Category: Hydrogen motorcycles
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ICE and Hydrogen Feasibility For Motorcycles
Much has been written about the feasibility of Hydrogen being burned in ICEs in the future. I keep hearing how hydrogen will be the saviour of internal combustion engines. Based on what’s happening in the industry and within the research establishment, it would seem this is a fallacy. Due to Hydrogen’s unique physical properties, that…
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Has The Hydrogen Bubble, Burst?
Shell Pops the Hydrogen Bubble What are the Implications for Hydrogen Motorcycles ? This last week, MIT released a report (September 11, 2023) suggesting that electric vehicles have essentially won the battle between Hydrogen ICE vehicles and EVs. https://globalchange.mit.edu/publication/17750 Their argument is as simple as the economics of both. According to Sergey Paltsev, a senior…
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Risk Aversion and Motorcycling
Are Younger People Today More Risk Averse, and what are the factors that will enhance their purchase and use of motorcycles in the future? Today, seeing a young person riding a motorcycle is almost a surprise. While I’ve been aware for a while that the motorcycling community seems to be aging, the argument was, for…
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BMW’s Fuel Cell And Motorcycling: Part 1
This year will truly be a watershed year in both automotive and motorcycle technological breakthroughs. Whether electric, hybrid, or hydrogen, almost everywhere you look there are new patents, new inventive designs, and very soon, new consumer transportation products that just ten years ago would have seemed like a Star Wars episode. I’ll try to remain…