New Hydrogen Engines Coming For Ram Trucks? What We Know So Far!
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Today we are focusing on Ram Trucks! This brand is a big deal for Stellantis, as they collectively sold over 569,389 pickup trucks during the 2021 calendar year in the United States alone, and they are on pace to hit over 500,000 again for 2022. We will cover the future powertrains, first the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Ram 1500 slated to come out in 2024, and second, the new hydrogen powered engines that Cummins is currently designing and testing for the 2027 Ram Heavy Duty trucks! Follow along as we cover everything we know so far about these new technologies!
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Yes, hydrogen just intuitively feels like a way better solution than batteries.
I'm a gearhead and since one of my biggest mechanical interests is engines, I find this as spectacular news :D ⚙️
@ChummiaChum And powered by hydrogen. Power through clean emissions :)
@ChummiaChum Nothing beats the mechanical beauty and beastly sounds of a good engine ⚙️
Same here man when I get the chance I'm building my own engine for my future truck
I've been waiting for this to emerge for years now. Would love to live to see it as the dominate energy source on the planet. Hydrogen is plentiful, and clean.
Hydrogen is plentiful mixed randomly throughout earth, compressed hydrogen at convenient fueling stations is incredibly rare and very expensive.
True but that was the same with EV charging stations. Once the problems with Hydrogen are overcome it will be the fuel source for off road equipment and the trucking industry. In the meantime here in Thailand high usage trucks and tractor trailer units are running on diesel and CNG which keeps exhaust emissions way down.
Not it isn't. Hydrogen has to be liberated from Water using a lot of electricity, and doesn't do it that efficiently either. Then you have to compress it, store it and finally waste at least 40% of it in a fuel cell or 60% of it in an IC Engine. This is why it's such a dumb idea. The end to end efficiency is appalling.
@@rogerfroud300 that's not necessarily so. There are small hydrogen generators that can produce enough hydrogen to run a I.C.E. with only mild modifications to the vehicle...
The wholesale maufacture and storage on commercial levels is currently costly but completely feasible in the near future. Why do people only see so one dimensionally on energy? Instead of using every tool we have in the specific instance it works best!? Even renewables have a place, they just aren't the only tool for a complex job. I see too many people with blinders on screaming about only what they see... cast off the blinders society has placed and get a wide-view and let's proceed accordingly.
@@amjrpain919 They don't run with out energy. Most of the people replying here have not got the slightest idea how any of this works.
I would give more thought towards hydrogen. No one mentions the cost of replacing an EV’s battery.
That's because they don't want you to actually "own" your vehicle. Lifetime of subscription based services are coming. You will own nothing.
Replacing an EV batter would suck but as time goes on it will drop in price drastically. Look at the Nissan Leaf. That battery was very expensive. Now you can get used ones for around $800 bucks. Last time I looked. I like the idea of hydrogen because it’s like driving for free. Imagine a vehicle that produces its own power. Never having to pay for power would be amazing. I know. They won’t let that happen any time soon.
To replace a battery in a EV car about 22,000 to 25,000!
@@rnt45t1 While that does seem to be a thing more and more, there is the very real reality of how so many folk just lease vehicles now. That period ends and on to the next vehicle.
Those of us who commit to a ride seem to be a dying breed honestly. Most of these stuck up folk don't know what it is to breakdown due to mileage catching up to (insert integral part here) that has your engine suddenly shut off at the red right and it refuses to start back up again.... Literally a horrendously fewer and fewer good samaritans who get it that'll pull over to help out as opposed to angrily blowing their horn as if you're sitting for some extended gag or something
Not just financial costs of batteries. EV batteries are horrible waste products for the globe. 1st world mandates causing 3rd world suffrage yet again for rare earth minerals required for batteries. As usual, profits to a few rule over foresight.
Retrofitting existing IC engines to run on hydrogen could be the future and makes a lot more sense than everyone buying EV's. There are millions of collector and classic cars around whose owners aren't just going to park them. Being able to convert their IC engines to hydrogen is the solution.
I fully agree. Never thought EV was the way to go, infrastructure I think is much easier to convert to hydrogen as opposed to charge stations everywhere. Lithium is a very limited resource as well and is horrific for the environment
Exactly.Great point.
Not to mention the strain of putting all these incoming electric vehicles on our existing power grids. Electricity is already pricey enough where I live.
