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Hydrogen Car Conversion is an article that will explore the possibilities of hydrogen car conversion, and if vehicles can really safely and efficiently be converted into a hydrogen car.

Hydrogen Car Conversion

Hydrogen-powered cars are likely a decade away from mass production, but can the consumer really wait that long, especially in light of record gas-price increases in 2007?

In what has become the “Now Generation,” scientists and consumers alike are anxious to experience this very moment the opportunities hydrogen-powered vehicles have to offer. They can not wait to eliminate the dependability on gasoline.

They hunger to use a fuel cell to run an electric motor, leaving the nightmares of spending more than $3 a gallon of gasoline behind.

However, if the 10-year wait is imminent for major automobile companies to produce fleets of hydrogen-powered cars, how can the appetite for such vehicles be fulfilled in 2006?

The idea of converting existing cars to hydrogen power is becoming a welcoming thought, no matter how far-fetched that might seem.

United States scientific equipment and supplies company United Nuclear claims it is on the brink of providing the technology for the car owners of today. The company will offer a conversion kit for individual owners to alter their gasoline internal combustion engine to burn oxygen instead.

United Nuclear also is stating that each kit will include a device for making hydrogen because hydrogen filling stations are very few and far between.

However, the consumer should consider these very important facts when contemplating whether to convert a car to hydrogen power:

As mentioned earlier, even if a conversion kit is produced and approved by government standards, it will be difficult in this present time to find a local station that pumps hydrogen.
An owner making his or her own hydrogen for the tanks is a scary thought. Hydrogen is flammable. If handled incorrectly, a disaster might occur.
None of United Nuclear’s proposed conversion kits fits a particular vehicle. The company is testing the kits on a Chevrolet Corvette and Mitsubishi Endeavor SUV.
The kit also requires the work of a mechanic to install.
It takes on average two days to fill these tanks.

The cost of converting a car to hydrogen power is also expensive, which is not a surprise considering the six-figure price of purchasing a new hydrogen-powered car. The average cost of converting a car to hydrogen power is $7,000 to $10,000, providing the kits are released.

Also, if the kits become available on the market soon, will they catch on quickly? It is true that the public is salivating over the possibilities of hydrogen-powered cars, but all the questions surrounding the conversion might temper the enthusiasm.

For example, the Hydrodrive Electronic Catalytic Converter that was invented and manufactured recently in Madras, India, was not a good sell to the citizens of India. It is being exported to the Philippines, China and Bangladesh.

Vehicle manufacturers Isuzu, Mitsubishi and KIA have tested and certified the performance of the unit with their vehicles and engines. However, even with this reassurance and the realization that hydrogen-powered cars are an asset to the environment, the people of India stayed away.

Why? The price is not right and the availability of hydrogen-filling stations is too scarce. Perhaps the consumer must wait the 10 years to whet their appetite, but until then the thought of hydrogen conversion – if feasible and done right – will always be a temptation.

Thank you to Javier Moralas for this article on "Hydrogen Car Conversion".

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