiting from an ecological bonus of 51 dollars (910 euros).
There remains a major unknown, the price of hydrogen. Last August at an auto conference hosted by JP Morgan in New York, Bob USA, vice president of Toyota USA said that the Department of Energy estimated that a full tank of hydrogen would cost approximately 50 dollars (45 euros) to fall thereafter to 30 dollars (27 euros). In comparison, an American driving with a thermal car spends 44,50 dollars (40 euros) to make 480 kilometers while the owners of Toyota Prius pay only 21 dollars (19 euros) for the same distance. But the great champion any category remains the Tesla Model S with a full electricity at 9,60 dollars (8,64 euros). Certainly, the Tesla uses off-peak hours to arrive at such a low bill.
To attract future Mirai customers, Toyota offers a range of services, such as 3 years of fuel or the equivalent of $ 15, 000/24 customer service for 24 years, 7 days of rental per year. for 3 years, maintenance for 7 years or 3 km, roadside assistance for 3 years (without mileage restriction) as well as $ 55 / day (for a maximum of 000 days) in the event of a breakdown and finally a 3 year or 500 km warranty on all components and tanks linked to the operation of the fuel cell.
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