All ICE engines already run on hydrogen. They always have. Most of the energy in gasoline and diesel comes from oxidation of hydrogen atoms. The problem with hydrogen has always been storage. Cramming gaseous hydrogen into a pressure tank is energy intensive by itself. To get enough in there for decent range takes an enormous amount of pressure. The best way to store it densely is as a liquid. It turns out that octane has 18 hydrogen atoms in a single molecule. This is why most of the hydrogen will come from fossil fuels for many years to come, and hydrogen as a fuel is a complete scam.
@@thealgorithmisbroken are you in FBX alaska as well? paying .28 a
Kwh here
I love that a couple companies are looking into non-ev battery powered platforms. Maybe another clean fuel will come out of this and be cleaner than EVs.
I have always thought burning hydrogen is the best way to go for trucks, heavy equipment, farm equipment, and any long heavy haul to include rail engines. Also living in cold climates like Alaska, burning hydrogen would be a must over battery.
I always wondered how the new EV’s would work up north where it’s extremely cold at times. I heard Tesla has a built in mini split unit which keeps the battery climate controlled. Whether that’s heat or cooling. I guess that’s how they keep a Tesla from acting like my iPhone in the winter. It can go from %100 charged to dead in seconds when it’s below 0 Fahrenheit
@@bobbyledger2249 there are gaining numbers in Anchorage for EV cars. I think channel 2 reported around 400 since gas prices skyrocketed. I have yet to see an Ev here when it’s -20 or colder. Time will tell. But I have always thought burning hydrogen is the smartest way to go for everything except cars in the warmer souther states. Batteries are probably grate there. Versatility using multiple fuel types will make our country stronger.
@@moplum 100% agree that we need a diversified energy source. Let them try to raise gas prices when there are EV’s and hopefully hydrogen powered vehicles on the road. Supply and demand. I can’t wait till I only use gas in my lawn mower and my snowmobile.
"always thought" like you know anything about it?
Just burn Diesel until batteries get better. Hydrogen is a terrible solution.
That's a great idea! 💡I'd take that over electric.
Exactly. Unfortunately just doesn’t seem like they want to make this type of engine for the other cars at this point, just the Ram HD. We will wait and see I guess?
I think more engines like this will come up. Kawasaki and Yamaha and Subaru are teaming up I believe. They are going to make a hydrogen powered internal combustion engine. Not if they do but they have stated they are going to. And Toyota is working on this as well it is coming.
I have REALLY high hopes for this. I've heard a few bad things about some of the maintenance being difficult. However I want to see this become a high displacement tuner engine. The gas version is going to be a turbo inline big block. Slap a tune on it and it should be an absolute monster.
Cautiously optimistic about this. Makes way more sense and has a greater range than EV.
Hydrogen ICE units are the way forward👍
As the technology gains momentum in how to extract Hydrogen more efficiently, we will see the demise of these ghastly, dangerous and not at all 'clean' EVs.
Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Go on Cummins, let them have it👍👍
I like the idea of gasoline\Hydrogen hybrids. This will allow the fuel stations time to convert to hydrogen
They won't ever fully convert... You'll have Hydrogen pumps and Gas pumps, probably a EV station, Hydrogen and Gas pump trio station like Buc-ees or Busy Bee. Fuel will never go away in our lifetime, they even increased our lifetime of fuel to well over 200 years.
Implement Faraday 2 Law Of Electrolysis All Vehicles Need Pair Of Lungs That One Water Tank And Hho Generator, Current Engine Product Is Not Already Mature, Water Tank And HHO generator Replacing The Gasoline And Diesel Tank As Lungs This How To Perfecting The Current Ice Vehicles Digestion. And Koh Solution And Naoh Solution And Ammonia solution Is Vehicles Drink, and this mean Hydrogen come from solution reaction in HHO generator inside vehicles is main raw fuel, this also better scheme because no gas tank bomb needed.
Stanley Meyer's version would allow direct conversion of water to hydrogen fuel. Would have been too efficient and kill the oil companies so, they snuffed him out.
@@carmageddon1886 zz----z-z zzzz
@@sheridandoor1378 Bullshit.
As you may have seen on the TFL channel the range of a BEV (Ford Lightning) towing a 6,000lb trailer was less than 100 miles. Hydrogen power appears to allow much greater range for towing and less emissions.
