Comments on: Riversimple: Leave It To A Piëch . . . http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert Schwartz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503198 Robert Schwartz Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:49:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503198 6 KW. That is almost 9 hp. I say its a golf cart. 6 KW. That is almost 9 hp. I say its a golf cart.

]]> By: Martin Schwoerer http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503038 Martin Schwoerer Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:28:42 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503038 menjo, you're right, I should have written battery-powered electric. David: sorry, I deal too much in forex. Oops yet another bit of jargon. I didn't use the £ because there are lots of pound currencies out there. But I should have. At least written GB£. My apology. Why not blame the editor, doggone it! menjo, you’re right, I should have written battery-powered electric.

David: sorry, I deal too much in forex. Oops yet another bit of jargon. I didn’t use the £ because there are lots of pound currencies out there. But I should have. At least written GB£. My apology. Why not blame the editor, doggone it!

]]> By: Joshvar http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503018 Joshvar Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:05:26 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503018 GBP? A currency used in some strange United Kingdom place. Not sure why he didn't just type £. GBP? A currency used in some strange United Kingdom place. Not sure why he didn’t just type £.

]]> By: fincar1 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503016 fincar1 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:03:49 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503016 GBP is the British counterpart to the USD. Great Britain Pound. GBP is the British counterpart to the USD. Great Britain Pound.

]]> By: David Holzman http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503009 David Holzman Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:54:12 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503009 what is GBP? PLease don't assume we know every acronym. what is GBP? PLease don’t assume we know every acronym.

]]> By: John Horner http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503004 John Horner Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:46:42 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503004 A complete hydrogen fuel cell system is just a complicated type of battery. Separating hydrogen from water by electrolysis is the charge cycle. Recombining hydrogen with oxygen while creating electricity is the discharge cycle. The weird thing about fuel cells is that the charge and discharge cycles are physically separated. You can't run the fuel cell backwards to charge it back up. Probably never going to be a mainstream technology. A complete hydrogen fuel cell system is just a complicated type of battery. Separating hydrogen from water by electrolysis is the charge cycle. Recombining hydrogen with oxygen while creating electricity is the discharge cycle. The weird thing about fuel cells is that the charge and discharge cycles are physically separated. You can’t run the fuel cell backwards to charge it back up.

Probably never going to be a mainstream technology.

]]> By: Lokkii http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503002 Lokkii Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:44:48 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503002 Like flying cars, hydrogen cars are going to be the next big thing for the next 50 years. Like flying cars, hydrogen cars are going to be the next big thing for the next 50 years.

]]> By: menjo http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1503001 menjo Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:42:29 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1503001 <em>Firstly, why Hydrogen for a strictly urban vehicle? Urban areas are the domain, par excellence, of electrics, aren’t they?</em> Do you know what a hydrogen fuel cell is? It's a battery replacement to power an electric motor. You actually mention the electric motor in your article. Firstly, why Hydrogen for a strictly urban vehicle? Urban areas are the domain, par excellence, of electrics, aren’t they?

Do you know what a hydrogen fuel cell is? It’s a battery replacement to power an electric motor. You actually mention the electric motor in your article.

]]> By: midelectric http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/riversimple-leave-it-to-a-piech/comment-page-1/#comment-1502984 midelectric Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:06:46 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=320598#comment-1502984 A 350kg carbon fiber body structure in a car like that? It'll hold up the world! A 350kg carbon fiber body structure in a car like that? It’ll hold up the world!

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