Students Build Hydrogen Vehicle That Gets 1,336 MPG

oh so close to 1337

Ah, but does it meet crash-test standards?

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another way for rich people to save money and laugh at those who cant.

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This is asinine! I could have a Tow Truck haul my SUV to Florida and claim 1000 mpg and it would be just as plausible as this.

Don’t waste Web space with this stupid crap!

If all cars were able to do this, then Obama would pass a bill that would require a minimum of 1400 miles per gallon because he’s just that kind of idiot.

And don’t forget…at 240lbs, the car is a complete and total safety standard failure. Even one of those minis could crush this car. The Institute for Highway Safety suggests downsizing the engine, not the car, if you want to increase mpg while maintaining safe travel standards.

So, until this magic car can withstand a 40mph crash-test with a good rating, this thing isn’t worth the media time.

What is special about 1337?

And don’t forget…at 240lbs, the car is a complete and total safety standard failure. Even one of those minis could crush this car. The Institute for Highway Safety suggests downsizing the engine, not the car, if you want to increase mpg while maintaining safe travel standards.

So, until this magic car can withstand a 40mph crash-test with a good rating, this thing isn’t worth the media time.

this technology has been around for 20 years!!! our cars have had poor MPG because if you get less MPG, you end up buying MORE GAS!!!

170,000 is not a lot of money, production cost would decrease greatly and the cost would be a tenth of that.

this technology has been around for 20 years!!! our cars have had poor MPG because if you get less MPG, you end up buying MORE GAS!!!

170,000 is not a lot of money, production cost would decrease greatly and the cost would be a tenth of that.

I -WANT- ” * ONE * ” …!.NOW.!…

Why hasn’t Chevrolet, Ford or Toyota done something like this and made it available to everyone? I don’t understand the hold-up. Is the gas companies? What is it? We are putting men/women all over space, but we can’t come up with an affordable option to fuel BTW, I live in Texas and I can tell you that the reason the prices of food is so high is because all of our farmers are growing their corn for ethanol. That was a really, really bad idea.

Well how much mpg would it be once the car goes to practical every day car size and weight?

Why hasn’t Chevrolet, Ford or Toyota done something like this and made it available to everyone? I don’t understand the hold-up. Is the gas companies? What is it? We are putting men/women all over space, but we can’t come up with an affordable option to fuel BTW, I live in Texas and I can tell you that the reason the prices of food is so high is because all of our farmers are growing their corn for ethanol. That was a really, really bad idea.

if it crashes you will be effed

It’s also a death trap. I would feel safer on a motorcycle.

if it crashes you will be effed

That is a sweet breakthrough. If it can become a consumer reality, our lives and economy will change forever.

to uncle b:

tldr

Umm, okay, that’s a waste of money, time, and effort. So what if it get that much MPG, if it where put on a highway, a compact car could smash it right out without putting a dent in the compact car. We’re talking serious hazards here. It has absolutely no protection for the driver and any passengers.

… ” ZAIRZ * GLOBAL ” … SAY’S ..,

… ” IT’S * BEAUTIFUL ” . . . . . . .

to uncle b:

tldr

… ” ZAIRZ * GLOBAL ” … SAY’S ..,

… ” IT’S * BEAUTIFUL ” . . . . . . .

this just shows that the clean cars could have been developed many years ago, but the oil fat cats (no offense to cats) have made it a point to not let it happen

I don’t get it.I know better fuel efficent cars can be built.I had a 1984 yugo that got 48 miles to the gallon.So why hasn’t there been a improvement sense then?

Wouldn’t it be better to weigh cost-effectiveness and usefullness in the efficiency calculation also? Sure one person can go that far, but only one rich person. What can a liter of Hydrogen do for my family of seven? Show me that, and I’ll be impressed.

This is only the beginning. Yes, there will be hydrogen fueled cars available to all of us in the future, but they are mondo $$$$$$ simply because the technology isn’t readily available for mass production. Plus, where the hell would you fuel the thing? It’s not as if there are hydrogen stations everywhere.

I heard this technology was discovered a very long time ago but then the oil millionaires squashed it with death and destruction to the inventor or something like that.

I don’t get it.I know better fuel efficent cars can be built.I had a 1984 yugo that got 48 miles to the gallon.So why hasn’t there been a improvement sense then?

This is only the beginning. Yes, there will be hydrogen fueled cars available to all of us in the future, but they are mondo $$$$$$ simply because the technology isn’t readily available for mass production. Plus, where the hell would you fuel the thing? It’s not as if there are hydrogen stations everywhere.

Note they said the entire vehicle weighs only 240 lbs. I assume that means that it is only a one person vehicle, as even two average sized adults would combine to weigh more than the car itself.

Yes, high milage is significant and noteworthy, but imagine what a telephone pole will do to this car in a collision even at normal road speeds. The few people who would be able to afford this vehicle can probably expect a nearly 100% fatality rate in any type of auto accident.

It is never enough to fix only part of the problem.

They will kill this one just like the electric car! LOL

well it would have to be heavier, just to deal with wind. at that weight say here in the midwest when wind can gust 50-75mph everyday. I can so see this blowing over, granted alittle more fuel, but still cheaper and clean compared to gas

They will kill this one just like the electric car! LOL

Uncle B, how would you solve the food problem, if once you solve the food problem today, 20 years later you have twice the mouths to feed.

Population grow exponentially = demand for food grows exponentially.

Can you supply this growing demand? for how long?

What are the safety standards? I mean I would hate for my car to get hit by a swallow and end up injuring me…

Plus. Not alot of room for a date is there?

OMG!! This is freakin awesome. This is probably the coolest looking eco concept car I have seen in a long time. Big Oil will hate to see this killer in mass production. At 240lbs there are Americans and Euros that weigh more than this car. Western Society will have to shrink in order for this car to live up to its name. I believe more and more companies need to start looking into hydrogen fuel as an alternative energy source for everyday transportation.

i wonder whats the topspeed on that thing?

And in a collision with one semi, it will go completely invisible.

Uhmmm..before anyone gets too excited about it. The tech has ALWAYS been there. The problem is doing it so that people can afford it.

The car industry isn’t going to make these things if people cant buy them (duh).

Plus how safe is ANY car that weighs in at just over 200 lbs?

OMG!! This is freakin awesome. This is probably the coolest looking eco concept car I have seen in a long time. Big Oil will hate to see this killer in mass production. At 240lbs there are Americans and Euros that weigh more than this car. Western Society will have to shrink in order for this car to live up to its name. I believe more and more companies need to start looking into hydrogen fuel as an alternative energy source for everyday transportation.

Remember if go on vacation you have to take a lot of them to carry your family. Don’t get in a wreck!!

And in a collision with one semi, it will go completely invisible.

I heard that early on in history that there was a prototype of using hydrogen for cars but the government voted it out because they couldn’t make money. I don’t know for fact if it is true but it sounds like it!

I heard that early on in history that there was a prototype of using hydrogen for cars but the government voted it out because they couldn’t make money. I don’t know for fact if it is true but it sounds like it!

You guys should also look up the EV1 car. It was scraped with no explanation.

fiberglass [fibra de vidrio], is dangerous is traveling at very high speeds and there is a collision…But what if teenagers had their own highway/highways and the maximun speed the car went was 50 miles per hour…Then there will not be no crash…Specially teenagers in the country side of each country where there is no road…And suppose the car cost less, like 4,000 or 3,000 dollars….I am glad for this because it will put teenagers to have jobs….Is better than traveling on bycicle…Very good idea…congratulations to them on a job well done…

fiberglass [fibra de vidrio], is dangerous is traveling at very high speeds and there is a collision…But what if teenagers had their own highway/highways and the maximun speed the car went was 50 miles per hour…Then there will not be no crash…Specially teenagers in the country side of each country where there is no road…And suppose the car cost less, like 4,000 or 3,000 dollars….I am glad for this because it will put teenagers to have jobs….Is better than traveling on bycicle…Very good idea…congratulations to them on a job well done…

yes this is amazing but it cannot go on the road do to its lite weight. 240 pounds? a car going 60 mph hitting that car, you would be seriously injuerd or dead… it is a great car but major flaws

There’s nothing new or highly advanced about this vehicle. Manufacturers, military, and private industries have been using carbonfiber for well over 20 years. You can get a full carbonfiber body for any current vehicle as long as you have enough money for it. The only bad thing about this vehicle is it’s size. It looks like a one seater and would probably be invisible to a person in a truck/suv. I wouldn’t want to be in it if it got hit.

There are plenty of US college students trying to develop this same level of technology. If you are interested, especially in contributing financially, contact Dr. Cliff Ricketts from Middle Tennessee State University. He is a very interesting man and has been working with biofuels, ethanol, and hydrogen/electric hybrids for more than 25 years!

There’s nothing new or highly advanced about this vehicle. Manufacturers, military, and private industries have been using carbonfiber for well over 20 years. You can get a full carbonfiber body for any current vehicle as long as you have enough money for it. The only bad thing about this vehicle is it’s size. It looks like a one seater and would probably be invisible to a person in a truck/suv. I wouldn’t want to be in it if it got hit.

They have been driving cars and busses on Hydrogen fuel cells in Western Canada for over a decade, and the technology is good.

Hopefully they will start to use this technology before we cannot afford, or be permitted, to buy oil from people who would destroy us.

Hate to be the cynic but. . .

Does anybody know the blast radius of Hydrogen?

A car composed of mainly of carbon fiber, ya I feel safe driving down the road when there were 6,420,000 car accidents in 2005.

Oh and the consideration of that global warming is a hoax ever hear of Milankovitch cycles or sunspots or a great variation of things that can cause climate variation not CHANGE!

O yeah, Oil supplies the world of other things beside fuel so eagerness to dissipate it is misguided.

They have been driving cars and busses on Hydrogen fuel cells in Western Canada for over a decade, and the technology is good.

Hopefully they will start to use this technology before we cannot afford, or be permitted, to buy oil from people who would destroy us.

I recommend exercise daily. Start walking, hiking and if you require transportation; utilize public transportation, afterall my tax dollars are suppose to fund the pork barrel projects today! (SARCASM) I will continue to drive my sports vehicle that can get 30 MPG on highway and approximately 25 MPG in the city. I get on average 27 MPG and my speedometer goes all the way up to 160 MPH! How fast is your new tech car and how long will get take to travel the thousand plus miles friend(s)?!

These kids will end up “mysteriously committing suicide”…

Awesome! I would definitely run to the store or the mall in this cute little thing. Better yet, they should put pedals on it and have it run by sheer manpower, like the Flintstones! This way us fat Americans loose weight AND we have a vehicle that covers us from the heat! Seeing as it weighs 240,(wow, i know people who weigh more than that..scary) im sure it doesnt have an a/c system, but it be cool if it did, no pun intended.I live in Houston,Tx and have a bicycle, but there is NO way id ride on it during noon when I usually run my errands.

Only problem with this car is that if it gets hit by a real car like my 1961 Cadillac, they will be taking the driver off the road with a spatula.

Awesome! I would definitely run to the store or the mall in this cute little thing. Better yet, they should put pedals on it and have it run by sheer manpower, like the Flintstones! This way us fat Americans loose weight AND we have a vehicle that covers us from the heat! Seeing as it weighs 240,(wow, i know people who weigh more than that..scary) im sure it doesnt have an a/c system, but it be cool if it did, no pun intended.I live in Houston,Tx and have a bicycle, but there is NO way id ride on it during noon when I usually run my errands.

We all know that a fuel efficent car can be built, but get real and build one that is usable.

Hopefully they start manufacturing this car soon. I want one!!!! If everyone got one of these the fuel indurstry would be forced to lower their prices. I’m talken .99/gallen. It could happen.

Sounds great, awesome engineering but…

how fast does it go?

how fast does it accelerate?

Comfort features like A/C use about 10 hp which I’m sure the car doesn’t have. An A/C system on this car would bring the mileage down to 0.

Sounds great, awesome engineering but…

how fast does it go?

how fast does it accelerate?

Comfort features like A/C use about 10 hp which I’m sure the car doesn’t have. An A/C system on this car would bring the mileage down to 0.

Hey don’t get on the oil companies too hard, they feed my family and the families of a lot of folks in the southeren US. On the all veggie diet, all I gotta say in my opion of course, is blahhhh I have teeth made for tearing meat, I like my meat. I don’t wanna be small like an asian, I like being tall enough to work on lights with out a ladder, I like having the strength and leverage to lift or move large loads.

I’m all for new technologies, lets here it for higher gas mileage vehicles. I drive a diesel truck, if I could get more than 17 mpg I would be estactic.

If you want to see video and stories from the 2009 Shell eco-marathon in Fontana, CA go to

http://www.carlist.com/blog/?cat=142

Its cool that they were able to get 586 miles out of one liter of fuel, but they omit one key number… How fast can it go? If it achieved that mark at golf cart speeds, that’s not very impressive. And let’s not forget about the 240 lb weight. Virtually all cars on the road today weigh at least ten times more due to safety systems and creature comforts… and I’m sure this car carries only one person.

It’s a step in the right direction, but it’s got a long way to go before it becomes a viable transportation alternative.

Ummm… don’t know if I’d want to be an any sort of accident in this car… on open highway… against an 18 wheeler. Only 240 lbs. of Carbon Fiber?

man i think this is amazing i would love to have one of these cars especially me being an army wife and always having to travel this would save me alot of money…very smart ppl for making a car like that

Hey don’t get on the oil companies too hard, they feed my family and the families of a lot of folks in the southeren US. On the all veggie diet, all I gotta say in my opion of course, is blahhhh I have teeth made for tearing meat, I like my meat. I don’t wanna be small like an asian, I like being tall enough to work on lights with out a ladder, I like having the strength and leverage to lift or move large loads.