That's perhaps the biggest advantage of a FCT or Hydrogen-As-Fuel truck. Range for towing, loading cargo and off-roading (the TRUCKY uses) could be DRASTICALLY INCREASED vs. BET's.
If Stellantis can find ways to increase substantially the Hydrogen refueling network I'd be all for it...
PS: I do believe there a SINGLE Hydrogen refueling station in each CT and in HI, rest in Cali.
Read up on the safety hazards I'm trying to use hydrogen for a fuel in everyday vehicles and you will understand that this will never not to mention it cost a lot of money to produce it and has to be stored at a very high pressure and it very cold temperatures 24 hours a day or it will boil off through a vent in the tank and you will have an extremely explosive cloud of gas around your car or in your car or in your garage or on the highway around it many other people.
Hydrogen makes sense for the HD trucks. BEV is just not practical for long range towing. To short a range and to long to charge. Love the idea that we can keep our ICE. V8 Hemi anyone?
I am thinking the same way for long haul trucking but aren’t they only allowed to drive 10 hours each day? That’s a lot of down time if so.
I agree, its the only way to go for clean HD Trucks. I have caught a few EV truck videos out now that can only tow 7,000Lbs, 30% of their quoted distance before needing a charge.....repeatedly. That is not good!! I just hope the cost to own a decent hydrogen HD truck isn't going to cost the same as a house.
Hydrogen power is really good idea definitely see this as the new diesel in the future
Agreed. It’s also a stepping stone to EVs instead of just going straight there when many don’t want too!
Methane has already proved itself as a replacement for diesel engines, and is even in some production tractors. While it does still produce CO2 it is a much cleaner burn than traditional diesel.
@@MarspeedCars not necessarily a step to ev so much as a potential alternative to ev especially if one could develop a system that runs on a tank of hydrogen and pure oxygen as to avoid burning nitrogen and producing nox emissions.
@@Roadhouse1997 Instead of automakers trying to force electric cars down everyone's throats l, let the individual consumer decide what they want for their own interests. I was born for a life full of combustion power, and always will support it any way I can. Hydrogen ICEs > Electric all the way
I would be very interested in a 2500 RAM hydrogen pickup. I currently own a 2020 RAM 1500 Limited 4x4 Crew Cab, and love it, but hydrogen fuel intrigues me.
Quite a few people on youtube show how they run a hydrolyzer using water to supplement the fuel consumed in their ICE engine. Maybe you can find something for your truck.
"but hydrogen fuel intrigues me."
I am mostly intrigued by the natural gas burned at the station to extract the hydrogen. Because burning natural gas at the filling station so your truck has zero tailpipe emissions is super cool.
@ChummiaChum a 'tiny water turbine's cannot power a neighborhood or big farm. You green people are living in a make believe world.
Now, for fun, talk about the safety of transporting hydrogen around.
There are so many things wrong with EV manufacturing, mining and recycling it would take writing a book to explain it all. I see Hydrogen as the future not battery powered EV's.
Exactly battery's use rare earth materials which are a limited resource and we have to dig up the earth to find it.
Hydrogen is simply made from splitting water and splitting off the oxygen from the water
Electrolysis powered bybsun ir wind or hydro is the best and cleanest way to create hydrogen. Not cheapest yet.
The way we create Hydrogen currently is mostly by methane steam reforming which is not a clean method, we use Natural gas to create hydrogen which is used mainly For industrial use
Now that we're scaling up Hydrogen for transportation we will be using cleaner methods to produce it. Like Electrolysis
Hydrogen is currently expensive to produce but the more companies start producing it will drive the prices lower amd lower.
As hydrogen gets introduced it will help take a big load off traditional fuel prices.
Definitely a
Win Win
A little tid bit of info.
Did you know for us to make the ultra low Sulphur #2 Diesel for highway use we use hydrogen. Crazy huh.
@@mrboags Hydrogen is also the most abundant element in the whole universe on a incomprehensibly massive scale compared to everything else in the elemental spectrum.
I would be way more likely to be on board with hydrogen power, before I ever will on an ev. EV'S are a no go for me. I wouldn't feel comfortable sitting on top of a giant battery that could erupt into a ball of fire without notice. Scary stuff.
Hydrogen is far more dangerous than an EV battery. Not saying Hydrogen is bad, I'm super excited for it! But just reminding you that Hydrogen is what fuels most of the space rockets we launched in the last several decades. We all know those have a tendency to violently explode when things go wrong, not just burn.
