What happens to Mirai tanks that have been refueled 300K to 500K without a tank change? Do they pose a danger to the general driving public?
Today, as an aside, I drove my Model 3 90 miles at 65 mph with the equivalent of 3 adults in the car, AC running, and averaged over 5 miles per kwh. I was impressed since a Bolt I had owned averaged about 3.9 miles/kwh under similar conditions. On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 5:48 PM EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10 Sep 2021 at 13:28, Bill Dube via EV wrote: > > > This replacement cost is another "nail in the coffin" of H2 fuel cell > > vehicles. The cost of a battery replacement is less than the cost of > > _mandatory_ H2 cylinder replacement. > > Is it mandatory, though? It seems to be nothing more than a label inside > the fuel filler door with a date and a finger-wagging advisory, "Vehicles > with expired hydrogen tanks must not be driven or refueled until the > hydrogen tanks are replaced." > > It seems as if everything is chipped and networked in cars these days. > You'd think that Toyota could have the body computer query the tanks, "Hey, > you guys expired yet?" before starting up, and refuse to go if they're past > their use-by dates. At least it could flip on a yellow warning light or > "service hydrogen tanks soon" message on the cabin display. If the manual > mentions that as a possible situation, I missed it. > > Do FCVs require smog inspection? Would expired H2 tanks keep them from > being certified? I don't have a clue. > > Without any consequences, the owner could just ignore the warning label, and > carry on with filling and driving the car. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating > a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit > me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he > epitomized the history of the human race. > > -- Bertrand Russell, "Education and the Social Order" > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
