If you light a balloon filled with hydrogen, the whole thing explodes instantly. People like to look at hydrogen as a solution that is not electric cars. The tanks are stored at 10,000 pounds per square inch in order to get enough hydrogen into a small space so it can be useful.
What's the maximum a car can accelerate? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly learn how fast cars can really go, how tires work, and the differences between combustion and electric cars with host of Engineering Explained, Jason Fenske.
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