No John this part is working.
The problem is thermal.
I´ve seen a working model.

You have seen what someone claims is a working model. There are also salesmen that can sell sand to Saudia Arabia. I am claiming that any such demonstration is draining a battery someplace in the system, or mis-measuring inputs and outputs somehow.

Can you split water into hydrogen and oxygen? Yes. Onboard a car? Yes. Is it possible to get better mileage based on splitting the water into hydrogen and oxygen and then re-combining them without supplying any outside power? No. Effeciency prevents you from creating from nothing. This a classic perpetual motion scheme, and it cannot work.

Using water as a fuel that you put into your fuel tank in the car is a scam, and cannot work.

This is completely different from splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen outside of the car. This is using hydrogen as an energy storage system, and will work - it may or may not be better for the environment than burning fossil fuels because it is only an energy storage system, not an energy source. The energy has to come from someplace else - burning coal, burning natural gas, solar, geothermal, wind, and nuclear are all options.

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Sorry Ned.
But you have no idea.

You have around 5000 parts in one car.Lets say.
I´m selling steering wheels.
The price is calculated by the price of each part plus a charge of 50%.
Lets say my wheel costs in 2000 $200.
Now it costs maybe $30 but the car isn´t any cheaper.
So they are rising the profits every year.
Each company of the world with every parts.
We had to set 800 workers free in 2005 to pay the costs of the manufaturers.

Believe it or not.

Again, what does this have to do with Mercedes wanting to take care of the oil companies? Does Mercedes really care if a refinery goes broke just because they're selling cars that don't run on Gasoline?

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Don't know about auto factory economics but the general rule when I worked briefly at a production facility as an industrial engineer:

Direct part cost time's five.
Direct Labor cost times 4

That would use a "Bill of Materials" and arrive at the selling price. We bought all of our parts (metals) we would use raw stock for machining into assembly sub components. We didn't try to make our own wire or work with ore to produce metal stock. We bought copper, brass and steel stock.

That would mean your $30,000 dollar car might actually have maybe $4000 dollars worth of raw parts cost. The rest is overhead labor, direct assembly labor labor , benefits, Building, utilities, engineering, transportation, machinery, tool and dies, energy, maintenance, billing. purchasing , personnel, etc.

There is no conspiracy
There is no fish carburetor that gets 100 miles per gallon in a big american V-8 powered auto that weighed 4000 lbs.

There is no magnetic insert into the fuel stream that gains combustion efficiency
There is no cheap "Turbolator" that is self powered that atomizes the fuel for more efficient combustion.

You cannot "run" a car on water you need a massive amount of external energy to break down the water. There will always be a huge energy loss if you try to do this all on a vehicle,

Hydrogen produced externally may be a solution but it is probably safer, easier, and cheaper to run the car directly on the stored electricity. We will need better and cheaper batteries and an efficient small engine when the battery runs out on extended trips. This is what I would bet on will evolve in the not too distant future.

Comments on recent posts:

Don't know about auto factory economics but the general rule when I worked briefly at a production facility as an industrial engineer:

Direct part cost time's five.
Direct Labor cost times 4

That would use a "Bill of Materials" and arrive at the selling price. We bought all of our parts (metals) we would use raw stock for machining into assembly sub components. We didn't try to make our own wire or work with ore to produce metal stock. We bought copper, brass and steel stock.

That would mean your $30,000 dollar car might actually have maybe $4000 dollars worth of raw parts cost. The rest is overhead labor, direct assembly labor labor , benefits, Building, utilities, engineering, transportation, machinery, tool and dies, energy, maintenance, billing. purchasing , personnel, etc.

There is no conspiracy
There is no fish carburetor that gets 100 miles per gallon in a big american V-8 powered auto that weighed 4000 lbs.

There is no magnetic insert into the fuel stream that gains combustion efficiency
There is no cheap "Turbolator" that is self powered that atomizes the fuel for more efficient combustion.

You cannot "run" a car on water you need a massive amount of external energy to break down the water. There will always be a huge energy loss if you try to do this all on a vehicle,

Hydrogen produced externally may be a solution but it is probably safer, easier, and cheaper to run the car directly on the stored electricity. We will need better and cheaper batteries and an efficient small engine when the battery runs out on extended trips. This is what I would bet on will evolve in the not too distant future.

How big will the batteries have to be to run a 300 HP electric motor for 200 miles?

How large will the vehicle have to be to carry both the 300 HP electric motor, and the batteries to power it?

Mark

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Your questions may have an answer here at Tesla Motors web site.

I am not sure, but I believe the Tesla 2 seater will sport 2 pancake motors in the hubs of the 2 rear wheels which together produce about 250 BHP (electrical equivalent), and not far off the figure you quote.

May I ask how the workshop development of your trial HHO unit is proceeding?

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Mark

Your questions may have an answer here at Tesla Motors web site.

I am not sure, but I believe the Tesla 2 seater will sport 2 pancake motors in the hubs of the 2 rear wheels which together produce about 250 BHP (electrical equivalent), and not far off the figure you quote.

May I ask how the workshop development of your trial HHO unit is proceeding?

Interesting. That little 2 seater must FLY!

I have been too busy to work on it at all, between work and the farm. It is haying season at home (over a month late this year). It was a cold, wet spring, which did not allow the alfalfa to grow. We used to always cut the 1st cutting of hay on May 20th, this year we still have hay to cut, and it is the end of the 1st week of July.

Must be global warming..... Like the -40 degree temps this past winter.... LOL

Mark

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Mark

Your questions may have an answer here at Tesla Motors web site.

I am not sure, but I believe the Tesla 2 seater will sport 2 pancake motors in the hubs of the 2 rear wheels which together produce about 250 BHP (electrical equivalent), and not far off the figure you quote.