I’m all for new technologies, lets here it for higher gas mileage vehicles. I drive a diesel truck, if I could get more than 17 mpg I would be estactic.

Yes, this is an impressive MPG, etc…but no one mentioned the fact that since it is 90% carbon fiber, if you get into an accident you are screwed….it’s not safe to drive in an everyday environment.

How fast was it’s top traveling speeds???

Ummm… don’t know if I’d want to be an any sort of accident in this car… on open highway… against an 18 wheeler. Only 240 lbs. of Carbon Fiber?

I think it is great to receive such information. I have the design for an all electric car that has unlimeited usage as it produces more electry than it uses BUT I dont have the funds to produce a proto type for show and tell. These are the cars of the future for sure. Thanks

There is no way the crooked oil companies will let this car be mass produced. They do not want the middle class or the poor to have any money left. I hope there comes a day they have to eat there oil to survive.

Great Job! Why are we paying so much for fuel… when the answer is right in front of us? Shouldn’t those be all over the world by now… it is 2009. Who knows maybe nano technology or solar power could be the next step.

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I think it is great to receive such information. I have the design for an all electric car that has unlimeited usage as it produces more electry than it uses BUT I dont have the funds to produce a proto type for show and tell. These are the cars of the future for sure. Thanks

Great Job! Why are we paying so much for fuel… when the answer is right in front of us? Shouldn’t those be all over the world by now… it is 2009. Who knows maybe nano technology or solar power could be the next step.

Joost

what speeds can it go, how many peopole does it hold, going 1336 on so little is awesome, yet i can’t afford a junker, technology is awesome RIGHT??

Too bad we will never see this as it would destroy a world that is ran by $$$$$. The only way we will see this is when fossil fuels are no more and the world has died from global warming. Good job though guys!!!

p.s lol, I love the comment Jim left. 1 more MPG and it would be 1337!!!!

Wonder where that puts u when u crash into a geo

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what speeds can it go, how many peopole does it hold, going 1336 on so little is awesome, yet i can’t afford a junker, technology is awesome RIGHT??

Don’t kid yourself people. If this car could be produced cheaply, the government would put on a ton of ‘weight’ and safety restrictions and tax the heck out of hydrogren.

Wow, that is awesome to see. Did you know that every car is a Hybrid and can be converted to run on Water? Hydrogen is already compressed in water, forget the dangers of storing compressed hydrogen.

Very, very impressive. I just have a question: What would happen if you get into a car wreck?

Sooo cool for teens only a couple of years older than me. Teens aren’t completely obsessed w/ texting and the latest celeb news. (well mabe if it concerns Nick J.) teens do care about there world.

figures. american companies can’t make anything good anymore.

lets get out of dragon ball-z world and realize that this poor excuse for an automobile would never suffice as a means of transportation. first case scenario upstate new york where 5 out of the 12 months are covered in snow id like to see this cereal box with wheels attempt to make it out of the driveway. second scenario.. a pebble in the road throws this 200lb car off course into a real car… id like to see how that carbon fiber would hold up.

The joke is that I weigh more than the car! I don’t know if my dog could get inside of the vehicle above!

Wow, that is awesome to see. Did you know that every car is a Hybrid and can be converted to run on Water? Hydrogen is already compressed in water, forget the dangers of storing compressed hydrogen.

Sooo cool for teens only a couple of years older than me. Teens aren’t completely obsessed w/ texting and the latest celeb news. (well mabe if it concerns Nick J.) teens do care about there world.

WELL THE COST OF ANY PROTOTYPE IS EXORBITANT.. MASS

PRODUCTION BY FORD, GM OR CHRYSLER COULD BRING THE

PRICE TO NEAR 25,000.. I WOULD THINK…

yeah but it is not proven to be as reliable as my 1990 camry

Wonder where that puts you when u crash into a geo…

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I can bench this car…that’s ridiculous

This car would be great in the idea world of theory but there is much more research and development needed so the numbers will be different on a production model. Notice that the vehicle does not have a suspension system and will not only rattle itself to pieces over long distance but will also help the driver develop back and neck pains. I think a vehicle weight of 400 lbs would be a bit more realistic even for go-kart setup, if it were to travel on tarmac at a greater speed than walking.

When a country is told by the oil companies not to bring in EV’s or hydrogen powered vehicles such as what happened when General Motors developed and had people drive EV’s only to later distroy all of the EV’s and GM siding with the oil companies, we had the beginning of the end of GM. Now we, the American taxpayers own part of General Motors because we bailed them out for making the wrong decisions for their business. I think that the oil companies should have bailed out GM. The oil companies made the largest profit of any group of corporations in the U.S. They can afford to bail out the auto industry, but our politicians didn’t see this as an alternative to the government bailing out GM. Another stupid move by our blindsided politicians, who don’t listen to the public as much as they should.

Hmmm Lamborghini for $170,000 or this car?….jk

That is amazing I guess…..

Can someone roll this up to something practical? or give more detail?

how fast was it going?

What were the wind conditions?

What is its exhaust made of?

What happens if you add 200 lbs for a person?

How big an improvement was this over previous efforts?

This car would be great in the idea world of theory but there is much more research and development needed so the numbers will be different on a production model. Notice that the vehicle does not have a suspension system and will not only rattle itself to pieces over long distance but will also help the driver develop back and neck pains. I think a vehicle weight of 400 lbs would be a bit more realistic even for go-kart setup, if it were to travel on tarmac at a greater speed than walking.

wow thats hella nice and nice design…

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@Jim

I laughed a little, but not everyone is thinking with their keyboards. Gamer…

Cheers to Uncle B and the to the Students and Staff in Turkey!

…sign me up…i want to buy one.

I just love the old 80s american soundtrack the video is put too. They know it is 2009 right?

OK, I was into this little car until I read 170K. I can save money on gas in a car that cost me my kids college education. Whoopdedoo. If it were affordable and could survive a car accident, then I would be very impressed.

Just more nonsense from the world leftist media. Instead of funding such a trifle why wasn’t it used to feed starving humans in the third world? All of this is nothing new as it has been presented before dozens of times. Eletric and hybrid power is what we will end up with, not hydrogen, at least in your lifetime. Forget this expiermental nonsense and start feeding people, immunizing people, and cures for major diseases.

I want to know about its 0 to 60 mph time and what its top speed is. If 0 to 60 time is five minutes and its top speed is 60, forget it.

@Jim

I laughed a little, but not everyone is thinking with their keyboards. Gamer…

…sign me up…i want to buy one.

OK, I was into this little car until I read 170K. I can save money on gas in a car that cost me my kids college education. Whoopdedoo. If it were affordable and could survive a car accident, then I would be very impressed.

I is not a car, it is a golf cart. Toyota and Honda are already working on it, there will be few more years and you will see mass production of hydrogen cars on the market.

…i’ll buy one in a heart beat…sign me up.

I think its a great concept and well worth going after. Unfortunately, the lawyers and lawmakers(one and the same) will destroy it in the US by the time they deem it safe enough to drive.

This is a reply to Uncle B. First of all your response sounds as if you plagerized some book, magazine article or something. Secondly, most Americans bodies will never be the size of Asians, sorry genetics has the last word on that one. Lastly, how the hell will eating just vegatables help food supply problems. If Indians would eat meat they would not have any food supply problems. They have 1000’s of cows right next to them because they are “Sacred” give me a break. If that was the case then why don’t they grow veggies in Africa where the people are starving. Congrats on the technology from India, but don’t start bashing Americans or America. We are the strongest, proudest, and the most free country in the world. And, everybody in the world wants to be here, thats why we have the most immigrants of any other country. Go USA!!!!

My ex wife’s broom is even more energy efficient

Fascism is alive and prospering in America where Congress and the oil industry collude to suck up the Earth’s resources while they believe Jesus will show up and save America when all the resources are gone.

Look for some funding somewhere, but stay away from detroit and the government or they will try and name it the obamamobile. Really hope it catches on. It might smarten up the oilboys.

My ex wife’s broom is even more energy efficient

Look for some funding somewhere, but stay away from detroit and the government or they will try and name it the obamamobile. Really hope it catches on. It might smarten up the oilboys.

but, HOW FAST CAN IT GO?

i am confused? why do they get the story when it won third most efficient vehicle

NO NEED TO MAKE SARCASTIC COMMENTS PEOPLE..

LET OUR AUTO INDUSTRY GET HOLD OF IT AND QUIT THE

COMPLAINING…

use this age old TechKnowledge to make your next carbon fiber car great work you all are doing altho the car looks like a oversized go cart it is still a great ideal that is the only thing needed to transport a person from one place to another and no need for heavy Iron fuel guzzling cars I have a go-cart an 5hp motor that reaches top speed of 85 mph vroom vroom

unfortunately, carbon’s electronegativity is less than oxygen, meaning you will not get anywhere near the same efficiency with a hydro-cell running on gasoline. as of now, it takes app. 5.1 gal. gasoline to produce 1 gal of uncompressed, gaseous hydrogen through electrolysis. until a more efficient method is produced that can harness H+ ions, it will take tons of fuel to power that car, removing its efficiency bonus.

but how fast can it go

this car sounds sweet but lets be a little practical here…at 240lbs if this were a someones personal vehicle you better hope you don’t hit anything or you’re done for lol.

No no no! This will NEVER work! This doesn’t consume enough of your tax money or create enough multi-billion dollar empires for the “right” people.

Granted it’s $170,000 today, but develop the industry and mass produce the required parts and guess what… that 170K becomes something more like 70K or even less as the years go by.

You can probably make most of the material out of something worthless to boot, so now the oil barons have barrels of useless oil–God forbid that would ever happen! LOL!

I for one, challenge each John Q. Citizen to thumb their nose at every government-run “green” idea and go green by themselves. Piss on the government suits… we don’t need them to fix our lives for us!

how fast was the car being peddled,

before running out of bottled water?

seriously .. this is great..

but what was the speed traveled?

use this age old TechKnowledge to make your next carbon fiber car great work you all are doing altho the car looks like a oversized go cart it is still a great ideal that is the only thing needed to transport a person from one place to another and no need for heavy Iron fuel guzzling cars I have a go-cart an 5hp motor that reaches top speed of 85 mph vroom vroom

but how fast can it go

Everyone thinks that this is so great and that running hydrogen will have less emissions. Wake up and smell the coffee people, the smoke might not be coming out of your car anymore but it is still coming out of the refinery that is making the hydrogen needed to fuel that thing.

You mean to tell me that students in Turkey! can do this but giant American car companies are still adjusting. Ridiculous

haha 1337

This car is a really neat idea, if they could get that down to a 1/4th of the price I think a lot of people who could foot the bill would buy them.

and they only won 3rd? how come we dont hear about first… just like the media to tell about losers

Hmmm..they only mentioned the type of milage it can get. There is all this hype about making vehicles that get awsome milage and using something other than oil and gas. That can be done but looking at this vehicle they gave up a lot of safety factors. Due to the size and weight, I doubt it would even survive a minor car accident (fender bender). Plus, they do not mention how fast the car can go or how well it drives in weather conditions. Judging by the weight of the car it can’t handle high speeds nor weather. This should be classified as the worlds unsafest vehicle with the best mpg. Plus, what would you do if you needed a work vehicle or needed to haul a trailor to move ect? It is a step towards the future but before we get all excited remember that people should not trade safety for mpg and enviromental safe vehicles. These enviromentally safe vehicles seem great and all but they are not practical for the industrial world nor are they safe enough. Get a bike instead they are great and use NO fuel at all!

A pipefitter in the USA already did this. He took a gasoline burning engine and converted it to run on hydrogen. What’s better is his truck makes its own hydrogen from water.

I’d like to see verified data on that MPG. A person on a bicycle gets the equivalent of about 950mpg (see bicycling Science) and considering a bicyclist is nearly 98% efficient I cannot see how even an ultra lean car can get close. Also you have to add in the environmental and economic costs of the carbon fiber, and all the other materials and transportation needed to construct it, then add in the cars’ costs and although its a great improvement over current cars, it’s still a car that takes space, creates traffic congestion, prevents exercise and makes at least some pollution…..

and they only won 3rd? how come we dont hear about first… just like the media to tell about losers

Hmmm..they only mentioned the type of milage it can get. There is all this hype about making vehicles that get awsome milage and using something other than oil and gas. That can be done but looking at this vehicle they gave up a lot of safety factors. Due to the size and weight, I doubt it would even survive a minor car accident (fender bender). Plus, they do not mention how fast the car can go or how well it drives in weather conditions. Judging by the weight of the car it can’t handle high speeds nor weather. This should be classified as the worlds unsafest vehicle with the best mpg. Plus, what would you do if you needed a work vehicle or needed to haul a trailor to move ect? It is a step towards the future but before we get all excited remember that people should not trade safety for mpg and enviromental safe vehicles. These enviromentally safe vehicles seem great and all but they are not practical for the industrial world nor are they safe enough. Get a bike instead they are great and use NO fuel at all!

A pipefitter in the USA already did this. He took a gasoline burning engine and converted it to run on hydrogen. What’s better is his truck makes its own hydrogen from water.

I’d like to see verified data on that MPG. A person on a bicycle gets the equivalent of about 950mpg (see bicycling Science) and considering a bicyclist is nearly 98% efficient I cannot see how even an ultra lean car can get close. Also you have to add in the environmental and economic costs of the carbon fiber, and all the other materials and transportation needed to construct it, then add in the cars’ costs and although its a great improvement over current cars, it’s still a car that takes space, creates traffic congestion, prevents exercise and makes at least some pollution…..

