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<blockquote data-quote="Migrator Man" data-source="post: 315690" data-attributes="member: 2369">You are going to lose energy (power) every time you convert from one type of energy to another. Driving down the road you are turning stored electric energy into mechanical energy(motion). You can’t conserve energy 100%. You could recharge the batteries with a fuel generator but that defeats the purpose of an electric car. You can use hydrogen electrical generation but hydrogen will never be cheap enough to compete. You have to create the hydrogen through a very intensive process that cannot be improved in efficiency ~50% to get hydrogen. Then you have to store and transport the hydrogen until you put it into a car. The process of taking the hydrogen and making electricity is another energy conversion&nbsp; you will lose energy with. Might as well stick with batteries because even Elon Musk thinks hydrogen is a joke.- - - Updated - - -This is how train locomotives work. The Diesel engines run a generator that powered the electric motors. It must not be as efficient with vehicle transportation. Some of the new hybrids might use a similar system but I haven’t looked into it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Migrator Man, post: 315690, member: 2369"] You are going to lose energy (power) every time you convert from one type of energy to another. Driving down the road you are turning stored electric energy into mechanical energy(motion). You can’t conserve energy 100%. You could recharge the batteries with a fuel generator but that defeats the purpose of an electric car. You can use hydrogen electrical generation but hydrogen will never be cheap enough to compete. You have to create the hydrogen through a very intensive process that cannot be improved in efficiency ~50% to get hydrogen. Then you have to store and transport the hydrogen until you put it into a car. The process of taking the hydrogen and making electricity is another energy conversion you will lose energy with. Might as well stick with batteries because even Elon Musk thinks hydrogen is a joke. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] This is how train locomotives work. The Diesel engines run a generator that powered the electric motors. It must not be as efficient with vehicle transportation. Some of the new hybrids might use a similar system but I haven’t looked into it. [/QUOTE]

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