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Ah the old hydrogen fool cell idiocy has still not died out. No matter that end to end its less then half as efficient and more expensive. Doing basic efficienc
by nickik 6y ago
Ah the old hydrogen fool cell idiocy has still not died out. No matter that end to end its less then half as efficient and more expensive. Doing basic efficiency calculation to going from a solar pannel to forward movement on a car, is so overwhelming that I really don't see how anybody can sill argue for it. And if we are talking about green hydrogen only, the fuel cost compared to electricity is like 50 times higher.
There is basically no infrastructure either. Additionally hydrogen infrastructure is incredibly expensive to deploy and to keep running. Using the already existing power infrastructure is just so much smarter its not even close.
Add to all that that nobody has ever produced fuel cells at that scale at anywhere the price you would need. It also contains lots of expensive metals that would make scaling to millions of cars very challenging. Compared to batteries that consists of lithium, nikel, graphite and silicon, with maybe some cobalt but that will be gone soon. All easily available materials that can scale.
Any automaker that is still perusing fuel cells will be dealt harsh kicks by the market over and over again. At least they can keep sucking in government money to continue development, instead the government funding sulfer-lithium batteries that have way more potential.