Great job. But wont happen in american due to the lack of weight on the car. It would be a death trap to any one. Give me a sturdy american built car any day of the week.

tis is so cool. i think i would spemd the money on it.!! just cause it is so small. it is light enough for me to lift. and it gets 1,366 mpg.!!! makes me happy.

Great job. But wont happen in american due to the lack of weight on the car. It would be a death trap to any one. Give me a sturdy american built car any day of the week.

While I am astounded by the achievement, on a more practical note I wonder about omissions. 1 or 2 passenger, creature comforts, longevity of structure and parts, insurance, etc. There are more than one industry who control various aspects of economic viability. It hurts my brain to think any further.

i still want a nice big gas devouring V8 to power my car. and once all you hippies switch over to your bio-diesel, my gas will be much cheaper. oh, and keep your pathetic excuse of a car away from mine, or i will just have to run you of the road while i am eating a nice big cheese burger with extra meat on it.

I find this innovation becoming a glimmer of hope for all of us. I agree, however, that the greedy SOB’s for the oil companies will most likely start their on-going lying techiniques of why this is so bad for us. Oh yeah, let’s not forget their $41 BILLION profits that they might lose if we could all afford this concept and would not have to depend on oil and the freaking-ass Middle Eastern countries. Good going. Let’s hope we can all afford to buy one.

Too late! Fossil fuels rule….Global warming, AIDS, Cancer etc… take a backseat to BIG OIL. R&D? We had this idea when the Diesel engine was conceived. Walk or ride a bike to destinations that are close, cost? 1 quart of water which could be carried on ones person. Hydrogen will make its way in time but until then lets think of a way we can do something now!

How much does the efficiency go down when you add 350 pounds (or more) of passengers and groceries, etc. How much further does efficiency go down when you need to use structural components that won’t make it a death machine on the roads (e.g., being rolled over by a 2000 pound Mini Cooper).

Those considerations, as well as the energy costs of producing the fuel, need to be added into the equation.

I would have been much more impressed if they did this with a Honda Odyssey sized minivan – then, at least, it would address real world concerns.

And how much pollution did it take make this “green car”???

Now if only we could solve the shortage of water to use for manufacturing hydrogen…

Engineer,

Are you really an engineer? Aren’t you forgetting that you need ENERGY to pull the H out of the H2O. Its a net energy loss creating hydrogen out of water. Hydrogen is just an energy carrier at that point … no different than a battery.

And how much pollution did it take make this “green car”???

why write about this vehicle, it only won third most fuel efficient. what happened to the first two?

It’s only a matter of time until the big oil companies buy the copyrights and/or patents to this invention and rid it completely.. don’t get too excited about this folks, because the oil companies will always win

Nifty. I’d imagine it would disintigrate in a wreck, though.

Dude, if your having trouble reading the site, put the URL of the site in the search bar and hit enter. The site should come up first on the list, with an option to translate it

It seem to me that people forget the price. I would love one, but it cost as much as a house. I think they need to make one for the now a day person. Companies are setting wages so they don’t have to pay anyone higher then what they are worth. I know because my set a cap at $16. Before they had it at 20 and up. So they should make a cheap one for the everyday working man. I know carbon fiber is lite, but it cost to much. So back to the drawing board.

Let’s hope big oil wont buy it and shelf it like so many others Before!!!

of course that car has a Shell logo on it.

very surreal!

why write about this vehicle, it only won third most fuel efficient. what happened to the first two?

It’s only a matter of time until the big oil companies buy the copyrights and/or patents to this invention and rid it completely.. don’t get too excited about this folks, because the oil companies will always win

It seem to me that people forget the price. I would love one, but it cost as much as a house. I think they need to make one for the now a day person. Companies are setting wages so they don’t have to pay anyone higher then what they are worth. I know because my set a cap at $16. Before they had it at 20 and up. So they should make a cheap one for the everyday working man. I know carbon fiber is lite, but it cost to much. So back to the drawing board.

of course that car has a Shell logo on it.

very surreal!

Dam thats pretty cool for college students, but I am a high school student who is apart of the Los Altos Academy of Engineering (public high school’s engineering departments) and we have built a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and have successfully converted a Honda GX-35 4 stroke engine to run off of hydrogen. Its good to see that we are not the only students, whether in high school or college, that are looking toward the future in alternative fuel.

lasv.org

-Ernie

Great article other than the word “uber”

“The American Dream is dead”??? Uncle B, your an idiot. You probably believe the government is brain washing you and there are little camera’s everywhere….get a life. The problem with the American Dream is people like you exploiting their unearned right to speak their mind. Hydrogen as fuel isn’t something new…and NO ONE IS HOLDING YOU BACK OR BRAIN WASHING YOU. Just be glad someone is smart enough to research this type of alternate fuel and we are not all relying on you. We’d probably be riding donkeys if that where the case.

The milage is great and all, but if you get in an accident with any other car your screwed. A Ugo would decimate this car!

That’s really amazing they were able to build such a fuel efficient car. However, I wouldn’t not want to be around if that car exploded.

The milage is great and all, but if you get in an accident with any other car your screwed. A Ugo would decimate this car!

Rest assured, if it’s going to put a damper on the oil companies helping to destroy the middle class, the criminals in our government will make sure we can’t get one.

its funny how some college students can build a car like this but the best scientists in the world cant figure out how to create cleaner and greener cars makes you think how greed, coruption and gasoline run the world huh

thats no a car thats a gocart

but sound greats , and what about the horsepower of the gasoline

Rest assured, if it’s going to put a damper on the oil companies helping to destroy the middle class, the criminals in our government will make sure we can’t get one.

Pretty cool, but I wonder what the mileage would drop to if this were a production sized vehicle. This isn’t much bigger than some radio-controlled kit cars out there that kids play with. Fifty percent bigger, fifty percent more weight, fifty percent less mileage? Interesting concept though. Good luck!

thats no a car thats a gocart

but sound greats , and what about the horsepower of the gasoline

This type of technology could bring humanity to the next level of evolution but the greedy oil pigs have killed this technology thus far. I sincerely hope enough hurting people are fed up enough to say NO MORE and fight to bring this type of technology to the people. Tell the oil pigs to shrivel up and blow away!

How many people can ride safely? It’s sad, concepts made are waisted time and resources making vehicles that could kill one person blown away in a light rain storm. So could you make a concept family car, vans & even couple & sport cars & not Indy funny cars? Dont make a race car to waste gas and ruin the air. This is just another case of BS.

and i u get into a accident u will evidentualy DIE!!!

Will this vehicle successfully pass current DOT safety crash standards and bumper height requirements?

Very very interesting. I have no problems with a new, cheaper, and possabley better fuel source, but I completely disagree with Uncle B. These things are a long way off, the American people will and should refuse to be forced in to a lifestyle we don’t want to use this stuff. If the fuel tech comes out for a normal sized car or truck made out of metal or material as strong, fine. I refuse to be forced to be smaller/lighter to fit somebody eles’ idea of what I should be driving, let alone be lead in to an anarcho-marxist, socialist, humanist, or enviromental culture. I say the government needs to get out of car manufacturing and most other private enterprises, let the free market do it’s thing, and we will be driving better and more fuel efficient cars.

This type of technology could bring humanity to the next level of evolution but the greedy oil pigs have killed this technology thus far. I sincerely hope enough hurting people are fed up enough to say NO MORE and fight to bring this type of technology to the people. Tell the oil pigs to shrivel up and blow away!

How many people can ride safely? It’s sad, concepts made are waisted time and resources making vehicles that could kill one person blown away in a light rain storm. So could you make a concept family car, vans & even couple & sport cars & not Indy funny cars? Dont make a race car to waste gas and ruin the air. This is just another case of BS.

awesome car

I think it is funny that it is made out of CARBON fiber. So mass production would almost defeat the purpose.

It is curious to note what benefits technology can and will provide when it is done in an environment where politics and corporations that fear lessening dependence on oil, do not have the ability to influence or buy off the market fresh new ideas that we all need. Why was this not done in the USA? are we less intelligent? Or as in the case of the oil and automotive interest buying up and eliminating the trolly Lines in so Calif in the 1930’s(cheap- affordeable transportation for the individual)just more greedy than inovative. I remember 3 american inventors who went to american companies with their hot new ideas, and they were told: If we can not make a profit in 6 mos, we will not make, develope aqnd distribute your invention. Instead all 3 american inventors had to go to Japan where they have 10 yr plans to take over whole markets, and they do not care how long it takes. If the idiots in the USA government,biz- management and labor actually got together and agreed to work together we might be able to restore respect for so called “American Ingenuity”.

Why don’t you explain that hydrogen is an inefficient fuel source as it relies on fossil fuels to be made. And that’s not a car – that’s a toy that cost $170k.

Can’t wait to see what happens to the occupant when this thing crashes. They’ll be scraping him or her off the road for months! Come back and talk to me when you can combine this kind of MPG with the safety of my gas guzzling truck.

that’s exactly what I was thinking xD

It is curious to note what benefits technology can and will provide when it is done in an environment where politics and corporations that fear lessening dependence on oil, do not have the ability to influence or buy off the market fresh new ideas that we all need. Why was this not done in the USA? are we less intelligent? Or as in the case of the oil and automotive interest buying up and eliminating the trolly Lines in so Calif in the 1930’s(cheap- affordeable transportation for the individual)just more greedy than inovative. I remember 3 american inventors who went to american companies with their hot new ideas, and they were told: If we can not make a profit in 6 mos, we will not make, develope aqnd distribute your invention. Instead all 3 american inventors had to go to Japan where they have 10 yr plans to take over whole markets, and they do not care how long it takes. If the idiots in the USA government,biz- management and labor actually got together and agreed to work together we might be able to restore respect for so called “American Ingenuity”.

Can’t wait to see what happens to the occupant when this thing crashes. They’ll be scraping him or her off the road for months! Come back and talk to me when you can combine this kind of MPG with the safety of my gas guzzling truck.

Sure and when the 6500 pound Suburban gets hit by the carbon fiber rig say goodbye to grandma.

Oh I forgot we must regulate not legislate the cars we like to drive off the road.

I’m all for better fuel mileage, but driving a car that weighs less than me, no thanks.

It’s a shame that companies that control governments will find some way to make sure there will be no alternative…

So many breakthroughs yet greed keeps it all away…

unfortunate Human Beings

This is the result of minds and hands beyond the norm. Funny,…….mankind only works at this pace when the pressure is on?

Sure and when the 6500 pound Suburban gets hit by the carbon fiber rig say goodbye to grandma.

Oh I forgot we must regulate not legislate the cars we like to drive off the road.

I’m all for better fuel mileage, but driving a car that weighs less than me, no thanks.

This is the result of minds and hands beyond the norm. Funny,…….mankind only works at this pace when the pressure is on?

But how will it fare in a crash with an 18-wheeler? A Honda Civic? A deer?

Hydrogen fueled vehicles have literally been around for decades. This is hardly new technology but now that the consumers are getting so fed up with fossil fuels we might see some of these other alternatives more and more.

However Hydrogen fuel being used on a global scale is still just a dream. It currently takes more energy to make Hydrogen fuel then it puts out so while it would be a great solution it is not yet practical. I foresee magnetic or atomic energy being used before hydrogen unless we can refine our way of producing it that is.

as for comments about automakers….this isn’t an auto-anything…its an experiment. so insulting automakers is silly. They will build what people will buy. And this isnt even designed to be a massproduced car. Ask how fast it was going, how many starts and stops, weather conditions, etc.

Its GREAT to learn, just dont act like Obama and pass a law saying we should all run out and buy a science experiment for daily duty.

First off good job! Now, for the rude part: 1st of all why the in the hell is Shell sponsering this competition, they are in the business of selling oil not finding ways to reduce it. Also, teams competing in the competition do they get to keep their technology or is it property of Shell. And finally, if this car is really what they say it is then the oil companies especially Shell will never let the technology to be produced. A trillion dollar business has more controll and influence than many people think. Hey just look, we invaded a country for oil. What do you think would be done to a small team of individuals that come up with a great idea.

The car is no good because of it’s weight. If a truck hit you you’d be dead. You would risk your life to go over thirty miles an hour. A normal fender bender would be a major accident. Why are’nt we using hydrogen technology in the cars we drive right now?!!!!!

Hydrogen fueled vehicles have literally been around for decades. This is hardly new technology but now that the consumers are getting so fed up with fossil fuels we might see some of these other alternatives more and more.

However Hydrogen fuel being used on a global scale is still just a dream. It currently takes more energy to make Hydrogen fuel then it puts out so while it would be a great solution it is not yet practical. I foresee magnetic or atomic energy being used before hydrogen unless we can refine our way of producing it that is.

First off good job! Now, for the rude part: 1st of all why the in the hell is Shell sponsering this competition, they are in the business of selling oil not finding ways to reduce it. Also, teams competing in the competition do they get to keep their technology or is it property of Shell. And finally, if this car is really what they say it is then the oil companies especially Shell will never let the technology to be produced. A trillion dollar business has more controll and influence than many people think. Hey just look, we invaded a country for oil. What do you think would be done to a small team of individuals that come up with a great idea.

So this car only weighs 240lbs…compare that to the average car that weighs anywhere from 1800-2400lbs. Which one do you think would win in a crash? Yea it’s great that this car gets that many miles to the gallon but at this point its too unrealistic. 90% carbon fiber? That car would crush like a beer can in any type of collision.

I think for know I will stick with my 37mpg Civic.

I’m sure everyone would like to know how fast it goes and what kind of engine is in it. Is going up hill going to be a task for the car or will it just take it as a breeze.

