Unsurprisingly, the answer is a resounding no, in keeping with Betteridges’ Law
…uh hard hard no. No to the extent that I’m geniunely confused that anyone is still talking about this at all.
Man, the oil industry would sure like people to think hydrogen is the next big thing and battery-powered EVs are just a fad.
These speculations are perfunctory. 20yrs ago if you asked anyone about EVs being the future you would’ve come across similar answers.
As money pours in, you’ll have smaller and more efficient batteries and just like that delivery of hydrogen would also get easier. It has to do with where governments and orgs will put their money.
No. Not a snowball’s chance in hell.
From the article:
„Can hydrogen overtake batteries in cars? “The answer is no,” said Liebreich, without a moment’s hesitation. Carmakers betting on a large share for hydrogen are “just wrong”, and heading for an expensive disappointment, he added.“
Damn right.
The only thing that Hydrogen cars are good for is harvesting government subsidies. And that for only a short time.
You can’t argue with the laws of physics.
With the proliferation of DC fast charging, and every home, business and factory potential charge points, who wants to be driving around lookin for a hydrogen fueling station.
FCVs are still useful for slowing the BEV transition by diverting funding.
But for transportation train size and under, hydrogen is cost prohibitive.
Shell shut down their refueling stations last week in the home of hydrogen, California
H2 beats batteries on a cost basis: It costs 150% more to deliver the same power to the wheels with hydrogen, given the equivalent energy input. So if you’re driving a battery vehicle like the Ioniq 5 on a trip that will cost you $10 for the electricity, and you wish it cost $25 instead, hydrogen is for you.
Unless, of course, you’re using that special deep hydrogen from the bowels of the Earth, from resources so vast that they could easily power a few thousand of the several hundred million vehicles in the global fleet.
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Unsurprisingly, the answer is a resounding no, in keeping with Betteridges’ Law
…uh hard hard no. No to the extent that I’m geniunely confused that anyone is still talking about this at all.
Man, the oil industry would sure like people to think hydrogen is the next big thing and battery-powered EVs are just a fad.
These speculations are perfunctory. 20yrs ago if you asked anyone about EVs being the future you would’ve come across similar answers.
As money pours in, you’ll have smaller and more efficient batteries and just like that delivery of hydrogen would also get easier. It has to do with where governments and orgs will put their money.
No. Not a snowball’s chance in hell.
From the article:
„Can hydrogen overtake batteries in cars? “The answer is no,” said Liebreich, without a moment’s hesitation. Carmakers betting on a large share for hydrogen are “just wrong”, and heading for an expensive disappointment, he added.“
Damn right.
The only thing that Hydrogen cars are good for is harvesting government subsidies. And that for only a short time.
You can’t argue with the laws of physics.
With the proliferation of DC fast charging, and every home, business and factory potential charge points, who wants to be driving around lookin for a hydrogen fueling station.
FCVs are still useful for slowing the BEV transition by diverting funding.
But for transportation train size and under, hydrogen is cost prohibitive.
Shell shut down their refueling stations last week in the home of hydrogen, California
H2 beats batteries on a cost basis: It costs 150% more to deliver the same power to the wheels with hydrogen, given the equivalent energy input. So if you’re driving a battery vehicle like the Ioniq 5 on a trip that will cost you $10 for the electricity, and you wish it cost $25 instead, hydrogen is for you.
Unless, of course, you’re using that special deep hydrogen from the bowels of the Earth, from resources so vast that they could easily power a few thousand of the several hundred million vehicles in the global fleet.