@@yaxleader a gallon of regular gasoline has the potential of several sticks of dynamite....but rarely do we ever hear of a vehicle exploding.
@@northdakotaham1752 Gas tanks if not fuel tanks of multiple types have never ever exploded. It's the movies that added the dramatic explosion effects to get the public riled up with the false mindset of fuel tanks exploding, vice versa
@@TheSilverShadow17 exactly! For gasoline to explode it takes a relatively precise proportion of fuel and air.
Personally, I think ammonia is the best zero emission fuel since it is three parts hydrogen and one part nitrogen, but can be transported and pumped just like any other liquid. And we now have a method to produce ammonia much more efficiently than in the past.
That's very interesting, I didn't know that.
I think most are better than a damn ev lol
If it leaks out due to an accident., every living thing around or in the accident is dead.
@@wilsterone6689 say less, I'm in
@@wilsterone6689 I understand the concern as I once experienced an ammonia leak where it was being used for industrial cooling, but in an outdoor environment I think it would dissipate quickly, and at least it wouldn’t catch on fire.
Better the devil you know? Maybe.
Sence all the automakers are pushing pretty hard for all of us to be in electric cars as soon as possible I don't think hydrogen is such a bad idea. Besides the power grid wouldn't be able to support so many electric vehicles in its current condition.
Electric grids will be updated and should be updated as our electric demand will increase as we become more digital
Will they also be pushing for an upgraded electrical grid to handle the additional requirements?
@@khalilsahtout8735 they wont be updated and currently the grid here in the usa is ''maintained'' in other words it just about works. if you want this all electric pipe dream to work in the usa, there needs to be hundreds of new nuclear power plants built and im talking about , start building them now and also bury millions of miles of electrical wires underground. this is going to cost trillions and will take time.
@@khalilsahtout8735 I hope so but I'm not gonna hold my breathe on that.
@@josephnorris4095 No one has mentioned it yet that I know of. But hopefully some one has.
Hydrogen is definitely the future for heavy vehicle industry.
As time goes on the price of Hydrogen will become cheaper and more readily available.
Wasn't long ago the thoughts and facts were the same for gasoline.
We are seeing transportation evolution again.
I do think hydrogen will be around for a very long time as it's supply is infinite, not like fossil fuels.
Also we won't have to be worried about supply ever.
It's a fuel that can be produced without mining into the earth. We can produce hydrogen with many clean options like wind solar and Hydro.
Even clean powered coal plants and nuclear.
This should work perfectly. Hydrogen stations could quickly be refueled by Zeppelins overhead.
Thanks for your efforts to produce the nice info-clip and I'll hang on to my old Cummins
"Heating - Oil - Ferrari" with over 500 K on the odometer as long as possible.
I think hydrogen is the best solution for van pickup and larger vehicles. The battery packs weight is a huge factor. Combined with fuel economy. It's hands down better and maintenance will be much less as well. I have 5 concerns.
1. Cost up front
2. Life span of motors
3. Cost for maintaining them.
4. Fuel economy
5 availability and time to refuel.
I'm all for hydrogen, the sooner they can get it ready for lower weight production vehicles, the better off we'll be.
I'm glad toyota and dodge are going Hydrogen I hope all car manufacturers do it to
I personally would love to see hydrogen as the future. Any fuel injected ICE engine can be easily converted. The biggest downside is the storage and refueling but once that it solved then it can be a super green future when created with green energy!
This is the kind of technology they should be looking at in parallel to EVs rather than brainwashing everyone to think EVs are the only solution to a problem they invented in the first place.
hydrogen makes a lot of sense for the bigger vehicles that have room to store the tanks. it's going to come down to availability and price of hydrogen.
Ram HD pickup trucks should get these engines too not just semis. If that does happen, im curious if it can tow heavy trailer loads like the diesel powered ones.
Alot of semi trucks have gone CNG already. in fact there's a great hybrid system built around it from a company called Hyliion. Check em out one day!
As for hydrogen & CNG, I think we can all agree on this. The day we no longer have to worry about stupid DPF/SCR problems on our HD trucks, the better for everyone!
I've felt hydrogen should have incorporated in vehicles decades ago. The problems they present would have been overcome green house gases would have been reduced etc... So I'm looking forward to further development and hope the infrastructure can keep up.
