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"A gas supplier company in the Netherlands has effectively doubled the range of the Tesla Model S by adding hydrogen power to the electric luxury sedan. Dubbed the "Hesla," the modification adds a second charging supply to the existing electrical system, using a tank of hydrogen as an alternative fuel source.
Last week, the Holthausen Group announced that it had begun testing the prototype vehicle. With a fully charged battery and a tank of hydrogen, the Helsa can travel close to 620 miles — nearly twice the range of the stock Model S P100D." http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/11/13/meet-hesla-modded-tesla-model-s-that-runs-on-hydrogen-fuel.html
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday November 16 2017, @03:46PM
One of the greatest benefits of EVs is that they decouple the power source from the motive force. Generating electricity is the default goal of most alternative energy sources, and there's lots of well-understood ways to do it. Whether you're talking a hydrogen fuel cell, a biodiesel generator, or a Mr. Fusion, it's relatively easy to modify the charging system of an EV to accept it as a power source.
Take an old EV, replace 20% of its dead batteries with fresh ones as a power buffer, and use the remaining space/weight capacity to install your alternative generator and fuel storage, and you've got your alternative-energy car of choice. And, since a generator doesn't need to vary its power output, you can tune your wood-gas fueled multistage Tesla turbine to operate in one specific maximum efficiency power-band.