It works just like a hydrogen fuel cell except that the liquid used for storing energy is saltwater. This isnt far from the water powered car, an idea labelled as a conspiracy by many despite the massive amount of evidence behind it. You can read more about that here.
In this case (saltwater) the liquid passes through a membrane in between the two tanks, creating an electric charge. This electricity is then stored and distributed by super capacitors. The four electric motors in the car are fed electricity which makes it run. The car carries the water in two 200-litre tanks, which in one sitting will allow drivers to travel up to 373 miles (600km). Overall, the four-seater is 5.25 metres (0.4ft) long, 2.2 metres wide (7.2ft), the 1.35 metre (4.4ft).
After making its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show (pictured) in March, the saltwater technology has now been certified for use on European roads. (source)
Nanoflowcell AG is the company behind the design, and they are currently preparing the technology for mass production.
Weve got major plans, and not just within the automobile industry. The potential of the NanoFlowcell is much greater, especially in terms of domestic energy supplies as well as in maritime, rail and aviation technology NanoFlowcell AG Chairman of the Board Professor Jens-Peter Ellermann.
This is huge news, and is another example out of so many that clearly show how we have so many ways to do better here. Although money remains an issue, it doesnt have to be.
All cars should be required to be made from this type, or other similar types of clean green energy. A few years ago, if you told somebody its possible to fuel a car by pouring saltwater into it, they would have called you a conspiracy theorist.
Last Year The U.S Navy Developed a Technology To Create Fuel From Seawater
Scientists at the U.S Naval Research Laboratory have developed a technology to recover carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater and convert it into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel. This could be a tremendous breakthrough and eliminate the need for old ways of generating fuel.
Its just another example of the many ways of generating energy that are now available that could end our dependence on fossil fuels. These new, clean green ways of generating energy have been around for decades, so why are we always talking about them without ever implementing them?
Refueling U.S. Navy Vessels, at sea, is a costly endeavor in terms of logistics, time, fiscal constraints and threats to national security sailors at sea. In Fiscal year 2011, the U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command, the primary supplier of fuel and oil to the U.S. Navy fleet, delivered nearly 600 million gallons of fuel to Navy vessels underway, operating 15 fleet replenishment oilers around the globe. (source)
The Navy successfully used the new fuel-from seawater process to power a radio-controlled scale-model replica of a World War II aircraft with an internal combustion engine. Below is the footage from the test flight.
In close collaboration with the Office of Navel Research p38 Naval Reserve program, NRL has developed a game changing technology for extracting, simultaneously, CO2 and H2 from seawater. This is the first time technology of this nature has been demonstrated with the potential for transition, from the laboratory, to full-scale commercial implementation. Dr. Heather Willauer (source)
Researchers say that this approach could be commercially viable within the next seven to ten years. They state interest in pursuing land-based options that could provide a solution to our current problems.
Again, another option, and example showing the power of human potential, so whats stopping us from the implementation of cleaner and greener technologies?
Not long ago, Department of Defence adviser Dr. Harold Puthoff made some noteworthy comments while discussing the reality of free energy. This is what he said:
Ive been taken out on aircraft carriers by the Navy and shown what it is we have to replace if we have new energy sources to provide new fuel methods.
Whether it be Solar, Free Energy (zero-point), or converting seawater, its clear we can do better than we are doing now. Its remarkable how Barack Obama has constantly pointed out that we will be using oil, gas and coal for the next twenty years, and that we dont have the technology to lift our dependence off of these resources. Those who are looking into it can clearly see that this simply isnt true. We have the means to live in ways that are more harmonious with the planet and all beings on it.
"Tank" is an appropriate word. One liter of water weighs one kilogram. 400 liters = 400 kilograms = 880 pounds. Of fuel. The car weighs over 5,000 pounds.
"Tank" is an appropriate word. One liter of water weighs one kilogram. 400 liters = 400 kilograms = 880 pounds. Of fuel. The car weighs over 5,000 pounds.
It's not the weight that disqualifies it as a serious proposal for mass transportation needs. It's the cost.
But if they reduce costs sharply, this could become a viable solution for some transport needs. Semis and delivery vehicles and buses, just to name a few.
As a personal car, this seems a complete failure other than as a rich man's toy ("Look what I bought that you can't afford!")
Well, every 373 miles you're gong to need 200 liters of saltwater and 200 liters of distilled. So there's that.
And just where do they expect to get such vast quantities of water from? Take Germany for example. Do they have enough lakes and reservoirs to collect so much water if they transformed all their vehicles for using such a system?
And keep in mind, 400 liters is 105 gallons of water to fill the tank. That's quite a lot when you multiply it by millions of vehicles. So in this latest WunderKar, you're getting under 4mpg of water.
What country has enough water and capacity to deal with transforming a First World fleet of vehicles fueled by rampant water-wasting? There's a developing crisis of fresh water supplies around the world already. China, Iran, California, places in the Midwest, all are drilling wells several miles deep due to declining aquifers and increased population.
And just where do they expect to get such vast quantities of water from?
The amount of power is dependent upon the flow of ions from one water tank to the the the other through a very expensive "nano-membrane". This means salt water in one tank and distilled in the other. Distilled water is expensive and salt water is rare.
This Rube Goldberg machine makes hydrogen-powered cars look feasible. As my dad used to say, "Just because you can doesn't mean you should".
Distilled water is expensive and salt water is rare.
Salt water is rare away from coasts other than a few inland seas. Assuming you could filter seawater enough to use in these Seawatermobiles.
Distilled water could be collected from the exhaust of the growing numbers of hydrogen vehicles powered by fuel cells. It is their only emission.
So you can picture how you pull your hydrogen vehicle into the service station to fill up on hydrogen and at the same time drain your 30 gallon reservoir of distilled water collected from your exhaust into a tank at the service station, all very clean. They then use that distilled water to help fuel up Joe Schmoe and his Seawatermobile at the next pump.
I dunno. It isn't all that convincing. More like a story from the old Omni magazines about gee-whiz gadgets that are going to revolutionize the world completely in a few years. Except they never do.
I remember that publication. They either had problems that were easily solved or could not possibly be solved. They always claimed they were difficult to solve. Didn't Larry Flynt own that magazine?