May I ask how the workshop development of your trial HHO unit is proceeding?

Interesting. That little 2 seater must FLY!

I have been too busy to work on it at all, between work and the farm. It is haying season at home (over a month late this year). It was a cold, wet spring, which did not allow the alfalfa to grow. We used to always cut the 1st cutting of hay on May 20th, this year we still have hay to cut, and it is the end of the 1st week of July.

Must be global warming..... Like the -40 degree temps this past winter.... LOL

Mark

Priorities always take precedent, especially in weather dependent sectors like farming. earning a living is the name of the game.

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Mark

Your questions may have an answer here at Tesla Motors web site.

I am not sure, but I believe the Tesla 2 seater will sport 2 pancake motors in the hubs of the 2 rear wheels which together produce about 250 BHP (electrical equivalent), and not far off the figure you quote.

May I ask how the workshop development of your trial HHO unit is proceeding?

Interesting. That little 2 seater must FLY!

I have been too busy to work on it at all, between work and the farm. It is haying season at home (over a month late this year). It was a cold, wet spring, which did not allow the alfalfa to grow. We used to always cut the 1st cutting of hay on May 20th, this year we still have hay to cut, and it is the end of the 1st week of July.

Must be global warming..... Like the -40 degree temps this past winter.... LOL

Mark

Priorities always take precedent, especially in weather dependent sectors like farming. earning a living is the name of the game.

Exactly. I was off work for about a week, and got an average of 2 to 3 hours sleep per day, due to farm work. I have to come back to work to get any real rest. I ended up baling something like 150 tons of hay while I was home.

No rest for the wicked, and all work and no play makes Mark a boring boy.

Mark

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The tesla battery and all control electronics weigh in at 1000 lbs. They will get better after new polymer and manufacturing technology comes on line.

The Tesla roadster weighs around 2690 lbs and is based on the Lotus Elise body

The car can travel 220 mi (350 km)[2] on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W·h/km (4.7 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 135 mpg–U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg–imp).

Their figures I may check them later.

4.5 KWH per mile 20-30 cents at current electrical rates

The tesla battery and all control electronics weigh in at 1000 lbs. They will get better after new polymer and manufacturing technology comes on line.

The Tesla roadster weighs around 2690 lbs and is based on the Lotus Elise body

The car can travel 220 mi (350 km)[2] on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W·h/km (4.7 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 135 mpg–U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg–imp).

Their figures I may check them later.

4.5 KWH per mile 20-30 cents at current electrical rates

By taking a test drive I suppose :)

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The tesla battery and all control electronics weigh in at 1000 lbs. They will get better after new polymer and manufacturing technology comes on line.

The Tesla roadster weighs around 2690 lbs and is based on the Lotus Elise body

The car can travel 220 mi (350 km)[2] on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W·h/km (4.7 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 135 mpg–U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg–imp).

Their figures I may check them later.

4.5 KWH per mile 20-30 cents at current electrical rates

OK. Just call me confused. But is that 20-30 cents per mile for driving this battery powered buggy? If so, my Petrol powered vehicle at 25 MPG is cheaper even with todays prices at roughly 16 cents per mile. (All US scales...)

The tesla battery and all control electronics weigh in at 1000 lbs. They will get better after new polymer and manufacturing technology comes on line.

The Tesla roadster weighs around 2690 lbs and is based on the Lotus Elise body

The car can travel 220 mi (350 km)[2] on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W·h/km (4.7 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 135 mpg–U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg–imp).

Their figures I may check them later.

4.5 KWH per mile 20-30 cents at current electrical rates

OK. Just call me confused. But is that 20-30 cents per mile for driving this battery powered buggy? If so, my Petrol powered vehicle at 25 MPG is cheaper even with todays prices at roughly 16 cents per mile. (All US scales...)

I think that someone dropped a decimal place or so.

If I recall the estimates (without looking them up again) it was about $5 / full battery charge. I know that I spend in excess of $50 for 300 miles or about $40 for the 200 mile range estimate of the Tesla. That should be a savings of about $17 / 100 miles.

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BOINC WIKI

The tesla battery and all control electronics weigh in at 1000 lbs. They will get better after new polymer and manufacturing technology comes on line.

The Tesla roadster weighs around 2690 lbs and is based on the Lotus Elise body

The car can travel 220 mi (350 km)[2] on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W·h/km (4.7 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 135 mpg–U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg–imp).

Their figures I may check them later.

4.5 KWH per mile 20-30 cents at current electrical rates

OK. Just call me confused. But is that 20-30 cents per mile for driving this battery powered buggy? If so, my Petrol powered vehicle at 25 MPG is cheaper even with todays prices at roughly 16 cents per mile. (All US scales...)

That what I was thinking. Would have to rig some kind of solar power charging system to it to make it worth while.

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The tesla battery and all control electronics weigh in at 1000 lbs. They will get better after new polymer and manufacturing technology comes on line.

The Tesla roadster weighs around 2690 lbs and is based on the Lotus Elise body

The car can travel 220 mi (350 km)[2] on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster's efficiency is reported as 133 W·h/km (4.7 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 135 mpg–U.S. (1.74 L/100 km / 162.1 mpg–imp).

Their figures I may check them later.

4.5 KWH per mile 20-30 cents at current electrical rates

OK. Just call me confused. But is that 20-30 cents per mile for driving this battery powered buggy? If so, my Petrol powered vehicle at 25 MPG is cheaper even with todays prices at roughly 16 cents per mile. (All US scales...)

That what I was thinking. Would have to rig some kind of solar power charging system to it to make it worth while.

Tesla claims 2 to 3 cents per mile.

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Tesla claims 2 to 3 cents per mile.

Which agrees with William's calculations, except for the decimal point being one place to far to the right for William.

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