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Visualized: Battery vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell
- ephbit 4y agoInteresting how they compare the range of the Lucid Air Dream BEV (505 miles) to the Toyota Mirai XLE FCEV (402 miles). They never even mention that the range of the FCEV could quite easily be extended by say 100 miles by just increasing the size of the hydrogen tank and it wouldn't change the car design much. Getting another 100 miles from the BEV car on the other hand by equipping it with a larger battery would probably change the car design quite a bit.
- ephbit 4y ago> Which Technology is Winning? > As you can see from the table below, most automakers have shifted their focus towards BEVs. Notably missing from the BEV group is Toyota, the world’s largest automaker. Interesting fact.
- ephbit 4y ago> Green hydrogen is needed for steel, chemical, aero… and should not end up in cars. Far too expensive, inefficient, slow and difficult to rollout and transport. – Herbert Diess, CEO, Volkswagen Group Let's wait until green hydrogen (or methanol or ammonia) is being shipped in massive quantities all over the world. It always makes me wonder if maybe Elon Musk just managed to hit some sweet short window of time (2015-2040) for pushing the BEV where FCEV didn't exist yet ... and in the end, BEV will possibly be replaced (except for short range urban vehicles) by FCEV and just be this transitory tech that filled the gap.