1,300 miles per hour? i could be wrong but is that the distance from Miami to Atlanta [USA], I was thinking, teenagers with their own highway/highways could have cameras on the teen’s highway/road that is constantly been observed by live people…Is a possibility….

If we could get people over their “it can’t be done” ignorance we could have these cars on the road and mass produced in 10 years. That is if we could get the politicians and big oil out of the way and let the market take over. Make it profitable and it will be done.

So this car only weighs 240lbs…compare that to the average car that weighs anywhere from 1800-2400lbs. Which one do you think would win in a crash? Yea it’s great that this car gets that many miles to the gallon but at this point its too unrealistic. 90% carbon fiber? That car would crush like a beer can in any type of collision.

I think for know I will stick with my 37mpg Civic.

1,300 miles per hour? i could be wrong but is that the distance from Miami to Atlanta [USA], I was thinking, teenagers with their own highway/highways could have cameras on the teen’s highway/road that is constantly been observed by live people…Is a possibility….

the only thing wrong with this is it cant go fast because it only ways 240lb

I’m gonna wait it out for a little better gas mileage.

I want one.

nice just don’t sell out to the oil company’s like everyone else does

why does everybody still get so excited about lower MPG when we dont even need the fuel? what about the air car?

Could you just image when a Ford F-350 full of drunk redneck runs over something like. The next day they will all be at walmart trying to get hunting licencs to go get one so they can hang it on thier wall of the tralor.They should of played Sammy HAgar’s song I CANT DRIVE 55

I’m gonna wait it out for a little better gas mileage.

nice just don’t sell out to the oil company’s like everyone else does

it is awsome i sure want to have one

I hope Uncle B dies in a urine and stool bio-fire.

Unfortunately, innovations in fuel conservation are nothing new. Machines and technology similar to this have been around at least since the 1970’s. Because of the influential automotive and oil lobbies, we are stuck with the gas guzzling cars many insist on driving today. May the tires of this car someday meet the roads of America!

Cool cleaner fuel, but how will it stand/ rate in automobile crashes??

what is truly sad is that some stupid oil company or american corporation will most likely buy the patent lock it up and throw away the key and pretend as though this never happened. Of course they will just wait until we have exhausted all fossil fuels and once we are all desparate thew pull it out, modify it and charge 4 times what they should.

The other option is all the people on the team meet with fatal “accidents” …sorry I dont trust the establishment to do what is in the planets best interest when there are billions to be made.

We will never run out of fossil fuel! This is just a big waste of time, money, and effort!

Yowza! That’s one amazing car! The advances in eco-friendly vehicle technology are astounding these days. I still can’t get over the 568km on only a liter of feul! And the 110kg weight. Simply amazing.

I hope Uncle B dies in a urine and stool bio-fire.

Hey Great Job Guys!

Wish I was involve with such a project. You are not doing a service to your country or the world but entire humanity to come…

P.S how about a bigger engine and faster even half the MPG. I think it would be great success even in today’s market.

God Bless! Mashallah!:)

Khalid

what is truly sad is that some stupid oil company or american corporation will most likely buy the patent lock it up and throw away the key and pretend as though this never happened. Of course they will just wait until we have exhausted all fossil fuels and once we are all desparate thew pull it out, modify it and charge 4 times what they should.

The other option is all the people on the team meet with fatal “accidents” …sorry I dont trust the establishment to do what is in the planets best interest when there are billions to be made.

Yowza! That’s one amazing car! The advances in eco-friendly vehicle technology are astounding these days. I still can’t get over the 568km on only a liter of feul! And the 110kg weight. Simply amazing.

AWESOME!!! thats so cool because they could possibly use that whenever they want to, but how fast does it go????

crap

Congrats to those researchers on this achievement.

An ideal car should carry atleast 4 passengers and should give a high mileage and should also be affordable. Hope these researchers will come with such car soon.

1 such car is this.

http://smallcheapcar.blogspot.com/2008/10/pininfarina-bollore-b0-electric-compact.html

Apart from automobile world, it will be better if every individual can switch off their lights, TV’s, Monitors and other electrical gadgets when not in use.

This will reduce energy consumption a lot.

BTW, America’s oil consumption in 2008 was 6% lesser than 2007. Its partly because of recession and partly because of buying more fuel efficient vehicles.

I sure do miss the rain down in Africa. Toto rules

this is wounderful get government motors a shot at it

sweet a car that fits one person and can be flipped over by a gust of wind because it weighs so little

crap

I sure do miss the rain down in Africa. Toto rules

sweet a car that fits one person and can be flipped over by a gust of wind because it weighs so little

Well we didn’t go from 40 mpg cars to 1336mpg in one jump. There have been many others who have got incredible mileage only to be stifled. Some just aren’t cost effective. I wouldn’t get excited yet. At 240 pounds it can’t withstand a bicycle crash, heavy rain, wind or a snowball from a teenager. Probably one passenger. Probably 4 mph with no wind and it won’t come with ac, stereo, or anything that squeezes any energy from its power plant. Make it drive on the road, be safe, cost effective and reliable, then tell me the fuel mileage and the sticker price. Till then, keep working at it.

I like the big “Shell” sticker on the hood. So much for thinking that the big oil companies are trying to suppress the advancement of alternative fuels.

Wow….truly amazing!! How I would simply love one of these cars!

I like the big “Shell” sticker on the hood. So much for thinking that the big oil companies are trying to suppress the advancement of alternative fuels.

I Hope this goes out in the Market Soooon…

big fucking deal.

same old, same old. use a windmill, get an alternative fuel vehicle, install solar panels on your home, all if you have a enough money to pay for it. green is as it always has been, for those who already have it.

I find it very interesting that people wish to pursue these hydrogen and ethanol vehicles. These fuels are a lot more explosive and burn much hotter than gasoline; we’ll see how popular they are, after the public see’s how destructive future accidents can be.

big fucking deal.

same old, same old. use a windmill, get an alternative fuel vehicle, install solar panels on your home, all if you have a enough money to pay for it. green is as it always has been, for those who already have it.

I find it very interesting that people wish to pursue these hydrogen and ethanol vehicles. These fuels are a lot more explosive and burn much hotter than gasoline; we’ll see how popular they are, after the public see’s how destructive future accidents can be.

Gee, that’s great… now when you invent a car with that kind of mileage capable of carrying my band, the road crew and all our gear, let me know.

By the way, if you get into an accident, do you call a guy with a broom and a bucket instead of a tow truck?

Go Go Go Go Go

Great technology but the drive to NASA to refill would be rediculous.

I believe that nothing is impossible with God if we progress with bio-products, then the world is no longer burden with the trash of progressism.

Carbon has been around since God spoke it into existence. Plastic bags, non-degradeable styroform, and etc. Can be replaced by many carbon refuse. For example, corn and the plant can be used in place of plastics. Corn has a natural ingredient that bonds and seals, that can be resilient against leakages. For example when molded to a particular shape such as fast food containers. Rice can be used to takeout fast food, and can be eaten or disposed off anywhere. These product has a high bio-degrading point, and is quickly decomposed. America get on the bandwagon, let show the world what we can do, with our high-technological savor, and social communties, as well.

We are the example for all countries. Hallelujah!!

Probably not. With the weight of it you would probably die in it.

i’m so amazaed a car that goes 1,336 miles to the gallon thats a lot of milage and if they’re making an unpiloted aircraft i want to be there when they do

Go Go Go Go Go

I would love to see that toy run a red light when I’m going through the intersection in my 1999 Ford F-150, and see who survives! The GEEK, or the MAN in the AMERICAN Truck! If it was not for AMERICAN’S the Turks would be speaking German!!

its cool, but if you crash your done

i’m so amazaed a car that goes 1,336 miles to the gallon thats a lot of milage and if they’re making an unpiloted aircraft i want to be there when they do

that sucks that car blows good on gas but that is it

Great accomplishment but what does Africa or Toto have to do with technology and being green?

maybe Green mind, Earth day, We are scientist would have been more appropriate, no?

I like the looks of this car and the idea of 1000 plus miles. First such car of its nature to catch my eye. However i have no intention of giving up my 1949 gmc 1 ton pickup or my 62 corvette tho i would buy one to supplement my other two vehicles when and if they become affordable. As far as the other comments i read give up steak no way. And as far as war goes i hate to shatter your dream world but as long as humans inhabit the earth there will be wars.-oldsklmarine

that sucks that car blows good on gas but that is it

Great accomplishment but what does Africa or Toto have to do with technology and being green?

maybe Green mind, Earth day, We are scientist would have been more appropriate, no?

I like the looks of this car and the idea of 1000 plus miles. First such car of its nature to catch my eye. However i have no intention of giving up my 1949 gmc 1 ton pickup or my 62 corvette tho i would buy one to supplement my other two vehicles when and if they become affordable. As far as the other comments i read give up steak no way. And as far as war goes i hate to shatter your dream world but as long as humans inhabit the earth there will be wars.-oldsklmarine

that car sucks all its good for is gas

It’s matter of time. If we all pull together..the time of change will come much sooner. It’s about courage and vision which the auto industry lacks.

Soooo what kinda speeds are we looking at?

that car sucks all its good for is gas

It’s matter of time. If we all pull together..the time of change will come much sooner. It’s about courage and vision which the auto industry lacks.

OK – 170K for the prototype. Detroit easily spends 10X that. So – lets get full production pricing – guarentee this comes in competitive to current vehicles. Venture capitalists get on this one!

Like my mom always says sometimes “if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is”. I noticed in the article that there was absolutely nothing negative mentioned about the car that supposedly gets 1,336 mpg. That makes me very suspicious. It doesn’t matter if the car gets 1,000,000 mpg if nobody buys it. And unless it is functional for everyday life, nobody is going to buy it.

And as for you uncle B, the American dream of liberty and freedom from tyrannical, dictatorial central government may very well be dead … thanks to environmental wackos such as yourself. If that is the case all I can say is “Come quickly, Lord Jesus, for there is no hope left for this world.”

I wonder how many days it took to design and complete the build

this is what north korea should be trying to do instead of trying to make some nuclear missles

Like my mom always says sometimes “if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is”. I noticed in the article that there was absolutely nothing negative mentioned about the car that supposedly gets 1,336 mpg. That makes me very suspicious. It doesn’t matter if the car gets 1,000,000 mpg if nobody buys it. And unless it is functional for everyday life, nobody is going to buy it.

And as for you uncle B, the American dream of liberty and freedom from tyrannical, dictatorial central government may very well be dead … thanks to environmental wackos such as yourself. If that is the case all I can say is “Come quickly, Lord Jesus, for there is no hope left for this world.”

I wonder how many days it took to design and complete the build

this is what north korea should be trying to do instead of trying to make some nuclear missles

Oh, just had to add a second comment – What the He%& is a Shell Logo doing on this car????? Guess you can negate my prior comment – you’ll never see this one on the road!

Man I wish people will keep their political beliefs to themselves. And while you are at it, read and learn something…

Outside of that, good job to the student who did this. Great project!!

you know the oil companies will never allow this car to see the light of day right

i still like the turbo diesel f250’s alot better.

on 3 gallons of that thing you could go from 1 tip of California to the next tip…what about safety features…What about teens having 40 miles per hour…You see maybe your car coming at 60 miles per hours will destroy the other car because is made out of metal and the collision force for metal is going to be higher…But if there is a teenagers highway where you only see that car traveling the collision force is not going to be that strong because is a fiber car colliding another fiber car…is not a metal/iron car colliding another iron car…

Turkish scientists and engineers are among the brightest and innovative people in the world. Their creativity and rigour see have resulted in cutting edge technology in the field of CIGs solar energy, nuclear energy, applied mathematics and medicine, to name a few. Sadly, many of these people work for organizations and companies in the United States and Europe. How can you blame them when ministries from science to art are being run by people according to the length of their beards. How can you blame them when American supported Islamic organisations like Fetulah Gulen based in New Jersey continue a program of Islamification of institutions from the police to the subtle implementation of sharia laws into it’s legal system. How can you blame them when women are asked by an ever growing society schooled by mulahs in mandrasas to cover their heads or have acid thrown in their face? This is the reality of the situation in Turkey. I won’t blame most of these young students if they would like to leave. If you ask them, more than half will, and it is not an easy decision.

Turkish scientists and engineers are among the brightest and innovative people in the world. Their creativity and rigour see have resulted in cutting edge technology in the field of CIGs solar energy, nuclear energy, applied mathematics and medicine, to name a few. Sadly, many of these people work for organizations and companies in the United States and Europe. How can you blame them when ministries from science to art are being run by people according to the length of their beards. How can you blame them when American supported Islamic organisations like Fetulah Gulen based in New Jersey continue a program of Islamification of institutions from the police to the subtle implementation of sharia laws into it’s legal system. How can you blame them when women are asked by an ever growing society schooled by mulahs in mandrasas to cover their heads or have acid thrown in their face? This is the reality of the situation in Turkey. I won’t blame most of these young students if they would like to leave. If you ask them, more than half will, and it is not an easy decision.

hey uncle B you are such a moron. You and the rest of the liberals in this world need to stop pissing all over the hand that has afforded you the chance to write a response on a computer you may own all by your self. Most of the world does not have the luxury of using a computer of their own because they live in a government controlled society. You so smugly complain about “working for the man” when you should be thankful that you have the freedom to own your own posesions. I wish I had the time to respond to every point you made in that page long liberal spew you spit out of your mouth but I don’t. I will, however, make one request of you. Before you spout off half cocked about things you know very little about, stop, think, and research and at least have half the knowledge you need to make statements about eating meat and all vegie diets that other countries that are run by ruthless dictators that live high on the hog and give their people a mere pittance of what they deserve for their hard work. until then shut the hell up!!!!!!!!!

lol i want to see sumone driving that 240 pound car? run into a real car. like an american car or sumthing like a gmc or u no wat i mean. a heavy car. i no my english suks. im13 T_T

This is a huge breakthrough, I am just worried about safety but i am pretty sure most of the drivers are ready to adapt accordingly and welcome the change.

