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I think Hydrogen fuel cell tech doesn't belong in passenger vehicles; there batteries can do a fine enough job. I believe the future of H2 is in intermodal tran

I think Hydrogen fuel cell tech doesn't belong in passenger vehicles; there batteries can do a fine enough job. I believe the future of H2 is in intermodal transport, that is, trucking and (previously diesel) trains. Why? Do the math on weight, and you'll quickly see that you can't fit enough batteries in a Semi to give them the range that they need for long haul, while still being able to carry any appreciable amount of goods (There's a 40T limit on the roads in Europe, YMMV). Together with Green Kerosine for Airplanes, and you've got Carbon-neutral transport: Electric Cars, Hydrogen Trucks and Trains, and (Green) Kerosine Airplanes.

nickik 6y ago
The waste majority of trucking is not actually super long range. So the waste majority trucking can be done perfectly fine even with current generation EV that are starting to come out this year. There is a small amount of very long range trucking where there 'might' be a competition. However, I believe even that will quickly go electric. So, even current generation trucks could do 80% of trucking. From there year by year they will be able to do more of the jobs. Hydrogen will lose against Diesel until BEV trucks will be good enough. In 5 years nobody will question if BEV trucks can do everything. A properly engineered electric Semi is not actually that much heavier then a Diesel truck.