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Or you don't guess, follow the link instead and find out the Mirai is a) a bigger car and b) a hybrid, complete with electric motor and battery pack.
by bildung 5y ago
Or you don't guess, follow the link instead and find out the Mirai is a) a bigger car and b) a hybrid, complete with electric motor and battery pack.
- SigmundA 5y agoThe Mirai has a 1.6 kwh battery pack because the fuel cell cannot output the needed power for acceleration and to allow regenerative braking. It runs on the electric motor alone just like a Tesla. But yeah so add the buffer battery in your weight calculations needed for a fuel cell vehicle. Pretty minor difference in size, unclear how that translates into usable space: Mirai Length 4,890 mm Width 1,815 mm Height 1,535 mm Model 3 Length 4,694 mm Width 1,849 mm Height 1,443 mm Also note the Mirai has a single 113kw motor (even with buffer battery to help) while the long range single motor model 3 is 211kw and only weighs 1730kg, I actually posted the heaviest performance AWD model 3. The Tesla completely outperforms the Mirai in cost, weight, ease of charging and performance.
- bildung 5y agoNothing of this is relevant for the question of the weight of a hydrogen tank.
- SigmundA 5y agoSeem pretty relevant to look at the final weight, cost and performance of a vehicle when claiming fuel cells are superior to batteries due to hydrogens weight. Bottom line your example hydrogen fuel cell car weighs with a smaller motor more than a equivalent battery powered one, the question is why if hydrogen is so much lighter than a lithium battery?
- jsight 5y agoDoesn't the Mirai have less passenger and cargo room than the 3 due to the inherent packaging issues with hydrogen?