Quuiick take this site down now I work for exxon!!!!!1

Apply this to something the everyday family can use and then I’ll get excited.

great song on the video!!! classic

As you can see — gas mileage is all about minimizing the weight of the vehicle. Typical cars weigh around 2,500 to 4,000 pounds. The car in this example weighs only 240 pounds.

If this car had a very small, mini gasoline engine on it — it would also get a very high MPG on it as well (maybe not in the 1,000 plus MPG but something in the several hundred miles per gallon..)

great song on the video!!! classic

As you can see — gas mileage is all about minimizing the weight of the vehicle. Typical cars weigh around 2,500 to 4,000 pounds. The car in this example weighs only 240 pounds.

If this car had a very small, mini gasoline engine on it — it would also get a very high MPG on it as well (maybe not in the 1,000 plus MPG but something in the several hundred miles per gallon..)

a 240 pounds car?!? good idea but is it really safe? i just imagine myself driving one of these in the highway and having a 16-wheeler passing me… the wake effect from the wind is going to send me to to the ditch.

You knuckleheads! It costs more than a foreclosed home and a sligthly above average man could flip it over without help!

Keep working on it, but for now, oil is king.

The car is small, but dang thats a very very very nice job. I hope big time car makers make those kinds of car too, but i doubt that they’ll sell it for a little price.

Good Job Guys&Girls on the team that built the car, more blessings!

Holy crap thats one MPG away from LEET… too bad FAIL

looks cool….too bad you could die in a head on collision with a moped…

The car is small, but dang thats a very very very nice job. I hope big time car makers make those kinds of car too, but i doubt that they’ll sell it for a little price.

Good Job Guys&Girls on the team that built the car, more blessings!

Holy crap thats one MPG away from LEET… too bad FAIL

that’s amazing…the car looks extremely cool and on top of that its economic :O hell, with the amount of money you can save when you fill you the tank (if hydrogen is as expensive as gas, that is) maybe it worth it in the long run to dish out the 170,000+ (keep in mind this is only the product cost, according to the article…it’ll more likely cost around 220-250k to actually buy one in my opinion). anyway, definitely a step forward in ecologic technology. i can imagine seeing cars like this one around the streets in 5-10 years or so.

i need something like that, seriously. it just needs to have a little bit more room so i can have at least one passenger. i hope this kind of technology becomes less expensive soon, and comes over here.

What’s the point of building that car when it can never be used by the average person. If I try to drive a car that weighs 240 pounds and I get in an accident I am as good as dead. Safety is more important than crazy gas mileage.

that’s amazing…the car looks extremely cool and on top of that its economic :O hell, with the amount of money you can save when you fill you the tank (if hydrogen is as expensive as gas, that is) maybe it worth it in the long run to dish out the 170,000+ (keep in mind this is only the product cost, according to the article…it’ll more likely cost around 220-250k to actually buy one in my opinion). anyway, definitely a step forward in ecologic technology. i can imagine seeing cars like this one around the streets in 5-10 years or so.

What’s the point of building that car when it can never be used by the average person. If I try to drive a car that weighs 240 pounds and I get in an accident I am as good as dead. Safety is more important than crazy gas mileage.

im glad to see students hard at work, however they’ve got some ways to go. the winning car got 2,757.1MPG…

http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/aboutshell/media_center/news_and_press_releases/2009/2009shellecomarathonamericas_finalresults.html

The 1,336 MPG is flat out amazing… I just don’t think this car is practical to drive, its too small and too funky for my tastes.

The 1,336 MPG is flat out amazing… I just don’t think this car is practical to drive, its too small and too funky for my tastes.

I really can’t be driven as an everyday car if it only weighs 240 pounds. Any type of wind will blow it right over…. But great invention!

568 kilometers on 1 liter is very impressive! How many people can fit in there?

I think by now, americans would have a greater concept of a car like this…not degrading but i can build the same 3cyl. car like this one, out of toilet paper rolls and fiberglass glue, and get 90 miles to the gallon with gas.. lol

568 kilometers on 1 liter is very impressive! How many people can fit in there?

where on earth do you got this briliant idea?

please email me

how fast can the thing go?? who cares how many miles it can get to the gallon if it only can go 15 mph rolling down a hill

how fast can the thing go?? who cares how many miles it can get to the gallon if it only can go 15 mph rolling down a hill

Weighs 240 pounds?! And how fast can you go before the wind blows you into the curb? Just wondering…

ExxonMobil has a hit out on him already

Weighs 240 pounds?! And how fast can you go before the wind blows you into the curb? Just wondering…

ExxonMobil has a hit out on him already

Well Said Uncle B!

Too bad they couldn’t squeeze one more mpg out of it, that would be leet.

Well Said Uncle B!

Sweet ride..only one problem if get into a accident you die…

Congradulations to the students. Well done.

In the early 1960s, when we researched Organic and Inorganic photoconductors for the copy machines, many people thought, it can not be done.

Hydrogen is the way to go! BUT our govt. won’t let it happen they would loose millions possibly billions of $! They can’t control the making of hydrogen enough! Any good chemist can make their own fuel! Ever wounder why we have a whole in our ozone! I don’t…thanks and props to our greedy govt!

Did Exxon have everyone involved with development KILLED…..yet???

Having immense range is great and all, but unless we’re willing to give up all the conveniences we enjoy in vehicles this thing is just a thought exercise. The ride would be terrible, the car would be uncomfortable, the slim tires reduce friction but provide no grip, the safety rating on this thing would be awful.

Although I agree that current automotive trends are pretty bad, I think hydrogen is just an excuse not to pursue electric. Hydrogen requires electrolysis and then compression adding several more steps to getting vroom into your vehicle. Given that we live in a thermodynamic world we’d be getting anywhere from 15-50+% less energy yield from energy sources with hydrogen fuel. Given that batteries are fuggin heavy, I still doubt the pros of hydrogen fuel will offset the cons.

This car also probably does like 30mph, tops, aerodynamics and a low drag coefficient won’t save a 340 pound car (with driver) from a strong wind. Even the smallest modern compact cars that actually meet safety standards are anywhere between 5 to 8 times heavier.

Either way, what I’m really getting at is that this car doesn’t seem to push any boundaries that are practical, modern hybrids already rock ultra low drag coefficients. And running a hydrogen engine is nothing new, there are plenty of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, all this one seems to push is that lower weight = better fuel economy which isn’t terribly surprising. I bet if you scaled the engine up to 125hp and put it in a current gen Prius the gasoline and hydrogen models would have remarkably similar miles per gallon.

Also, as to the article it does not say whether the vehicle runs off an ICE or a fuel cell. But given the layout of the vehicle in the video it looks like an ICE, it’s not ground breaking, it’s just light. It’s like saying a hummer gets surprisingly good mileage compared to an Abrams tank.

Congradulations to the students. Well done.

In the early 1960s, when we researched Organic and Inorganic photoconductors for the copy machines, many people thought, it can not be done.

Its a good attempt, but a flawed idea if the aim is for a lightweight daily driver. The problem with just a light weight is no amount of safety features would make its occupants survive a 70 mph crash test. It would also be more likely to lose control in strong winds and likely won’t even need a foot of water to move it, like a conventional vehicle during a flood.

For a daily driver there is no interest in developing an infrastruture for hydrogen(safety again?). Extracting it from water is extremely ineffecient, either by power needed or time needed to collect enough for such fuel. Ohio University even believe its better to get hydrogen from urine than water(only takes 1/4 of the voltage to split, though bacteria limits its usefulness by turning it into ammonia rather quickly).

The SAHIMO will do well as long as it stays in a controlled environment. Well away from traffic and severe weather. Good luck in the Outback.

Having immense range is great and all, but unless we’re willing to give up all the conveniences we enjoy in vehicles this thing is just a thought exercise. The ride would be terrible, the car would be uncomfortable, the slim tires reduce friction but provide no grip, the safety rating on this thing would be awful.

Although I agree that current automotive trends are pretty bad, I think hydrogen is just an excuse not to pursue electric. Hydrogen requires electrolysis and then compression adding several more steps to getting vroom into your vehicle. Given that we live in a thermodynamic world we’d be getting anywhere from 15-50+% less energy yield from energy sources with hydrogen fuel. Given that batteries are fuggin heavy, I still doubt the pros of hydrogen fuel will offset the cons.

This car also probably does like 30mph, tops, aerodynamics and a low drag coefficient won’t save a 340 pound car (with driver) from a strong wind. Even the smallest modern compact cars that actually meet safety standards are anywhere between 5 to 8 times heavier.

Either way, what I’m really getting at is that this car doesn’t seem to push any boundaries that are practical, modern hybrids already rock ultra low drag coefficients. And running a hydrogen engine is nothing new, there are plenty of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, all this one seems to push is that lower weight = better fuel economy which isn’t terribly surprising. I bet if you scaled the engine up to 125hp and put it in a current gen Prius the gasoline and hydrogen models would have remarkably similar miles per gallon.

Also, as to the article it does not say whether the vehicle runs off an ICE or a fuel cell. But given the layout of the vehicle in the video it looks like an ICE, it’s not ground breaking, it’s just light. It’s like saying a hummer gets surprisingly good mileage compared to an Abrams tank.

Uncle B I hope you don’t live in the US seeing as how you hate it and us so much, sounds like you also drank the Obama kool-aid. America is great because we set the standards. As for me I like beef and will continue my so called “habit”. New ideas are welcome but I think we can do it without blaming the USA for everything. The world hates the US out of jealousy plain and simple. If every country would stand for independence then they all could flourish along with us. God Bless America

problem: I know people that weigh more than that car. they probably could not even get in it.

solution: perhaps this will improve eating habits in the US.

problem: I paid less for my house than what this car worth

solution: ???

problem: I’ve been in 3 car accidents, none of which were my fault, since I started driving. I would get blasted in a car this light

solution: If people in the US ate less, and exercised more, they’d be more alert behind the wheel

Yes!!! I have always believed there were better, more effective methods to get from A to B. I’ve also learned that greed at times, stands in the way of these products to come forward sooner that later. We must keep going, because we can!

Wow!!! I would love that car!! I love the fact that people are working on making the world a cleaner place. maybe there is hope

problem: I know people that weigh more than that car. they probably could not even get in it.

solution: perhaps this will improve eating habits in the US.

problem: I paid less for my house than what this car worth

solution: ???

problem: I’ve been in 3 car accidents, none of which were my fault, since I started driving. I would get blasted in a car this light

solution: If people in the US ate less, and exercised more, they’d be more alert behind the wheel

Wow!!! I would love that car!! I love the fact that people are working on making the world a cleaner place. maybe there is hope

Hurray for this and that… Alternative fuels research is a critical area to explore in this day and age and I’m glad someone is putting their technical know-how into something other than video games and useless advertising, but let’s think this over for a minute. This prototype is being oversold. The vehicle, if you watched the video, has no suspension or tire tread as it’s been built only for race track conditions, similar to a go-kart. I’m sure in these type of prototype races, ideal weather conditions are a deciding factor for race events (sunny, low winds, etc.) to help level the playing field for all types of powered vehicles. That considered, how many SPEEDWAYS (oval tracks, where this event was held) have hills in them other than embankments? Have you seen any that have rough surfaces, surface changes, orange barrels or stop-and-go traffic? How slow was this vehicle going? Was the vehicle drafting? And if it was, all they would need is a program similar to F1 Race Cars which allows you to lean the motor out to conserve fuel. You can see where this is going. It’s unrealistic to say it would see that kind of mileage in real world use. Try building that design into production car statistics. Give it some tread on the tires to increase rolling resistance. Add safety equipment and suspension to make it road worthy. Give the vehicle some creature comforts to build up some mass or use only the most exotic materials available to keep the weight down (why not, they already spent HOW MUCH?!?). Do that, and you can have some numbers to brag about, both MPG and $$$, as you know every auto manufacturer would pounce on the technology to corner the market. You’ll still have mileage ratings far exceeding any current hybrid available but you’ll have built a vehicle that only 1% of the population can afford. In the meantime, go buy a Prius.

Jim said on July 13th, 2009 at 9:08 pm

Couldn’t they have squeezed out 1 more MPG in order to be 1337? newbs…

HAHAHAHA

PERFECTLY SAID

wow now if we can get the oil companies off there butts we can put theese ideas to use for our world and you guys rock for taking the next step boldly

FANTASTIC They are our hope for the future.

Where are our leaders in America, when did we stop being leaders in technology? Just shows you our priorities have been in the wrong place. Could it be because our leaders own Oil stock and rights?? I knew this could be done if we really wanted to be free of Oil and War. So the cost was $170,000. It is not in production yet. What is the cost of Proto type cars here in the US? Don’t knock it, let’s just get to work here in the US and show the world what we are capable of..We can do it if we have the will. Where is our CanDo spirit that made us America??

Well Said Uncle B.

“I wish I even could start to think about building something like that… but I don’t have $170,000.”

Och, me too! And yet, GM had 170K many times over, and chose not to.

Morons.

I shudder at the ignorance exhibited in these comments, exemplified by David, who asks why Shell is sponsoring this car because “…selling oil not finding ways to reduce it. Also, teams competing in the competition do they get to keep their technology or is it property of Shell. And finally, if this car is really what they say it is then the oil companies especially Shell will never let the technology to be produced. A trillion dollar business has more controll and influence than many people think.” David, David, David. Silly boy. Oil is a non-renewable resource. Shell, and the other big oil companies, are indeed looking for alternative fuels for cars, because that is what their business will be in the future. And there is nothing wrong or evil about that.

