You can be the first on your block to own a hydrogen fuel cell car. For the mere sum of $99.99, Hammacher Schlemmer can fix you up with your own "hydrogen generating car" that features an "on-board reversible Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell to conduct the entire hydrogen-generating and electrolytic process." The hydrogen is produced on board from distilled water using electric current from solar cells (or two AA batteries in low-light situations). It's not quite as sophisticated as Honda's Clarity, but still an interesting gadget to play with.
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The sweet-looking H-Racer came out last year and is about the same price:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/hracer-toy-hydrogen-car-174962.php
Amazon.com has some cheaper but aesthetically challenging kits:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=blended&field-keywords=h-racer&results-process=default&dispatch=search/ref=pd_sl_aw_tops-1_blended_25477681_2&results-process=default
Wouldn’t it be much simpler and more efficient to just have a toy car powered directly by solar cells and AA bateries? It would be cheaper too. Now I know that’s not the point, but in a way, it is.
N85523 :
Wouldn’t it be much simpler and more efficient to just have a toy car powered directly by solar cells and AA bateries? It would be cheaper too. Now I know that’s not the point, but in a way, it is.
But with solar cells, you wouldn’t have the ooomph to really accelerate in a hurry when the cat starts to chase the car. You need the power storage of a fuel cell.
@ Cavendel
That is what they make capacitors for.
. . . and batteries!
It is an interesting toy. But if I could have had this in my youth instead of my Tyco Turbo Hopper, I’d keep the Hopper.