Weekend Awesome – Brazilian Motorcycle Gets 1176 Mpg … of Water?
For this week’s video, we present a man who has modified his motorcycle to run on water. Inventor Ricardo Azevedo of Brazil modified his NX200, a single-cylinder Honda sold in Brazil from 1993 to 2001, to run on electricity produced from burning hydrogen separated from water.
Dubbed the “T Power H2O,” Azevedo’s motorcycle uses a complex-looking system of pipes and water tanks and a regular car battery. The battery provides enough energy to electrolyze the water, separating hydrogen which is then used as fuel for combustion. Azevedo claims the T Power H2O can get about 500 km on a liter of water, which works out to be 1176 per gallon.
Azevedo also demonstrates that the motorcycle can run on both clean drinking water and polluted water of the Sao Paolo’s Tietê River.
We’re a little skeptical about Azevedo’s claims. Okay, we’re plenty skeptical. One big concern is whether a car battery will provide enough juice for electrolysis to supply enough hydrogen to make a decent distance. Azevedo says the T Power H2O uses regenerative braking but the battery will still need a full recharge after ten hours of use. Azevedo also says he uses additives to increase the efficiency of the electrolysis process.
So, what do you think, readers? Does the T Power H2O run on water? Or does it really just run on hogwash?
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This does work, I've powered a ford ranger with an HHO set-up. BUT... it takes quite a bit of juice, and we had to use 4 car batteries. Ultimately, needing to charge every day. I wouldn't want to take a road trip. It's almost better to just do away with the internal combustion engine all together. The concept is dated, and we need to move on to something other than pistons and explosions. That's 1700's tech. It's time to move on.
Sorry guys! It´s fake!!! I´m brazilian, living in Sao Paulo. This story goes around for months here on Facebook. Each 5 years a crazy guy come and say he invented some thing impossible. It´s always a joke, and there are always people who believe in this things.