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Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

TR3-A — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:39:07 EDT

@danio3834: And we all know how popular turbine cars turned out to be.
@FreeMan: Hey! I saw Jesse James do that on Monster Garage!

TR3-A

Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:33:27 EDT

@danio3834: when they run these through the crusher, will those partially filled hydrogen tanks explode all pretty like?

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Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

UDMan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:56:48 EDT

@cgarison: I've heard of those cities, but I usually fly over them on my trips to the West Coast and back.

UDMan

Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

danio3834 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:39:41 EDT

Youre right, more people need to be sold on the technology, but this is a PR move more than a research project. Hydrogen cars are the Turbine cars of today.

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Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

cgarison — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:40:12 EDT

@danio3834: And they are feeding that frenzy by not putting the cars in the midwest. Just putting cars in NYC, DC, and Southern California is just going to create add fire to the pissed off environmental freaks who are mad over the EV-1. Put this car in Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN and Omaha, NE. Those are the people who need to be sold on the technology.

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Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

danio3834 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:23:57 EDT

...and then when GM takes the cars back, there will be clusters of anti GM propaganda films made demonizing them for killing the Hydrogen car because they bowed to big oil and hate the environment and steal candy from babies.

danio3834

Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

jakay11 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:02:39 EDT

hmmm, I'd love to get a tow vehicle and free commuter car... that leaves plenty of time for my own personal Project Car From Hell... rebuilding a 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup car, hmmm sourcing non-cracked magnesium racing wheels... 4" exhaust only available in Canada (or Europe) :)
And if the I still can't get the electrical right, I'll rip it all out and put some 'ricer' computer to speak Japanese to the German motor (yeah! that will work GREAT!)

jakay11

Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

NovaloadMissesPolar — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:51:38 EDT

"won't sue if the truck explodes..."
--what about your heirs? Can they sue?
--and people say the Pinto didn't change things!

NovaloadMissesPolar

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professorjonathan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:33:08 EDT

Blah--I'm not eligible, although I'm not sure why.

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Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

biminitwst — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:02:01 EDT

I'm pretty sure SOMEONE built a hydrogen fueling station just south of Orlando FL a couple of years ago.It looks like a very modern gas station, with a big warehouse behind the store, and huge vertical tanks that are obviously for gas, not liquid.
No pumps were installed. The store wasn't finished, and it still sits, never used.
Or maybe its a chemical storage facility for the MIB.

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Hindenberg Anyone? GM Offers Free Fuel-Cell Cars to Consumers

damnelantra™ — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:07:56 EDT

cool beans. lets see if i get a free car. hope i dont explode

damnelantra™