Sports car that runs on salt water- 0-60 in 2.8

[synchromesh]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-EU-roads.html

[Joakim3]

Its looks gorgeous, you need to be an eccentric billionaire to afford it, does 0-60mph in 2.8 seconds, has a top speed of 217mph, weighs 500lb more than a 4x4 Ford F-150... which you'll have to buy in order to haul the ~800lbs of liquid saltwater so you could fill it's twin leviathan 44 gallon "fuel" tanks



...I fucking want one

[fang_gt86]

I thought it literally runs on salt water.... Pretty neat concept for sure.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by fang_gt86

I thought it literally runs on salt water.... Pretty neat concept for sure.

I guess it depends on how you define "runs". I would say it does, as much as any vehicle "runs" on its fuel source.

Unless I'm misreading it, this is a fuel cell car where it does technically "run" on salt water, because it converts salt water to an electrical charge that becomes a mechanical force to drive the car, in the same way an electric car "runs" on electricity, or for that matter a standard car "runs" on gasoline (Gas is just a fuel that is used up to create the mechanical force).

I've always thought fuel cells were a better choice than pure electric.

[fang_gt86]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I guess it depends on how you define "runs". I would say it does, as much as any vehicle "runs" on its fuel source.

Unless I'm misreading it, this is a fuel cell car where it does technically "run" on salt water, because it converts salt water to an electrical charge that becomes a mechanical force to drive the car, in the same way an electric car "runs" on electricity, or for that matter a standard car "runs" on gasoline (Gas is just a fuel that is used up to create the mechanical force).

I've always thought fuel cells were a better choice than pure electric.

It doesn't convert salt water to electrical energy.. I don't think that "salt water" is what you'll find at the beach. This prototype runs on a flowcell system using a liquid electrolytes or "salt water" as the title stated. The system works by pumping the electrically charged liquid through a membrane that filters it into electricity to power the motors.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by fang_gt86

It doesn't convert salt water to electrical energy.. I don't think that "salt water" is what you'll find at the beach. This prototype runs on a flowcell system using a liquid electrolytes. The system works by pumping the electrically charged liquid through a membrane that filters it into electricity to power the motors.

Your description is correct, mine was misleading. I did not mean to imply it somehow dissipates salt water and turns it into electricity. I realize that the salt water has to be replaced with charged salt water at the fill-up as opposed to a hydrogen fuel cell which "consumes" the hydrogen in the process of making electricity with an output of water.

In this one, I believe, the water is recycled and recharged, but I could be wrong. Their website isn't exactly loaded with information.

[fang_gt86]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

In this one, I believe, the water is recycled and recharged, but I could be wrong. Their website isn't exactly loaded with information.

The info on their website says you still have to refill the "charged" tank. It'd be nice though if you can either re-fill or just charge it using a typical wall outlets Lol.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Your description is correct, mine was misleading. I did not mean to imply it somehow dissipates salt water and turns it into electricity. I realize that the salt water has to be replaced with charged salt water at the fill-up as opposed to a hydrogen fuel cell which "consumes" the hydrogen in the process of making electricity with an output of water.

In this one, I believe, the water is recycled and recharged, but I could be wrong. Their website isn't exactly loaded with information.

This design is almost exactly like a hydrogen fuel cell.
The difference is that in a Hydrogen fuel cell, the byproduct is pure water, so it is just vented into the atmosphere.

In this one, the byproduct is a "brine" that is likely expensive so it is saved for recharge.
You probably could just dump it out on the ground, but they arent really forthcoming about the ingredients of the "salt water"