This is why I’m waiting… patiently
Been waiting for this movement. The trains running diesel electric for 100 plus years. The conversion to a Hydrogen electric would be the next logical evolution for trains. Getting a heavy duty pickup to basically be powered by Hydrogen electric gets rid of the expensive battery pack and the associated down the line replacement of said battery pack and also a bunch of moving parts on the truck to wear out. It would be like, the pickup becoming a train on the road (no rails needed). Just think if you could connect multiple pickup's together just like train engines have been done for hundreds of years. Each connected pickup would need guide by wire for programming each for requirements of direction control and torque application. Just think of the application's of future possibilities.
I have a 2500 flatbed that I use for my hotshot business ,wonder how that's going to effect me on some of the long runs that I go on? Like will it take me longer to go on a run? I prefer to keep my Hemi !
Check out what Bob Lazar did with Hydrogen back in the mid 90's l think it was. Used a Corvette, but hey.
It's an interesting idea, but the infrastructure for hydrogen fueling makes EV infrastructure look widespread in comparison. These will likely be fleet engines for large cities and road crews that can refill at their terminals.
I'd like to see a renewed push for CNG trucks. We have great CNG (compressed natural gas) infrastructures in the Midwest and all the oil/gas states. I'd consider a CNG truck as my next one if it was worth the money.
Well like he mentioned, they're already in talks with one truckstop chain for certain. If Toyota and a few other automakers are also working on hydrogen tech, then they're probably doing similar.
@@MaddJakd Their in talks with Ryder to produce hydrogen on site for their fleet trucks and they're the biggest in the nation maybe the world.we had meetings on it at our shop in the last few years.
Considering that lithium is a finite resource and will by all estimates, be depleted by 2040, EV is nothing more than a feel good effort for pretentious c#nts who are too ignorant to realize that 95% of electricity for charging comes from fossil fuel. Absolute morons.
I think hydrogen is the way to go. What are they going to do with all those batteries from the electric cars? Where are we going to get the power to charge all these battery cars?
We could have been using LP/LNG engines decades ago. Very little difference than a normal diesel engine (most diesels can actually be converted to run on LP). This would have solved the emissions problem (yes, there is still emissions from LP/LNG but its MUCH less than gas/diesel). You wouldnt have to wait to recharge like an EV, as the refill time wouldnt be much different than with gas/diesel, since the fuel source is a liquid and can be pumped. Pumping machines for LP have been around a long time so no new tech would need to be designed: just downsize the pumps and start installing them at filling stations. We are trying desperately to make EV the future but it has so many more hurdles that it amazes me why we couldnt have went with LP technology long ago. It makes no sense. And the added strain on the power grid is another HUGE issue that i dont see anyone addressing.
LP is currently in use. It comes with all sorts of issues that I won’t list here but on top of those it comes from fossil fuel and is not renewable. Cleaner than diesel maybe but you have to burn 3 times as much to get the same amount of work done so it would also have to cost a third of what diesel does and produce a third of the emissions just to break even on the carbon emissions.
Good job with the video! Hydrogen will have better applications in heavier duty and longer distance applications. If you just want to drive your pickup truck around town or for very short hauls, batteries will be just fine. However, if you want to use it to haul materials or large trailers/boats/cargo for work or road trips, or go longer distances in cold climate winters, hydrogen will definitely be your preferred option. This is due to the battery size and weight issues as well as the recharging times, as you've pointed out, but also significantly reduced battery functionality below -18C (~64F). Dual fuel options will be a great start for the early adopters who can't wait for a full fleet of fueling stations as the ECU will switch automatically from blended fuel back to gas/diesel when the hydrogen is used up and you're not close to a hydrogen refueling station. Great to see that they're starting to announce these vehicle plans, see also the prototype Toyota hydrogen Hilux being tested in the UK. Can't wait! Note also that carbon intensity of hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture and storage can be competitive with renewable-sourced electrolysis, and has 1/5 of the energy demand of electrolysis. One needs to assess the trade-offs between high value renewable power and nat gas with carbon capture.
