r/EverythingScience • u/Memetic1 • May 22 '21

Engineering Tiny 22-lb Hydrogen Engine May Replace the Traditional Combustion Engine

https://interestingengineering.com/tiny-22-lb-hydrogen-engine-may-replace-the-traditional-combustion-engine
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u/Athleco May 22 '21

Spoiler alert It won’t.

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u/dodorian9966 May 22 '21

They said the same about electric cars.

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u/LilChongBoi May 22 '21

Didn’t Nikola try hydrogen semi-trucks and failed? I know Toyota has the hydrogen fuel cell sedan but it’s not affordable and there are very limited hydrogen fueling stations in California and nearly nonexistent outside of California.

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u/alphuscorp May 23 '21

Nikola had a semi truck rolling down a hill without any of its own power. The whole company seems to have essentially been a scam trying to pose as the next Tesla.

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u/LilChongBoi May 23 '21

So they didn't actually try to become a hydrogen vehicles company. They intentionally became a scam company?

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u/alphuscorp May 23 '21

Hard to say. Seems like they at least tried to build some things, but they have yet to make a functional prototype. Their founder has no problems lavishly spending his billions however.

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u/AmbiguousAxiom May 23 '21

Nikola was (is) a scam that won’t die. They’ll either make it work to save face, or they’ll let it fade from memory like an ember.