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No wrong question. First the EV motor would cost more and Second I am not buying a tank and regulator. It would be a ONE TIME use just to "see" if building a hydrogen system is WORTH IT or not ie a TEST one time. After that I would either abandon the H2 injection system or go forward with it. The cost of the tank and regulator is the REASON WHY I have not tried it yet :-) ie I can't afford it. and $500 for a tank and regulator is about 1/6th what a electric motor and controller would cost!
If I could afford an EV setup you can bet your *$# thats what I would do since Battery Electric is at least 4 times as efficient as Hydrogen.
The point of the Hydrogen system even though its far far less efficient than an electric motor is that I CAN AFFORD a hydrogen system. I can NOT afford an EV system. There is also no construction or modification of the car involved. I just feed the H2 tube into the air intake. In theory if the car plays nice it will simply use LESS GAS to keep the car running. at speed I would have to depress the pedal a little "less"
an EV solution is no where near as easy for a home mechanic and costs a lot more. I would need at least 6-8 batteries to get usage power (over 72volts) Plus an electric motor PLUS a way of putting that electric motors power to the ground (the hard part) plus a way of triggering and smoothly powering the ev motor alongside the gasoline motor. This adds a lot of cost and complexity (even though IT IS my desired long range goal to go PURE EV) its at least $3000 just for the motor and controller! I simply can not afford that. I could barely afford the metro and it was only $1000 ($600 plus the parts I have put into it so far)
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