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I agree. I bet on hydrogen by purchasing a new Toyota Mirai two months ago. The reason I purchased a Mirai instead of a BEV is because I am an apartment dwell

I agree. I bet on hydrogen by purchasing a new Toyota Mirai two months ago. The reason I purchased a Mirai instead of a BEV is because I am an apartment dweller with no convenient charging options available to me; my landlord has no plans to install any charging units anytime soon and relocating is very expensive (I live in Santa Cruz County). My employer also lacks chargers. Hydrogen-powered cars are good in situations where BEVs would be impractical or inconvenient, such as those who lack charging options at home or at work. In addition, I'm concerned about the effects of proverbially "putting all of our eggs in one basket." We should have a mixture of energy sources to accommodate the wide range of use cases that drivers have. Unfortunately at this time hydrogen is extremely expensive. A kilogram of hydrogen, roughly equivalent to a gallon of gas in energy, costs $26.75 at True Zero hydrogen stations, which is extremely expensive and is a massive price hike from $19.70/kg back when I purchased my Mirai two months ago. I'm still thinking whether purchasing a Mirai was a good financial decision for me, but I hope things will turn around in 2024.

chronogram 4y ago
While not currently realistic, Reliance is aiming to produce clean hydrogen for $1/kg. More importantly that would increase scale. I think you're going to notice that sooner in 2040 than in 2024 though. > With help from Stiesdal, a European clean-technology firm, Reliance is building a large factory in Jamnagar to manufacture electrolysers. These devices, powered by clean electricity from Reliance’s planned solar farms, will then be used to manufacture green hydrogen. Mr Ambani asserts that these investments will make India the first country to produce green hydrogen for $1 a kilogram, within a decade. (The current cost is more than $4/kg.) He dismisses doubters, pointing to his recent success in delivering data to mobile telephones at the world’s lowest cost. https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/10/20/will-india-become-a-green-superpower https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/10/20/will-india-bec... I don't have a stake in any race and haven't had a need to drive a car in years, but a combination of three energy sources sound ideal to me. Batteries for two-wheelers that keep the weight low and commercial vans & buses, grid solutions for static highly efficient routes (AKA trains), and something like hydrogen for long range non-static infrastructure (transport trucks). The road network where I live is of a high quality, and currently road maintenance for fully electric vehicles is fully subsidised to promote adoption, but eventually we'll have to choose between our roads and the funds. (I am not someone with any expertise in this matter)

chronogram 4y ago

While not currently realistic, Reliance is aiming to produce clean hydrogen for $1/kg. More importantly that would increase scale. I think you're going to notice that sooner in 2040 than in 2024 though. > With help from Stiesdal, a European clean-technology firm, Reliance is building a large factory in Jamnagar to manufacture electrolysers. These devices, powered by clean electricity from Reliance’s planned solar farms, will then be used to manufacture green hydrogen. Mr Ambani asserts that these investments will make India the first country to produce green hydrogen for $1 a kilogram, within a decade. (The current cost is more than $4/kg.) He dismisses doubters, pointing to his recent success in delivering data to mobile telephones at the world’s lowest cost. https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/10/20/will-india-become-a-green-superpower https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/10/20/will-india-bec... I don't have a stake in any race and haven't had a need to drive a car in years, but a combination of three energy sources sound ideal to me. Batteries for two-wheelers that keep the weight low and commercial vans & buses, grid solutions for static highly efficient routes (AKA trains), and something like hydrogen for long range non-static infrastructure (transport trucks). The road network where I live is of a high quality, and currently road maintenance for fully electric vehicles is fully subsidised to promote adoption, but eventually we'll have to choose between our roads and the funds. (I am not someone with any expertise in this matter)