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Can a car run on hydrogen gas?

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Yes, they can but most cars don't.

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Can you run your car on hydrogen gas only?

No, you also need oxygen!


How much hydrogen is needed to run a car engine?

hydrogen has three times the potential energy of gas, but it has four times the volume. It would take less hydrogen by weight but it would take more by volume to run a car


What gas can be used as fuels for cars?

Cars can run on Hydrogen gas, however the car's engine must be modified first.


Can a water turn to gas to be use in car engine?

I would say yes, in theory anyway. You can get hydrogen gas from water. That could be used to run a car.


Can a car be run on hydrogen gas?

There are a couple ways you could run a car on hydrogen. First is to just burn the hydrogen, but you would need a LOT of hydrogen to power a car--about 2 cubic feet of it at 3000 psi (which is the pressure in a tank from a welding shop) per each gallon of gasoline you don't want to use. The other is to make an electric car with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell.


Is fuel that makes a car run an example of a gas?

No, that would be an example of gasoline, or fossil fuel. Examples of a gas would be Hydrogen, Oxygen, Xenon, butane (that some cars run on) etc.


Why hydrogen is not an energy source?

Ever heard of the hydrogen bomb? It is less stable than you might expect. The above answer is not really correct. A hydrogen bomb is not related to hydrogen gas in this sense. You can run a car engine off hydrogen gas fairly easily and safely in a controlled environment. The problem is to find a cheap source of hydrogen.


How can you make your car run on water?

You can make a car run on water if you diffuse oxygen and hydrogen and use hydrogen in your internal combustion engine!But then it is not running on water which was the question. It is running on Hydrogen. So the answer is still NO, you cannot run a car on water.


Is it possible to run a car on water?

no. But they are working on it. They are developing a process to separate the hydrogen from H2O. An engine can run on hydrogen.


Are there any car running on hydrogen?

No Hydrogen is a very flammable gas, there for it would react.


What helps a car run?

gas or a battery charged car makes a car run.