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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, @03:53PM
Actually, *more* energy than you would use to move the car - the laws of thermodynamics demand efficiency losses at every stage.
On the other hand there are *already* a number of not-so-exotic hydrogen-producing techniques out there - from bioreactors to solar-electrolysis catalyst panels.
And more importantly this "stunt" demonstrates the fact that EVs are relatively easy to modify to run off alternative fuels - the charging system doesn't care whether the electricity is generated from hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, wood-gas, or cold-fusion reactor.