Of course, summing up with the patently false liberal meme that a country was invaded for oil…well, that just proves your naivete.

Well Said Uncle B.

I wonder how much Hp that got?

& I bet Honda or toyota will get there prodotype or buy the bluprints of them for nig money

Uncle B. I kinda get what you said after reading it multiple times. you sure do pontificate well. if you dont like the american life go to india cook your veggies on cow dung and bathe in the dirty river of life. the article and the car is great, we dont need to bash our current situation and governmets to see that the future is bright. but like some other inventions that could have toppled the delicate balance of our society from the PTB I am glad this one isnt with in the grasp of the US patent office or black hole of obscurity.

I agree with Uncle B’s rant, all of this we’re dreaming and demanding is quite possible, given that Science and Technology’s advancements at this point would be unstoppable if funded correctly or infinitely, I mean we’ve opened a door to the universe and now we’re just too poor to explore its possibilities? something isn’t making sense… so lets continue to watch our “failing economy” while our funding is currently being held hostage by dying ideas, and global corporations, it’ll only be a short time longer before we realize we can just leave the middle “man” out of this. Behind government are unfaithful, very real individuals.. you know like normal people.. just, now their doing an extremely poor job at disguising their power and running their business or i mean country… check out some of my art.. it speaks volumes for the global conversation we’re having.. http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=839523

Even if this is the new car of the future and they are celebrated and honored with the Nobel equivalent of a technological breakthrough, it still doens’t make up for the genocide against the Armenians that their government still refuses to accept. I’m not even Armenian, but no matter how thin you slice it, it’s still bologna.

I agree with Uncle B’s rant, all of this we’re dreaming and demanding is quite possible, given that Science and Technology’s advancements at this point would be unstoppable if funded correctly or infinitely, I mean we’ve opened a door to the universe and now we’re just too poor to explore its possibilities? something isn’t making sense… so lets continue to watch our “failing economy” while our funding is currently being held hostage by dying ideas, and global corporations, it’ll only be a short time longer before we realize we can just leave the middle “man” out of this. Behind government are unfaithful, very real individuals.. you know like normal people.. just, now their doing an extremely poor job at disguising their power and running their business or i mean country… check out some of my art.. it speaks volumes for the global conversation we’re having.. http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=839523

i don’t know if this is feasible but i am laying down options on the table…theoretically speaking…In a country like Turkey that has 71 million people, how many of those 71 million people are teenagers? maybe 500,000…So if 500,000 teens where to each contribute 100 dollars every month, it will be: 50 million dollars on the second month it will be 100 million dollars, on the 3rd month it will be 150 million dollars…The cost of a “autopista”/highway…So every 3 months there is a highway been build “just for teenagers…And when there is enough highways been build, they can create their own Movie theaters, parke de diversion, water works, clubs, skating ring, hotel etc all of them close to those highways..For example how much does a music club just for teenagers cost? maybe 5 million? so with 150 million that’s: 30 music clubs for teenagers,and that’s 30 music clubs along the highway every 3 months; how much a movie theater cost? 20 million maybe? so 150 million dollars divided by 20 million = 7 movie theaters along this highway..Remember on this highways only teens will ride with that particular car…but for this to work teens will have to have a job or a source of income…Again, theoretically speaking…All this in the country of Turkey only….Imagine now if there was 1 million teens? then it will have been 14 movie theaters, longer highway, 60 teens dancing clubs, etc…

I don’t see how this is economical yet seeing as it cost 170,000 dollars to build…

I’m glad and all, but they must have gotten grants for that kind of money, because nobody in their right mind would pull that amount of cash out of their — in these economic times.

To be fair though, the government will probably put an end to this sooner or later. You watch. It’ll be all over the news.

I don’t see how this is economical yet seeing as it cost 170,000 dollars to build…

I agree with Uncle B’s rant, all of this we’re dreaming and demanding is quite possible, given that Science and Technology’s advancements at this point would be unstoppable if funded correctly or infinitely, I mean we’ve opened a door to the universe and now we’re just too poor to explore its possibilities? something isn’t making sense… so lets continue to watch our “failing economy” while our funding is currently being held hostage by dying ideas, and global corporations, it’ll only be a short time longer before we realize we can just leave the middle “man” out of this. Behind government are unfaithful, very real individuals.. you know like normal people.. just, now their doing an extremely poor job at disguising their power and running their business or i mean country… check out some of my art.. it speaks volumes for the global conversation we’re having.. http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=839523

This is great but I hope the car industry and the oil cartel want try to kill such a product in order to cover there interests

So how fast does it go?

I agree with Uncle B’s rant, all of this we’re dreaming and demanding is quite possible, given that Science and Technology’s advancements at this point would be unstoppable if funded correctly or infinitely, I mean we’ve opened a door to the universe and now we’re just too poor to explore its possibilities? something isn’t making sense… so lets continue to watch our “failing economy” while our funding is currently being held hostage by dying ideas, and global corporations, it’ll only be a short time longer before we realize we can just leave the middle “man” out of this. Behind government are unfaithful, very real individuals.. you know like normal people.. just, now their doing an extremely poor job at disguising their power and running their business or i mean country… check out some of my art.. it speaks volumes for the global conversation we’re having.. http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=839523

This is great but I hope the car industry and the oil cartel want try to kill such a product in order to cover there interests

YOUNG PEOPLE=THE FUTURE!!

ALWAYS HAVE–ALWAYS WILL!!

FRESH IDEAS-INNOVATION-NO BAD HABITS TO BREAK-NO POLITICS-NO LIMITS ON CREATIVITY.

THEY ARE NOT STUCK IN THE OLD “SLUDGE” OF HOW THE SO CALLED “ESTABLISHMENT” DOES BUSINESS.

KEEP ON TRUCKING GUYS!!!

This car is great and all, but it probably is not safe at all. If it hit even non-moving objects like a tree, it would be destroyed completely. If it had a head on crash, the results would be devastating….

Let’s add some realism to this. The average car weighs 4000 pounds roughly. This includes all of the amenities we have to have for safety and comfort. This car weighs 240 pounds or roughly one 20th of what it would have to weigh to be viable. Dividing 1,336 by 20 and it gets 67 mpg, wow as good as a Prius and only 12 times more expensive. Build me a better battery that has longer life, shorter charging times, more charge, less weight, less expensive, and is highly recycleable. That can go with the advances in solarand wind and drive the economy. Hydrogen and biofuels are nice to play with, but no where near ready for public use.

Why wouldn`t car companies go on with this technology, they are in the business of selling cars, not gas. This could take care of our dpendancy on gas for cars, only to use gas in vehicles, (airplanes) etc. that we don`t have this technology yet

Let’s add some realism to this. The average car weighs 4000 pounds roughly. This includes all of the amenities we have to have for safety and comfort. This car weighs 240 pounds or roughly one 20th of what it would have to weigh to be viable. Dividing 1,336 by 20 and it gets 67 mpg, wow as good as a Prius and only 12 times more expensive. Build me a better battery that has longer life, shorter charging times, more charge, less weight, less expensive, and is highly recycleable. That can go with the advances in solarand wind and drive the economy. Hydrogen and biofuels are nice to play with, but no where near ready for public use.

Well, I hope this car becomes affordable or at least capable of being bought in the American soil. It seems a whole lot better than the cars currently out there, and with 1336 mpg it can change the entire way America may be run! (Haha! Take that oil companies!)

Hopefully, I will be able to get my hands on this car or something similar in their system (with this insane mpg) by the time I am in college. I am glad that there are others out there that are trying to change this world for the better. If only we did not live in such a capitalist economy, but time WILL change things.

well either way you look at it yeah it is a very promising tech. the only problem with it is the americans are uterly relient on the use and gathering of fossil feuls i think we should lead by example and be the first to stop but who am i after all but a lowly citizen its not as if i as one person can change anything.

Well, I hope this car becomes affordable or at least capable of being bought in the American soil. It seems a whole lot better than the cars currently out there, and with 1336 mpg it can change the entire way America may be run! (Haha! Take that oil companies!)

Hopefully, I will be able to get my hands on this car or something similar in their system (with this insane mpg) by the time I am in college. I am glad that there are others out there that are trying to change this world for the better. If only we did not live in such a capitalist economy, but time WILL change things.

Jim you are my hero.

Impressive, but it’s not a car, it’s a fuel efficient go-cart.

This is a new stepping stone for technology! Awesome car! Great job guys!

It is possible to build a car of normal weight and comfort to run on compressed air and should not cost 170000 dollars to build. What is cheaper than air?

But the powers be will not allow it to be built for obvious reasons. Perhaps in my lifetime ,I would like to see this technology but that is wishful thinking.

Jim you are my hero.

Quote: “I’m heartened to see a resurge of interest in hydrogen as a fuel. The fact that you can make it anywhere there is water could liberate the world from its present addiction to fossil fuels.”

Problem is that it takes more energy to make the Hydrogen than it produces. Unless solar is used to produce then we need to come up with a more efficient method.

It is possible to build a car of normal weight and comfort to run on compressed air and should not cost 170000 dollars to build. What is cheaper than air?

But the powers be will not allow it to be built for obvious reasons. Perhaps in my lifetime ,I would like to see this technology but that is wishful thinking.

Yeah, Nice, but what’s going to happen when we run out of water?

sweet… jim, maybe it was 1335 and they ‘squeezed’ out it to 1336

sweet… jim, maybe it was 1335 and they ‘squeezed’ out it to 1336

So the car really doesn’t get 1336 MPG.

Why have that as your headline than?

wow thats amazing not only does it go the distance it looks so cool man if i could get one i’d so want one… man this is what american car makers need to be doing not that other shit…

miguel, bro you have too much time on your hands! now if we can just get our teens to do this kind of math.

So the car really doesn’t get 1336 MPG.

Why have that as your headline than?

Hit a tree or another vehicle at highway speeds and….well lets just say, I hope your will and life insurance policy is current and up-to-date.

what is the point of that tiny car? you’d have to be a midget to fit in that thing.

yea it gets good gas milage but how fast does it go?… :/

what is the point of that tiny car? you’d have to be a midget to fit in that thing.

In this “do it for me” world I am excited to see people thinking and putting it out there. It’s good for government and big business to know that sooner or later someone else WILL give them a run for their money. It’s refreshing…true pioneers still exist!

This is why Detroit is in such trouble. When a bunch of students can produce a vehicle that gets 30 times better mileage than The Big Threes best available vehicle, it shows that if they go down, they deserve to. I say subsidize these whiz kids and build a plant over here….

Make hydrogen anywhere they have water. Remember the Grand Canyon, it is one mile deep and many miles wide. It was once filled to the top with water. We are using water up at an alarming rate. When we start making fuel to run all our cars and the population keeps growing, drinking more water,making more cars what happens when we develope a shortage on H2O. We cant drink oil now can we.

Maybe I should also try to make my car lighter to save on fuel. I have a lot of stuff on the hood.

Wow! Now if only you can squeeze about 1.1 million miles out of the car before the car wears out or gets pulverized in a collision with an SUV (or even a Honda Fit would pulverize a 240 pound vehicle) you might be able to start recuperating the $170,000 price tag.

It’s a good idea, but somewhat weak. Carbon fiber has been around for many years (used to build light weight sailing boats for races). That’s what makes the thing expensive, but it’s very noble. Second, why not also incorporate solar panels on the roof and hood for extra power source and make it with bigger fuel capacity. I think that the real revolution will be when we harness the Electromagnetic force, the strong and weak force and solar. Water will also become precious and limited, just like fossil fuels. Think outside the BOX.

I would like to let you people know that there is a car that run’s off of AIR. And it’s price tag is a little lower than this one is. Plus there is no bad emission’s from the vehicle. Where as with this car there is still the problem of Bad emission’s because it still uses gasoline to power the motor. So if I’m going to pay such a large amount for a vehicle I’m going to make sure that I’m not adding to the pollution problem first. And this car is still doing this. And still cost a very large amount to own, but the car that runs on air has no bad emissions. which do you want to drive

so can this even carry someone heavier than it? will someone please explain to me how a 6’4 310 pound man would fit in this? whould it even move?

Did any of you “enviroMENTAL, anti-business, the-man’s-keeping-us-down, corporate America sucks, Obamaphile nut jobs happen to notice the big SHELL OIL sticker on the hood of the car…?

Just asking…

I build Hydrogen Fuel Cells, you guys did an awesome job! congrats on all the hard work…. do any of your guys have an youtube page?!

Nice, but …

1) How fast does it go?

2) The MPG reflects a driver weighing how much?

3) What is the load it can carry?

If you can scale it up a bit so that you carry 2 people

plus some groceries, travel at a decent speed, and have it be somewhat safe on the road, it might be of some value. The problem is, we still will have vehicles on the road that would squash it or cripple it with an accident going at a speed slightly greater than a walk.

How fast will the car go?

i don’t understand why build a faster car if the law always pull you over for speed. i know its hybrid car and help the air and all that but, we really need a faster car or we need a saving money car

this is great and they can mass produce for a lot less,if they all(design team) don’t all of a sudden don’t disappear by the oil companies.

How much energy went into creating the hydrogen?

Just proves how amazing and truely awesome God really is. He created man. And He gave man the ability to improve, and adapt to his surrounding when the need to do so comes about. God is amazing!!!!

How much energy went into creating the hydrogen?

Just proves how amazing and truely awesome God really is. He created man. And He gave man the ability to improve, and adapt to his surrounding when the need to do so comes about. God is amazing!!!!

