Extreme University Projects

Open Source Hydrogen Car

We are gathering collaborators for a Solar Hydrogen Electric Vehicle Challenge: Scope:

1. Lightweight electric vehicle running on compressed hydrogen combustion - a hybrid with hydrogen Power Cube
2. Involves development of open source hydrogen engine
3. $100k award, 1 year from launch. 2 year project.
4. Solar hydrogen production - stationary plant, phase 2. 2 year project
5. Onboard solar hydrogen generation - phase 3. 2 year project.
6. Proof of concept design - not an optimized design - initially
7. Focus on Design for Manufacturing - ease of fabrication in commmunity-based microfactories that is more efficient than mass production and allows for circular, open source economies

Copy & R&D

1. Show that hydrogen internal combustion (IC) cars exist
2. Show the advantages of hydrogen IC cars over regular cars
3. Show advantages of hydgrogen over batterries
4. Address advantages of hydrogen over gasoline/oil economy - decentralized, solar production
5. Address the disadvantages of hydrogen IC vs fuel cells
   1. Address zero pollution by onboard oxygen
   2. Address efficiency by distributed production - if you count full cycle stewardship, distributed hydrogen makes sense compared to oil wars
6. Address safety of hydrogen vs gasoline

First Prototype

1. Open source IC engine with atmospheric oxygen
2. Hydrogen storage container
3. Safety system - oxygen detector
4. Open source electric generator
5. Open source electric motor
6. 3D printed car - carbon fiber filament
7. Collaborative project - all groups collaborate
8. $15k budget for each team - find corporate sponsors

Potential Advisors

• Hugo Spowers

Links

• Open Source Electric Motor Analysis of Industry Standards
• Hydrogen vs Battery Cars