Hacker News with Generative AI: Alternative Fuels

Compressed-Air Car (wikipedia.org)
A compressed-air car is a compressed-air vehicle powered by pressure vessels filled with compressed air. It is propelled by the release and expansion of the air within a motor adapted to compressed air. The car might be powered solely by air, or combined (as in a hybrid electric vehicle) with other fuels such as gasoline, diesel, or an electric plant with regenerative braking.

Alternative Fuels, Automotive Engineering, Vehicles, Sustainability

14 points by FridayoLeary 35 days ago | 6 comments

Drag racers are ditching superchargers for scuba-style tanks and compressed air (thedrive.com)
If there’s a way to add power to a car, you can bet it’s been tested on the drag strip. That’s the one place you’ll find more superstitions than on a baseball field—eating peanuts in the pits, wearing lucky underwear, that type of thing—but only because people are serious about going fast.

Drag Racing, Automotive Technology, Alternative Fuels

57 points by PaulHoule 86 days ago | 93 comments

Few stations and $200 to fill up: Life on California's 'hydrogen highway' (japantimes.co.jp)

Alternative Fuels, Transportation, California, Sustainability

26 points by PaulHoule 437 days ago | 18 comments