Meanwhile, Al Gore and Hussein Obama continue to trash the environment with their private jets and gas guzzlers!

In France they have built a car that runs on compressed air. We will see neither a compressed air car, nor this car in the U.S. Big oil and the automotive industry will see to that.

and how much energy (in terms of probably….fuel…) does it require to isolate and store compressed hydrogen again?

There is a problem with a car this light though. A stiff wind could literally push you off of the road. People could pick it up and carry it away. Fuel economy? Great. The mileage is very load dependent though as well. Putting a normal size American in there would probably reduce the mileage by 33%.

Well, when I first saw the mileage great. But how much does the car weigh. It is a go kart. This car or go kart would get creamed in my area! Well after proving the durability can you build a real practical one for every day use in the UK or USA?

Simply amazing.Unfortunately, new technology has it price. Maybe in 10 years this type of car can be commercialize but not right now. Overall, this technology is a need.

dont sell the patent to the oil companies

I would suggest you use a spell/grammar check the next time you write an article to be published.

Note the mistakes… two “e”s in challenge and an extra “it” in wight limit…

“conquer the inaugural 2009 Global Green Challengee–an evolution”

“assume the size and weight limit it to holding only a liter of fuel. I couldn’t verify this as their site is in Turkish and mine is a little rusty.”

Just a thought since you are claiming to be a journalist.

Make it a great day!!!

dont sell the patent to the oil companies

I would suggest you use a spell/grammar check the next time you write an article to be published.

Note the mistakes… two “e”s in challenge and an extra “it” in wight limit…

“conquer the inaugural 2009 Global Green Challengee–an evolution”

“assume the size and weight limit it to holding only a liter of fuel. I couldn’t verify this as their site is in Turkish and mine is a little rusty.”

Just a thought since you are claiming to be a journalist.

Make it a great day!!!

oh no, there are americans who weigh more than this car, oh no please dont! lol

The future of America at work. I’m proud of all of you. The price is a bit much, but I’m sure with a few investors u can bring things down to size. I love what your doing, and keep up the good work. The county, and the world will be thankful for your countless hours of work. It’s young minds like yours that keep this county at the top of the game. Once again, we are all proud of you, and keep up the good work

oh no, there are americans who weigh more than this car, oh no please dont! lol

The future of America at work. I’m proud of all of you. The price is a bit much, but I’m sure with a few investors u can bring things down to size. I love what your doing, and keep up the good work. The county, and the world will be thankful for your countless hours of work. It’s young minds like yours that keep this county at the top of the game. Once again, we are all proud of you, and keep up the good work

and a $170k…are you kidding me…this is so wasteful!!! For under $50k we should be driving around in something like a camery that gets 200mpg…that would be great…that would solve the oil issue!!! We dont need something to get 1,000 mpg that cost 200k…nobody can afford such a thing…

To Uncle Mike: Spoken like a true Communist. Please do entertain us some more with your mindless liberal drivel…..

I love it when my partner gets on top of me in the car I can actually not have to pay attention to the gas. He worries so much this car would solve our problems but it wont heal my rear

Wow Fuel Efficent And Really Cool looking.

Wow this car is to much money..i will stick with my Audi and get 20 MPG

Hmmmm….Let’s see…Does the government think it’s a safe vehicle..Nope! Could it be made safe and pass all of the regulations currently on the books…Nope! Ah, er, of course it could, then the mpg would drop to who knows how low. Anyone bother to think how volatile Hydrogen fuel is? You College educated chem majors? Then add a few terrorists….because we all know how they hate our guts regardless of who’s in office. DOH! Come back to that one. Is it practical….Nope! Probably seats just two or maybe one uncomfortably. Hey you chem majors come up with anything on Hydrogen fuel yet? Back to the terrorists and hydrogen fuel. Better yet leave that up to the college educated guys and their leftwing thinking. How about using our own resources of energy here in the USA and do away with the tree huggers which could eliminate those who hates us and quit spending our money overseas to countries who are slowly taking us down?

Wow Fuel Efficent And Really Cool looking.

Hmmmm….Let’s see…Does the government think it’s a safe vehicle..Nope! Could it be made safe and pass all of the regulations currently on the books…Nope! Ah, er, of course it could, then the mpg would drop to who knows how low. Anyone bother to think how volatile Hydrogen fuel is? You College educated chem majors? Then add a few terrorists….because we all know how they hate our guts regardless of who’s in office. DOH! Come back to that one. Is it practical….Nope! Probably seats just two or maybe one uncomfortably. Hey you chem majors come up with anything on Hydrogen fuel yet? Back to the terrorists and hydrogen fuel. Better yet leave that up to the college educated guys and their leftwing thinking. How about using our own resources of energy here in the USA and do away with the tree huggers which could eliminate those who hates us and quit spending our money overseas to countries who are slowly taking us down?

Now all they need to do is recycle the emission, cool it down and reburn it. Then you don’t have to refuel. recycling emissions is very possible since it has already been done on combustion engines of the 50’s through the 80’s. Its about time people caught up.

You guys are awesome! Congrats! I live in the Motor City, and worked for the Auto Industry for years. All the time I was saying this was possible. I am going to pass this along to my friends at GM. Hopefully they will get on the ball and make this a reality world wide.

They always try and discourage you with statements like ” Oh and it costs $170,000″ OF COURSE IT DOES! It’s a prototype. Prototypes are always more expensive 4 to 10 times in many cases. Once you introduce mass production and you bring in economies of scale then it becomes a $24,000 vehicle.

Sent with much admiration and respect.

Pretty awesome!

How fast was this “car” going to get 1336 mpg?

Pretty awesome!

Wow, at least the Turks know how to engineer high mileage cars. USA is really falling to the back of the engineering nations. MIT sux.

Go Turks, cross that desert and get the prize. Keep your eye on the prize. If that is possible, people in the USA are so brainwashed by Ashkenazi national propaganda media. Suckers!

It’s amazing if only a major industry would pick up the patent on that, would definantly take down to 170,000…

One of the key components though is the light weight materials. It is impossible to convince most Americans that lighter vehicles will save fuel, and save lives by reducing the over force involved in collisons. We tend to always think bigger is better. Of course as long as some “Joe” has his 4000 pound vehicle that can collide with a 1000 pound vehicle the need for weight will persist.

With a normal sized body and frame that could carry four people, sound deading material, A/C power everything the mileage will drop signficantly (can’t estimate but would probably be down to the low 100s), but would still be impressively high compared to a gasoline engine. Hats off to those who dare to change the conventional thinking. Maybe someday society will ask the question “What is it we really need for transportation”

hydrogen bomb on four wheels????

If only a major industry would patent that, take the 170,000 right down…

Wow, at least the Turks know how to engineer high mileage cars. USA is really falling to the back of the engineering nations. MIT sux.

Go Turks, cross that desert and get the prize. Keep your eye on the prize. If that is possible, people in the USA are so brainwashed by Ashkenazi national propaganda media. Suckers!

One of the key components though is the light weight materials. It is impossible to convince most Americans that lighter vehicles will save fuel, and save lives by reducing the over force involved in collisons. We tend to always think bigger is better. Of course as long as some “Joe” has his 4000 pound vehicle that can collide with a 1000 pound vehicle the need for weight will persist.

With a normal sized body and frame that could carry four people, sound deading material, A/C power everything the mileage will drop signficantly (can’t estimate but would probably be down to the low 100s), but would still be impressively high compared to a gasoline engine. Hats off to those who dare to change the conventional thinking. Maybe someday society will ask the question “What is it we really need for transportation”

Just like everything else that suppose to be good for us. It cost way to damn much. Get back to me when you can mass produce this thing. Henry Ford did not invent the car, he figured out how to make it cheap for everyone. So let me know when the next Henry Ford comes around………..

Wow, kids can create this but GM is still clueless. Big suprise. Ah wait I should buy GM because the tax payers own them. What a Joke!

great news in technology advance and application.

a tribute to man’s ingenuity and creativity in ensuring good health of Earth’s environment and resource management.

Great thing to see happening. As a mechanical engineering student i too hope to be able to work with projects like this one and help to relieve us of fossil fuels.

Spending $170,000.00 just shows we how stupid some people are. $170,000.00 would feed a lot of people, keep more working, and buy LOT’S of Gas! Spend more wisely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome. I would love to have this car. The look is also a plus.

Awesome. I would love to have this car. The look is also a plus.

great news in technology advance and application.

a tribute to man’s ingenuity and creativity in ensuring good health of Earth’s environment and resource management.

Spending $170,000.00 just shows we how stupid some people are. $170,000.00 would feed a lot of people, keep more working, and buy LOT’S of Gas! Spend more wisely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what is the mph

It’s really awesome to hear such a good story. Some day, this concept car will make it out of the laboratory, and those will be exciting times.

Hopefully we can get some nice green nuclear reactors to provide the energy required to produce Hydrogen efficiently.

Great, now take that technology and apply it realistically so a family of 4 or more with luggage and all the trimmings necessary can take a vacation.

Hopefully we can get some nice green nuclear reactors to provide the energy required to produce Hydrogen efficiently.

I better buy a 10,000 US $ car and then I can spend the rest 160,000 $ for gasoline or LPG or gasohol with faster and safer car,this ennovation will not be so interesting because of its price.then better use horse carriage,we only need grass.

Hydrogen is not a energy source, its an energy storage substance. Producing hydrogen requires electricity, making electricity requires an energy source. It all comes back to alternative energy sources. If you are going to make a car that runs on hydrogen, you might as well make it run on electricity, its more efficient. The only problem is the range. But then, Better Place has got that figured out too: http://www.betterplace.com

I better buy a 10,000 US $ car and then I can spend the rest 160,000 $ for gasoline or LPG or gasohol with faster and safer car,this ennovation will not be so interesting because of its price.then better use horse carriage,we only need grass.

Hey kids, the technology is already here! Look up “browns gas”.Ive got a small one I,m adapting to my 1978 corvette, which should double my gas millage to 40ish.!

When will this type of car be avilable to the general public? Hydrogen is an unlimited element in the universe. In 1968 we (High School Seniors then) conducted a chemistry experiment where we started with tap water and separated Hydrogen from Oxygen. I cannot understand why this process has not been made available in vehicles. Imagine being free from Saudi Arabian oil. Imagine the Saudis not being able to use petro dollars to fund terrorism throughout the world! Imagine!

glad to see some real progress being made with hydrogen. It’s a viable and clean energy source, unlike those ridiculous electric vehicles.

Sorry to say that this technology will never make it to the United States. With the lobbyist and the greasing of the palms I’m sure that there will be some make believe safety concerns or issues and then the public statement will be made: “Through progress of advancing technology strides have been made in a more fuel efficient vehicle. However, safety concerns prohibit the vehicle from entering the country in fear that the United States would see a Hindenburg effect with the vehicle”. Big oil will put an end to this vehicle, I’m sure of that. Those that have the money make their own rules and rule those that do not have the money.

What will be the intrest rate for financing 170,000 car? What type of credit score does one need? Maybe GMAC will finance me they just filed BK and wiped the slate clean. Why not start off with this type of financing for the little people.

Sorry to say that this technology will never make it to the United States. With the lobbyist and the greasing of the palms I’m sure that there will be some make believe safety concerns or issues and then the public statement will be made: “Through progress of advancing technology strides have been made in a more fuel efficient vehicle. However, safety concerns prohibit the vehicle from entering the country in fear that the United States would see a Hindenburg effect with the vehicle”. Big oil will put an end to this vehicle, I’m sure of that. Those that have the money make their own rules and rule those that do not have the money.

There is no resurgence of Hydrogen. Hydrogen can’t fuel everyday cars. Now its made from oil not from water because there is no low energy way to separate the two elements. Transportation is too expensive and it is too reactive to oxygen. Hydrogen fuel cells are only 25% as efficient as full electric. That would be pump to wheel. These things are as practical as James Bonds Jet Pack. Lets stop thinking about burning things for transportation.

“Deep in the heart of every tired-out worker is the wish for a simpler, less expensive life-style, with more time off to grow a simple garden, or otherwise shift for oneself, as opposed to working for “The Man” so many hours!”

Bullshit. Look around society. People love their Blackberries, cell phones, text messages, iPods, new shoes, fancy cars, flat screen TVs, 300-channel TV packages, GPS, PS3s, and highly-impulsive, short-lived thrill rides. There is nothing in the American culture that suggests people want to go back to snail mail, manual work, and self subsistence. At best we’ve become a society of mindless hedonists.

“The fact that you can make it anywhere there is water could liberate the world from its present addiction to fossil fuels.”

While it is true that hydrogen comes from a water source, look at how much fossil fuel energy is used to extract that hydrogen before you prance around here claiming that our reliance on oil has a feasible alternative.

“Deep in the heart of every tired-out worker is the wish for a simpler, less expensive life-style, with more time off to grow a simple garden, or otherwise shift for oneself, as opposed to working for “The Man” so many hours!”

Bullshit. Look around society. People love their Blackberries, cell phones, text messages, iPods, new shoes, fancy cars, flat screen TVs, 300-channel TV packages, GPS, PS3s, and highly-impulsive, short-lived thrill rides. There is nothing in the American culture that suggests people want to go back to snail mail, manual work, and self subsistence. At best we’ve become a society of mindless hedonists.

“The fact that you can make it anywhere there is water could liberate the world from its present addiction to fossil fuels.”

While it is true that hydrogen comes from a water source, look at how much fossil fuel energy is used to extract that hydrogen before you prance around here claiming that our reliance on oil has a feasible alternative.

Another cool piece of technology that the general public will never get to use.

