Harrys Garage - JCB Hydrogen combustion engine
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Thought this would be of interest, came across this video yesterday, seems like a very good alternative to the Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology currently in use and more practical for heavy duty vehicles than batteries, good to see British Engineering coming to the fore (lead Engineer used to work at Lotus).
Video: https://youtu.be/19Q7nAYjAJY
Video: https://youtu.be/19Q7nAYjAJY
An interesting video but struggling to see the relevance to passenger cars?
Harry opens by talking about what are we going to do in the future when petrol/diesel cars get banned, and then proceeds to talk about the future for heavy plant machinery etc. The video is even titled "Is hydrogen, rather than electric, the future for big-engined machinery?"
I don't think anyone has argued against hydrogen making more sense than batteries in this application?
Harry opens by talking about what are we going to do in the future when petrol/diesel cars get banned, and then proceeds to talk about the future for heavy plant machinery etc. The video is even titled "Is hydrogen, rather than electric, the future for big-engined machinery?"
I don't think anyone has argued against hydrogen making more sense than batteries in this application?
One of the best options for large excavators, and one already in wide spread use is to simply plug them in on a HV extension cable.....
It's also worth noting i'm not totally sold on Bamfords "batteries are too heavy" line, given that a typical large 360 excavator currently carries about 5 tonnes of cast iron counter weight to avoid it falling over..........
It's also worth noting i'm not totally sold on Bamfords "batteries are too heavy" line, given that a typical large 360 excavator currently carries about 5 tonnes of cast iron counter weight to avoid it falling over..........
anonymous said:
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interesting because to me Lord Bamford comes across as a typical industrialist billionare complaining that he cant open new coal mines because peasants keep building cancer causing wind farmsand the utter bks he was going on about Musk
engineering explained has covered the huge flaws with ICE hydrogen engines a few times
Mammasaid said:
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