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Anonymous at Mon, 27 May 2024 02:20:03 UTC No. 16195151

1.Water is used to generate electricity through a hydro generator/water turbine.
2.The generated electricity is used in an electrolysis process to split water (or another hydrogen-containing substance) into hydrogen and oxygen gases.
3.The produced hydrogen gas is collected, compressed, and stored in high-pressure tanks within the vehicle.
4.The stored hydrogen gas is injected into the combustion engine, where it is ignited to power the vehicle.

potential drawbacks:
>Significant water storage space
Not a huge issue; most vehicles would have large enough space to store several gallons of water, and it would scale with size ofc (smaller car, smaller water tank)
>efficiency of hydro generator and electrolysis process to make it practical
This is more key but since cars can store several hundred gallons of water (see the size of 200 gallon water tank), it remains a matter of actually testing the system out to assess efficiency needs. (electrolysis process should be fine judging from how efficient it is based on already existing tech (70-80% efficiency in submarines etc), and mainly the initial water to electricity generation process via hydro-generator could be a concern for potential bottlenecks)


I'd like some critique on this please.