Thank you for your truly informative and intelligent comment, sir 🙂
@@davidjamesshaver my pleasure - it's a topic I'm passionate about. I should have also mentioned that significantly higher temperatures also reduce battery capability - a consideration for those who live in warmer climates.
simple thing here would be to introduce hydrogen kits for busses and coaches that currently use diesel. i think that many current tours busses and employees shuttles would jump at the chance to test this out! (i work at a bus company that drives employees busses) and would like to see less diesel fumes coming my way!
Hydrogen is the way forward. EV's have way too many issues yet. Number one being the batteries are not recyclable
This is music to my ears! The idea of converting existing engines to hydrogen power is very appealing! I’d hoped that Ram would be first to apply this in the 1500’s also, not just the two heavier trucks. To me that would be a huge win 🏆
I like the idea of a multi-fuel engine. Transportation energy should be competitive for the benefit of the user.
Cummins and Dodge go way back and what they are putting together is going to rather revolutionary
I hope it go's ahead . Did you hear about the U of Alberta . Can. They worked out a way to split the hydrogen from the carbon in the oil well . Out comes pure hydrogen and the carbon stays underground . Can not wait to see what the next gen. brings to the table .
Nothing (right now) can beat the combined torque and mileage of a diesel... although hydrogen is a lot closer to doing it than electric, and I'm glad to see cummins keeping the ability to run diesel in their engines as well as other fuel types.
Hydrogen is the future of internal combustion engines. I made my jet boat run on sea water cells 15 years ago as an experiment and it worked but providing enough Hydrogen on demand was the draw back with no storage tanks.
That's awesome to hear, man. Hopefully more and more people get the memo that the real future of combustion engines is Hydrogen
Thank God I bought a 2022 6.7 diesel! I’m going to make sure it lasts as long as I do! When I saw the video on the Ford electric F 150 that got only 85 miles pulling a trailer I had to laugh. The green push is absolutely foolish.
I'm all for modern tech. Very interesting video
Thanks for watching and always supporting me! 💪🏼💪🏼
No one has mentioned the electricity consumption needed to produce hydrogen fuel. It's horrific!
Hydrogen would be roughly .32 cents a litre but the mileage has never been great and if you haul trash like I do then the mileage is definitely not a good thing with ev trucks yet. Hope they can advance the distance soon.
Having engines be completely painted Red from the factory would be awesome
They look so cool! My 6.5L was custom painted and looked 100x better than stock haha, also the Demons were as well I believe!
Cummings has been painting the X series red for a couple of decades now. And the Demon's engine is Hemi orange. 😊
I have always felt like hydrogen is the best way to go for internal combustion engines. I have learned about the lower power output of hydrogen but still hope and prau this alternative power source can be harnessed for the near future.
I think an IC hydrogen engine being offered is a very hopeful sign.
This is very interesting, hydrogen power has been unfairly overlooked.
Hydrogen is a promising way to store energy from renewable energy ( off the grid applications)
remember the airship Hindenburg in New Jersey?
Much better than electric vehicles. Al I liked the idea of internal combustion engines. Keep pushing it. There is an independent engineer who has a hydrogen car he converted from gas. He also converts cars for others for a price. He lives in New Mexico. You can find him on UTube. His name is Bob Lazar. He could teach those at comings a few things I believe. Because he’s already mastered the small car fuel problem. Look him up.
Power and performance are there with electric motors, but even today energy density in battery tech still falls woefully short of gasoline and diesel energy density.
I like the idea of using hydrogen, but to generate hydrogen via electrolysis you still run into the power grid baseload capacity issues. That said, I prefer compressed hydrogen over the BEV options.
A RAM HD truck with a hydrogen engine would get me into the showroom!
The reason behind the man being killed at the supermarket who first showed the way to make regular engine run off of hydrogen and once he tried to patten it they sent a trained killer to get him. And they shot up a few others to make the cover up look good
I'm so glad that RAM has got on the right track on choosing the right type of fuel to use in their trucks, and hopefully in all their vehicles. They have made the right choice over GM and Ford which think EV's are best. WRONG!
I would definitely buy today a 2024 RAM Dakota if it has a Stellantis I6 Dual-Turbo Hurricane engine! It makes sense to offer this engine to everyone regardless the belief that 3.0 engine is over-powered. Let the public decide, not a stinking boardroom.
Hi Andrew ....good stuff...Happy Canada Day!
The only sensible solution for Hydrogen everywhere is not refuelling stations a generation or two from today BUT
Reusable canisters of different sizes for different applications, not much different to the ones used today.
