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As an EV owner who also owns a 7klb Kubota CUT diesel is still ideal here for a few reasons. First it's easy to handle and transport, hydrogen has no shortage o
by vvanders 7y ago
As an EV owner who also owns a 7klb Kubota CUT diesel is still ideal here for a few reasons. First it's easy to handle and transport, hydrogen has no shortage of issues there. It has a heck of a shelf life, my understanding is hydrogen will leak out and is a massive pain to store.
Unless you're doing serious ground work an EV based platform could be fine with solar. JCB already has a few electric excavators and they work pretty well.
I also with there was more focus on biodiesel, that has the aspect of being carbon neutral while working with a lot of existing infrastructure.
- Reason077 7y agoBiodiesel doesn’t solve air pollution, which is a huge health issue in many cities. Admittedly it’s not such an acute problem for farms and rural areas, though, where biodiesel does make sense.
- vvanders 7y agoYeah, that also depends on how modern your diesel is. The Kubota is much, much better on the particulate scale vs out old Ford thanks to a substantial DPF filter. Newer diesels, when not modified are much better than they used to be.