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Give it up. It’s over. HFCVs and BEVs got the same benefits and incentives in Norway. We even had several hydrogen furling stations around Oslo. (Though one ble
by audunw 2y ago
Give it up. It’s over. HFCVs and BEVs got the same benefits and incentives in Norway. We even had several hydrogen furling stations around Oslo. (Though one blew up in a spectacular explosion)
BEVs won. Hydrogen stations are closing down.
What’s the breakthrough that’s going to save the hydrogen car? And do you really think that - if that breakthrough gets to market - BEV battery technology will stand completely still in that time? BEVs are already close to matching hydrogen on charging/fueling speed and range.. and will probably have a negligible weight impact in the end.
There’s absolutely no way you’re going to convince anyone who has gotten an EV charger installed in their garage to switch to a hydrogen car. What.. would you switch to a phone that you had to go to a phone fueling station to keep it running? Ridiculous.
Hydrogen doesn’t stand a chance now because BEVs is reducing its potential niche to such a small size that hydrogen gas stations don’t really have a chance to reach a critical market size. They won’t ever be profitable.
And no, don’t get started about those without a garage. There are already a whole bunch of solution for curb side charging. I know the US is a bit behind on this. But it’s far easier to build out that kind of infrastructure than hydrogen stations. In one case you just need an electrician. In the other you need highly trained installers that know how to tighten every single bolt to the exact correct torque so no hydrogen gas escapes. (Yes that’s a real example, it was the solution found after investigating the hydrogen gas station explosion near Oslo.. just a bolt that was eeeever so slightly loose… hydrogen will escape through the tiniest of cracks)
Hydrogen for long range trucks, ships and planes could be a different matter. Specialised fixed routes with gas stations set up for those routes specifically, with a well known demand in advance.