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Once you start filling your electric car every night from a plug in your garage, the idea of (weekly?) driving to one of a handful of special hydrogen fueling s
by samcheng 10y ago
Once you start filling your electric car every night from a plug in your garage, the idea of (weekly?) driving to one of a handful of special hydrogen fueling stations is seriously unattractive. In fact, filling up the old gasoline car becomes annoying.
This article definitely reads like a PR piece from an oil company (which is, after all, where the hydrogen comes from). The New York Times has a history of biased journalism against electric cars...
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoAs I've said before, going all-in on EVs are a non-starter in some areas (esp. Japan) because they can't produce enough electricity locally, and they can't import it from a trusted ally. Hydrogen, OTOH, can be shipped over long distances.
- samcheng 10y agoI've never seen a hydrogen tanker. Have you? At that point, you might as well ship LNG or refined gasoline.
- patall 10y agoI honestly think you should rethink this, I do not think the article is biased and clearly states that hydrogen is not cheap. And as soon as we are getting fully self-driving cars, the hydrogen vehicle can drive to the fuelling station on its own and refill themself, so where is your problem there? They do not solve all the problems but so do electric vehicles. A combination of both might be far better. Or in your words: Your comment definitely reads like a opinion piece from someone who has invested to much in Tesla stocks and now fears of losing some of his investment. People on HN have a history of hyping electric cars ... ;)
- hueving 10y agoYour comment describes an environment that doesn't exist (unmanned self-driving cars, self-refueling, cheaper hydrogen) all to get to parity with the convenience of plugging in your car at night when you get home. It's very reasonable to say in the current technology state, they are much worse.
- patall 10y agoSeriously, you are critizising a technology that is not there yet in comparison to a technology that is also not there yet? Recharging electrical cars in a smart grid, long range capability (we all know what 200 miles in a Tesla means and how much of it is left after a few years), loading time etc. Are they solved right now? And these are real problems, not "having to go to the gas station as all the other people" problems. In comparison to gasoline powered cars are hydrogen based cars mostly missing infrastructure and mass production. Electrical cars do too, but you cannot say one is better than the other as they are pretty much complement to each other.