#1: I suspect that the "concept car" has all kinds of issues that would never make it into a production model.
#2: You can throw an electrical cord into a GASOLINE tank on a hybrid with potentially fatal results - and gasoline is much less explosive than hydrogen. The difference is that you're not supposed to actually plug in an unmodded hybrid, and if you know enough to mod your hybrid and add a plug, you hopefully know where the plug is.
I suspect the reason is two-fold: one, not having a cord makes for a less cluttered/messy look, and two, the socket allows Ford to justify a unique two-headed extension cord that only they will carry. Better yet, a two headed extension cord with an AC adapter.
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Date: 2007-04-09 08:37 pm (UTC)#2: You can throw an electrical cord into a GASOLINE tank on a hybrid with potentially fatal results - and gasoline is much less explosive than hydrogen. The difference is that you're not supposed to actually plug in an unmodded hybrid, and if you know enough to mod your hybrid and add a plug, you hopefully know where the plug is.
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Date: 2007-04-10 12:28 am (UTC)Most electrical things have a cord with a plug that goes in to a socket. This thing has a socket that you plug a cord in to, and that's backwards.
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Date: 2007-04-10 12:04 pm (UTC)