They actually have cars that run ONLY on air using compression.

The amazing thing is no one is willing to MARKET new cars powered by alternative energy to the public that are affordable. It’s all OIL politics so that ‘oil czars’ don’t lose their kingdoms.

that idea will proably not work but keep working on it becuse there could be a loop hole around it

Glad to see some real progress being made with hydrogen. it’s a viable, clean, cheap energy unlike those silly electric cars.

I agree with you Mike!!!

Glad to see some real progress being made with hydrogen. it’s a viable, clean, cheap energy unlike those silly electric cars.

This team has done a great job. /cheers. Uncle B, while I agree with most of your assertions, and I am a fan of euro-diesel, I don’t think it is the answer for America. The reason they use a higher percentage of diesel is their tax structure. The fact that they get better mileage, and use smaller cars is all driven by their desire to not pay through the nose the outrageous taxes american vehicles would incur.

We have vast natural gas resources. I think those could be used to get us off oil without huge changes to our infrastructure. That could buy us years to prefect whatever alternative energy that fits our needs without paying the people who want to kill us so that we have the energy we need.

ok but how fast does it go.

Great, now we can go to war over water. Although, once they add bumpers, lights, and all the other junk required by the safety nazis it will be back down to 40mpg. Then factor in all the people who won’t buy it because it only seats 1 and can’t fit a woman’s purse in the trunk, and you’ve got lots of hype with no buyers.

The whole reason people are not buying the hybrid modles is that they cost an average $5-10k more than the others…how much gas could that buy over 5 years? Most people just talk in terms of price tag…they dont care much about the environment…just $$$$

Nice! The body looks great.

I hope this work cause im tired of the gas prices going up. Good Job! I wish I was in that crew

Hmmmm, would it be practical?

Just thinking about the way the world works i have to ask a couple questions.

Assuming the car can be made more cost effective:

1. Due to its being made of carbon fiber, wouldnt it be a death trap in a collision?

2. Due to its extremely light weight, would high winds/drafts from nature/bigger vehicles be an issue?

3. Top speed?

Did anyone else notice this vehicle took 3rd place? So what won 2nd and 1st????????????????????????????

ya but how fast does it go?!

Hmmmm, would it be practical?

Just thinking about the way the world works i have to ask a couple questions.

Assuming the car can be made more cost effective:

1. Due to its being made of carbon fiber, wouldnt it be a death trap in a collision?

2. Due to its extremely light weight, would high winds/drafts from nature/bigger vehicles be an issue?

3. Top speed?

Lets just strap some rockets on our backs and travel around…bet could get 2000mpg then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh but what about my family and kids? Oh well who cares?

ya but how fast does it go?!

Korbi must be a fan of Big Oil if he thinks this technology is “scary”. This technology is amazing and I look forward to hearing more about it in the very near future. Lets just hope it can get off the ground unlike the electric car of the 90’s.

A hydrogen powered car? Oh great! I guess that means water will someday cost 5 bucks a gallon too! I mean, it would be just a matter of time before corporate greed steps in and ruins for everyone anyways.

Its pretty dope.

Korbi must be a fan of Big Oil if he thinks this technology is “scary”. This technology is amazing and I look forward to hearing more about it in the very near future. Lets just hope it can get off the ground unlike the electric car of the 90’s.

A hydrogen powered car? Oh great! I guess that means water will someday cost 5 bucks a gallon too! I mean, it would be just a matter of time before corporate greed steps in and ruins for everyone anyways.

Its pretty dope.

Wow why cant they make it cheaper

This is pretty cool, but still totally unpractical. No way I’m driving a 240 pound car around, I would like to survive a crash.

Impressive. Carbon fiber is a great way to reduce weight, as it is already being used on cars(hoods,bumpers,spoilers, etc.) for a lighter body.

However, carbon fiber is a bit pricey due to its demand.

Wow why cant they make it cheaper

Impressive. Carbon fiber is a great way to reduce weight, as it is already being used on cars(hoods,bumpers,spoilers, etc.) for a lighter body.

However, carbon fiber is a bit pricey due to its demand.

Shell CEO says “it will be like both of ours, we will just keep it at Shell HQ when I’m not driving it.”

Shell CEO says “it will be like both of ours, we will just keep it at Shell HQ when I’m not driving it.”

They don’t mention it being a “Hydrogen Fuel Cell” vehicle, but a “Hydrogen” vehicle. I would not feel comfortable driving around with a 3/4 gallon container of highly combustable hydrogen in the back seat. I don’t see lawmakers allowing such a dangerous vehicle on the road either. The only way this will fly is if it creates HHO gas on demand. I am very excited about this technology. I wish they mentioned what kind of engine it uses. I would imaging the best way to run on Hydrogen is with a Hydrogen powered turbine engine that turns a generator. That way you can carry a tank of water and convert it straight to HHO gas through electrolysis. That gas can then power the turbine that would in turn power the vehicles electric engine. Voila! It would also be capable of Tesla Roadster like performance. Now THAT’S exciting!

This reporter is a complete dumbshit. This kind of technical news should be reserved for intelligent reporters with a working knowledge of the content that they are involved in. If the sources are technical and to be read in turkish, the reporter should be fluent in both Turkish and the technical material at hand. Get it together Yahoo. Yahoo says it all. What a let down after reading the headline.

This reporter is a complete dumbshit. This kind of technical news should be reserved for intelligent reporters with a working knowledge of the content that they are involved in. If the sources are technical and to be read in turkish, the reporter should be fluent in both Turkish and the technical material at hand. Get it together Yahoo. Yahoo says it all. What a let down after reading the headline.

But does it pass crash tests, corner well, have nav and surround sound (just kidding).

I think this is an awesome jump start. Scale it back and make it something you can actually drive day to day and make it American produced and I will buy (at less than $170k).

But does it pass crash tests, corner well, have nav and surround sound (just kidding).

I think this is an awesome jump start. Scale it back and make it something you can actually drive day to day and make it American produced and I will buy (at less than $170k).

latley I have begun to consider engineers and people who make things to be artists .

how fast does this thing go?

Awesome with respect to the MPG but 240 lbs? That’s not practical. Ever driven in just a normal rain storm and felt your car shake or get blown off course just a fraction? Now imagine that in a car that only weighs 240 lbs.

See how the small the car is in the first picture……look how tall the guy is right behind the vehicle. Who is going to fit into that car….a horse jockey?

I knew it could be done but had almost given up hope for “that one person or crew” to build it.

Please put me on the waiting list as a buyer when it becomes available to as regular 9-5:30 60 miles a day folk?

how fast does this thing go?

See how the small the car is in the first picture……look how tall the guy is right behind the vehicle. Who is going to fit into that car….a horse jockey?

My system starts charging the batteries of my electric car at 28 MpH. No fuel of any kind needed. I can beat the Sahimo’s record, witha much heavier chassie. It’s cost doesn’t reach more than $60 000. Investors needed to build more of them. The time has come to be first in non fossile powering of automobiles.

I would like to know what average speed it traveled at. I am skeptical that a liter of H2 has that much energy. I am basing this doubt on the fact that the wind resistance goes up at the cube of the speed. The energy required is to overcome wind drag and rolling drag.

Lol, Jim. Wow if only i had $170,000…

My system starts charging the batteries of my electric car at 28 MpH. No fuel of any kind needed. I can beat the Sahimo’s record, witha much heavier chassie. It’s cost doesn’t reach more than $60 000. Investors needed to build more of them. The time has come to be first in non fossile powering of automobiles.

Lol, Jim. Wow if only i had $170,000…

Just what every family of five needs, a go cart that can go a million miles on a thimble full of fuel and only cost $170.000, we now return you to reality.

This is yet another joke. How many cars do we have to see on Yahoo News that are going to save us from our supposedly dying planet. It is great that people are looking for alternate ways of producing energy and fuel efficient cars. But the article states,

“The SAHMO won third most efficient vehicle in Europe’s 26th Shell Eco Marathon.”

Efficient?! Carrying a bird while flying inside a paper vehicle isn’t going to meet the need nor solve any problem. I do not want to drive my family in a paper box on I-70.

As one commenter said, “Reducing the larger Americans to body weights comparable to Asians, and adopting India’s all veggie diet alone can solve world population and food supply problems, as much as going Euro-diesel throughout America to resolve the oil crisis, much to the chagrin of the oil companies of course!”

This is pure rubbish. Americans do not need saving from global warming. We need salvation from Environmentalists. The overpopulation arguments are the same arguments that I heard as a kid when I was taught oil is running out in fifty years. None of the Left wing arguments are true. They are scare tactics in order to destroy freedom in exchange for tyranny.

Oil and Natural Gas and Nuclear are proven to work and meet our needs. I guarantee that if these hydrogen vehicles really worked, then the Political Leftists would tax the crap out of that too. It is not about going green. It is about giving government unconstitutional power.

This is yet another joke. How many cars do we have to see on Yahoo News that are going to save us from our supposedly dying planet. It is great that people are looking for alternate ways of producing energy and fuel efficient cars. But the article states,

“The SAHMO won third most efficient vehicle in Europe’s 26th Shell Eco Marathon.”

Efficient?! Carrying a bird while flying inside a paper vehicle isn’t going to meet the need nor solve any problem. I do not want to drive my family in a paper box on I-70.

As one commenter said, “Reducing the larger Americans to body weights comparable to Asians, and adopting India’s all veggie diet alone can solve world population and food supply problems, as much as going Euro-diesel throughout America to resolve the oil crisis, much to the chagrin of the oil companies of course!”

This is pure rubbish. Americans do not need saving from global warming. We need salvation from Environmentalists. The overpopulation arguments are the same arguments that I heard as a kid when I was taught oil is running out in fifty years. None of the Left wing arguments are true. They are scare tactics in order to destroy freedom in exchange for tyranny.

Oil and Natural Gas and Nuclear are proven to work and meet our needs. I guarantee that if these hydrogen vehicles really worked, then the Political Leftists would tax the crap out of that too. It is not about going green. It is about giving government unconstitutional power.

So they built a really slow $170,000.00 go cart??? I’ve seen some strange senior design projects, but this one takes the cake! I guess I’m just wondering if this was really the best way to spend this much money??? Then again, why do we (as a society) pay professional atheletes and actors insane amounts of money when there is a worldwide economic crisis going on??? meanwhile a licensed aircraft mechanic can’t make enough to support a family (and we wonder why airplanes are falling out of the sky more and more lately).

Why is it that they (Shell) sponsor this sort of design project (a completely impractical one) instead of one that could lead to an actual consumer product that would revoloutionize the industry and possibly save it from collapse??? I’m thinking we could have a competition to build an alternative fuel vehicle that carried 2 passengers 3000 miles with air conditioning, a radio, meet actual minimal crash standards (sorry guys, some countries do have those), have a minimum top speed requirement (in texas the minimum speed for highway driving is 45 but it should probably be at least 60 for the competition) and keep the total cost under $30,000.00. Wouldn’t be interesting to see what someone could come up with??? That would definitely be a competition to check out.

I will admit… for a limitless budget project, they did pretty well … But why did it cost so much? Carbon fiber is not that expensive. Of course, for the amount of weight they are supporting (a single driver) they could have used a composite construction even less expensie without much more weight gain (maybe 5% with a wet layup of fiberglass over aluminum honeycomb – and the thickness of the honeycomb they used was really overkill for the speeds and weights they’re compensating for)… but then again, if someone is willing to throw the money at it like that, then why not go for broke???

What do ya’ll think???

-J-

sure is sweet…… but is indeed a coffin. i dare you to drive it on americas highways.

18wheeler vs. 250lbs …. actually dodge neon vs. this thing would be bad.

whats its 0 to sixty time?

is it street raceable?

and whats its crash ratings?

GO GREEN!

for only 170,000 George Washingtons in a semi-legal car

haha nice effort though…

So they built a really slow $170,000.00 go cart??? I’ve seen some strange senior design projects, but this one takes the cake! I guess I’m just wondering if this was really the best way to spend this much money??? Then again, why do we (as a society) pay professional atheletes and actors insane amounts of money when there is a worldwide economic crisis going on??? meanwhile a licensed aircraft mechanic can’t make enough to support a family (and we wonder why airplanes are falling out of the sky more and more lately).

Why is it that they (Shell) sponsor this sort of design project (a completely impractical one) instead of one that could lead to an actual consumer product that would revoloutionize the industry and possibly save it from collapse??? I’m thinking we could have a competition to build an alternative fuel vehicle that carried 2 passengers 3000 miles with air conditioning, a radio, meet actual minimal crash standards (sorry guys, some countries do have those), have a minimum top speed requirement (in texas the minimum speed for highway driving is 45 but it should probably be at least 60 for the competition) and keep the total cost under $30,000.00. Wouldn’t be interesting to see what someone could come up with??? That would definitely be a competition to check out.

I will admit… for a limitless budget project, they did pretty well … But why did it cost so much? Carbon fiber is not that expensive. Of course, for the amount of weight they are supporting (a single driver) they could have used a composite construction even less expensie without much more weight gain (maybe 5% with a wet layup of fiberglass over aluminum honeycomb – and the thickness of the honeycomb they used was really overkill for the speeds and weights they’re compensating for)… but then again, if someone is willing to throw the money at it like that, then why not go for broke???

What do ya’ll think???

-J-

sure is sweet…… but is indeed a coffin. i dare you to drive it on americas highways.

18wheeler vs. 250lbs …. actually dodge neon vs. this thing would be bad.

whats its 0 to sixty time?

is it street raceable?

and whats its crash ratings?

GO GREEN!

for only 170,000 George Washingtons in a semi-legal car

haha nice effort though…