Hydrogen can then easily be transported and available at every existing ⛽️ station
I wanna see a video talking about the history of the 4.7 magnum engine.
The impact loading on a piston pin and crank bearing are immediate when hydrogen explodes . This is why the combustion ratio must drop as compared to gas. Gasoline burns over o e a longer time, and burning continues into the exhaust This is why the combustion ratio has to drop in hydrogen piston engines.A rotating engine like a rotary or the Quasiturbine ( four sided rotary ) are far better suited as there would not impact loading as there is no dead time to impact.as unlike a reciprocating engine where the piston comes to a dead stop , thus suffers no impact loading. The Quasi turbine is 5 times lighter and has a hollow center to put a generator or transmission in making it a light and compact assembly, and less vibration then the wobble rotor of the wankel rotor, giving my vote to the QT . In Japan, the waste heat from nuclear plants makes the product of hydrogen more cost effective as heating the water for free assists in the electrolysis procedure. Yes nuclear should be our go to power source but it should be thec1960s proven thorium reactor where thorium is cheaper and far safer than uranium reactors and can me made portable. Profit motives are what stops less expensive technologies. Just ask Nichola Tesla and the Wardencliffe Tower
The X15 H picture you showed isn’t for a Pickup truck. It’s a 15L engine for Tractors or heavy Duty Applications like Fire Trucks, Possibly RVs and so on.
When I was at caterpillar we had developed a hydrogen engine a long time ago. Hydrogen engines are basically large bombs if anything goes wrong. Other than that they seem to run great.
This makes way more sense than battery power which means several thousand pounds of very expensive and short lived batteries that require careful charging habits.
The key for a Ram EV is to supply a universal adapter that can use a Tesla, Rivian, Ford or GM plug.
Lithium is a finite resource, most experts believe that the world supply will be depleted by 2040, so enjoy your feel good EV, while you rely on fossil fuel to charge your EV, 😂. You EV supporters are obtuse.
@@TheRoadhammer379 Well, I drive a diesel and I'm not letting biden force me to sell my truck because of fuel prices. That IS their goal.
@@jeffsikula2920 Biden is a complete idiot amd moron for trying to force electrification on everyone. How the fuck hasn't he gotten impeached yet?
Hydrogen is far superior to electric as a ICE engine is rebuildable and has interchangeable parts and once a battery goes bad it’s 25k dollars to replace
Shades of Hindenburg. Every tunnel you come to or some Bridges, you will have to stop to get inspected first. Big hassle with propane vehicles. Another California nutty idea. I guess they can harvest all the poop on the side walks to get the gases to run on.
Hydrogen makes more sense to me than electric. Faster fill-up time and no expensive batteries. I saw a video where a hydrogen car was filled up in 4.5 minutes at a station in California.
I like the thought of keeping internal combustion engines going considering some batteries for electric cars cost about 2/3 of the new vehicle price as of 6 years ago when I was working as a dealership mechanic. I would like to know if burning hydrogen is going to cause more droughts because hydrogen is an element of water.
Drought is a problem in many areas but they want to start using water as fuel. I'm not against it but makes you think about what happens when we have water rations or major droughts everywhere?
It’s interesting that this is coming back. GM made hydrogen engines back on the 80s then it disappeared also caterpillar made a gas pill you’d put in water to turn it into fuel. That also disappeared. Cost will be everything at the end of the day. We know EV cars aren’t being sold at dealers and I would assume this will be the same.
Looking into hydrogen as a motor fuel is a welcome idea no matter what manufacturer starts using it. As far as electric vehicles are concerned, I consider them to be useless because of the restrictions in the run time and recharge time. I would be interested when an electric vehicle produces comparable run time and refuel time as my current pickup. So far it isn’t even in the park, let alone in the game.
Excellent. Best energy saving yet. apply now.
No one is talking about the cost of renewing veh. tags either. Gas tax is used for highway up keep....wonder how they will replace federal gas tax. Ask any Prius owner the additional taxes paid when time to renew tags...don't be fooled its all about $$.
Hydrogen and natural gas should be the best option for the trucks and cars
Love all your videos 👍
the best way to go a little development and they will have it figured out
I would go Hydrogen than electric. My diesel does a fantastic job as is, but I don't control the market or manufacturing, so if I had to make a choice other than diesel, I'll opt for Hydrogen.
