[Parax]

Yeah, but no one will want to buy it, it only has 4 seats.. #AmperaProblems

 

[Parax]

I have seen a load of information on this car this week, it's all fairly interesting. I can share these links to the press releases that give a lot more information than the media have repeated...

http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com/fileadmin/nanoflowcell/press/PR1_A_Vision_Becomes_Reality.pdf
http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com...ll/press/PR2_Introducing_the_nanoFLOWCELL.pdf
http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com..._The_Design_of_the_QUANT_e-Sportlimousine.pdf
http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com...press/PR4_The_Visionary_Nunzio_La_Vecchia.pdf
http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com...PR5_The_Possibilities_of_the_nanoFLOWCELL.pdf

The key detail seems to be the 2x200Litre tanks of electrolyte fluid for 400-600km range.. And presumably another 400Litres of tanks for used waste fluid?

So that fluid explains the 2.3 tonne kerb weight even with a carbon monocoque.

I can't seem to make all the stated figures add up though....

 

[Parax]

It is using simple water based brine solutions (metal salts) nothing dangerous as such..
The problem is they are claiming 600wh/kg for the technology.
but the car figures are a [400km] range from [400 litres] at [20kwh/100km] - all three are stated figures.
I can't make that add up...

 

[Parax]

it all sounds like a bunch of marketing hokum to me.

I think there is more to it than that, and a very large pot of money at stake from organisation who are interested in retailing liquid fuels from exclusive road side establishments (this sales plan fits the oil industry model exactly, and is just as tied in with no home recharge available)
The problem is that I think it's going to struggle to out do battery technology on basic performance, which it would absolutely need to do! yes it can pump 'recharge' in 10 minutes.. but that may not beat the existing perks (eg home charge) from battery.