and this: http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1900698.html
quote: "...from Chula Vista to Canada OVER NINE DAYS..."
quote: "...there's not enough infrastructure yet to allow the tour to roll without an assist from mobile fueling stations..."
So this ~1400 mile trip is taking 9 days, not 24 hours. Why not do quick fill ups and carry on? Well, there is a mobile refueling truck driving the same course having to set up many places to stop and provide fuel for the vehicles. This "hydrogen highway" doesn't exist.
(Note, there is an electric grid already installed to cities all along highway 5, and given 9 days, a Tesla would be able to recharge during this trip without needing to have a tanker truck full of hydrogen following it around.)
When calculating how much energy it took for a hydrogen vehicle to drive from "BC to BC", be sure to take into account all the (probably diesel) fuel used by the refueling truck that has to drive the course in support of this stunt.
Wasted fuel
This article says:
quote: "...it will take Team Hydrogen about 24 hours to get from Tijuana to Vancouver."
But check this article:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/27/1m27hydrogen234559-ve...
quote: "...a NINE-DAY West Coast road trip..."
and this:
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1900698.html
quote: "...from Chula Vista to Canada OVER NINE DAYS..."
quote: "...there's not enough infrastructure yet to allow the tour to roll without an assist from mobile fueling stations..."
So this ~1400 mile trip is taking 9 days, not 24 hours. Why not do quick fill ups and carry on? Well, there is a mobile refueling truck driving the same course having to set up many places to stop and provide fuel for the vehicles. This "hydrogen highway" doesn't exist.
(Note, there is an electric grid already installed to cities all along highway 5, and given 9 days, a Tesla would be able to recharge during this trip without needing to have a tanker truck full of hydrogen following it around.)
When calculating how much energy it took for a hydrogen vehicle to drive from "BC to BC", be sure to take into account all the (probably diesel) fuel used by the refueling truck that has to drive the course in support of this stunt.
A picture of the mobile hydrogen refueling station can be found here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2009/05/29/BAET17SV0...