I want a hydrogen truck so bad. I would create my own hydrogen generator at home to fuel it. I am all for energy freedom. That is, no one interfering with your fuel.
I saw a video of a dude running a chevy small block on hydrogen only able to get up to 4000 RPM with no load, so I guess you can say I'm sold on the concept. Considering there's not a single hydrogen fill station in america, I'm hopeful that dodge will release a hydrogen powered truck before 2021
The new Ram "Hindenbrgh" sounds great.
55% efficient nuclear hydrogen production X 55% efficient fuel cell at point of use = 30% overall efficiency. Or 35% efficient nuke electricity plant. Nearly a wash. (differences in pipeline vs electricity distribution and compression vs charging efficiency are close to a wash as well)
Hydrogen's advantage is that the pipelines themselves store and release energy by varying pressure throughout the day. No need for grid scale batteries or peak plants. Currently, the US installed capacity, if run 24/7 would produce over 2.5 X total annual demand. So, we would need half as many plants if we ran hydrogen production 24/7 vs constantly turning on and off electricity production in a never ending struggle to match production to demand.
Plastic pipe is cheap and reliable - copper wires, transformers, and obscenely large battery installations are expensive junk.
Unfortunately, final demolition of our expensive, unreliable, complicated, and very ugly electrical grid is many decades away. But we will see this implemented successfully elsewhere first. And we will gradually watch our natural gas distribution pipelines get upgraded or replaced to handle hydrogen distribution.
Heck yeah it's what my future looks like Hydrogen is where i'm going👦🏻👍🏻🏁🏎️
Distribution is the biggest part of new rollout . Everyone knows Hydrogens benefits and it's stellar clean return at maximum power . We'd be lucky . . . T/C/E
I'd rather have hydrogen instead of electric for my next vehicle.
Hydrogen is the best idea!
I would really like to see the cost of operation over the 500 mile fuel range per fill up. Any ideas about this?
Eventually yes. It's all about tank capacity,
NIKOLA has a FCEV that is capable of over 550 miles now and its estimated to be able to go 900 miles on one fuel up.
As time goes on the cost of Hydrogen will come down and the range will go up.
Excited about the future.
Lots of power and redundancy that we've never had before.
Great video and love the stats. I would absolutely buy an HD Ram with hydrogen. We just bought a grand Wagoneer with the 6.4 Hemi and LOVE IT!!
Thks for the info!
So this means that the used truck market will see a rocketing of prices to around 70-90% of sticker price simply due to the fact that literally no electric trucks will be worth the efforts/costs of future battery replacements.
This in turn will place a much higher demand on used hydrogen trucks and a demand for conversion kits to either gas/diesel or hydrogen from electric.
This also means that since electric vehicles are often 10-35,000 more then baseline. 75-110,000. That will pretty much crash the market....
No, only so-called carbon neutral/zero carbon emissions is hydrogen. Only ONE.
yes I think it would be better than elec. one thing you never hear is what all this elec. stuff will cost ,power plants to make it , and what a fill up cost, time and money .?
Check out the Yamaha and Toyota team build of a pure hydrogen burner engine!! No dang battery crap!. Burns hydrogen from water and sounds do tough!!.
It's great to think forward with a hydrogen internal combustion engine. But it's very optimistic to think that the fueling infrastructure will be anywhere near ready for widespread consumer use by 2025. That in and of itself is going to severely limit the market for those trucks. I would love to hear their plan for getting filling stations set up nationwide and what the timeframe on that is.
Government could easily regulate gas stations to add a hydrogen pump by 202X whatever year they’ve done it before with success. The problem is hydrogen it currently isn’t as cheap as everyone acts, sure its Evrrywhere but you have to purify it and compress it as well as transporting it safely it adds up. The pumps aren’t the problem it’s the current productions proceses
I want one that runs on natural gas then I could just plug it into my residence no more stopping at the fuel station just pay it with the gas bill!
It’s about time! Way to go RAM. I am a huge fan of Mopar and drive a 2016 RAM 1500 Lonestar 4x4. I definitely would buy a hydrogen fuel vehicle. Been waiting for this since I first learned about them in the ‘70’s. I think Tesla went the wrong way when they chose batteries over hydrogen fuel cells. There will be a finite materials shortage and the cost of batteries will skyrocket, and they are highly polluting. My two cents worth!