You're completely missing the point. Direct fueling with hydrogen is idiotic, nobody wants to be the Hindenburg. It's impossible to handle it safely without great expense. On the other hand, methane (house gas) is in half the homes in America and we already know how to handle it safely. So the holy grail is to crack methane into hydrogen onboard the vehicle with some sort of pyrolytic cracker. Then you have an HEV that can pull up to a methane station and drive away just like any ICV. Nissan, Toyota (king of the hybrids), and several other companies are already throwing money and research at it, and my understanding is that they're pretty close to something which could be commercialized. Big oil won't hate it because it just means they'll market a different product, and big auto won't hate it because they're all building EV/HEV's already, so the tooling is there. Win-win.
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There is literally nothing weird whatsoever about those struts. Its a very standard design.datechboss101 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:04 pm
Its a 2017 MDX. Apparently newer Hondas and Acuras uses multiple pieces for their parts (i.e.: bumpers, steering wheels, struts & shocks).
Front:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 56&jsn=808
Rear:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 56&jsn=807
Hell you could even buy the entire strut/spring assembly if you don't feel like messing with a spring compressor and knock the whole job out with common tools for under $500.
Front:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 74&jsn=821
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https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 74&jsn=818
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VStar650CL wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:06 amPS - If you want a glimpse of the real future, it's hydrogen fuel cell hybrids using onboard methane pyrolysis to produce fuel for the cell. The key is developing a catalytic cracking method efficient and small enough for onboard use, but the industry (including Nissan) is getting very close. Unlike plug-ins, which are only as clean as the power plant which charges them, these hybrids will produce only water out the tailpipe and soot carbon for your garden from the cracking unit. Truly green, not faux green. That's what your grandchildren will drive, and they'll simply pull up to a methane station instead of a gas station. There's enough methane under South Dakota alone to power them for several hundred years, so it's win-win for everybody, big oil, big auto, the environment -- and you, who won't be tethered to a stupid charge cable. Why our idiot government insists on throwing dollars at plug-ins and not at the real future is beyond me.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 212300179X
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/he ... b38e&ei=26
"The Hyundai Nexo Costs $226.80 To Refill
According to True Zero, California's premier hydrogen supplier, one kilogram of hydrogen will set you back by $36. The Nexo features a 6.3 kg tank, meaning you'll have to pay $226.80 to fill it up. This is drastically more than what you'd have to spend on the average tank of gas or to recharge a large EV battery pack."
"Thankfully, Hyundai sells every Nexo with the aforementioned $15,000 hydrogen credit, but this is limited to just the first three years of ownership. This will get you just under 66 tanks of hydrogen, which most Californian road users are very unlikely to get through in just 36 months."
I think I'll stick with Tesla
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I'm not going to answer further if you refuse to pay attention. I was never talking about direct hydrogen refueling. That's a foolish exercise acknowledged by everyone. I think Hyundai only engaged in it to prove that the fuel cell technology was workable, which it is. The fuel, taken by itself, is idiotic.
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