11 January 2008

The ragheads better start worrying

Seems that GM is coming out with a Cadillac that runs on a hydrogen cell, the new Cadillac Provoq concept car: "The Provoq's primary power is provided by a hydrogen fuel cell; like most such vehicles, it adds a substantial battery to deliver decent acceleration and hill-climbing performance. The battery gets topped up from the fuel cell during times of lower power demand, as when coasting downhill or sitting stopped in traffic. The Provoq adds a few new bells and whistles to the standard hydrogen-car configuration. There is an option to charge up the battery overnight from a wall plug, and GM reckon the car can go 20 miles on battery juice alone before the fuel cell needs to fire up. There's a small rooftop solar panel, too, but GM say this is only of use for helping power minor electrical gear such as the interior lights."

Rico said it was only a matter of time; now it's just a matter of how much time...

But Rico's not the only curmudgeon on the internet; the caption writer for this article in The Register said this of that Cadillac: "Provoq. We may not be running out of oil, but we're damn sure running out of car names."
Rico wonders if they still work there...

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