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There isn't enough hydrogen to fuel the cars on the road now. Recently in California there were shortages some stations had ZERO. Good luck producing enough to fuel 10's of millions of cars the cost to build that infrastructure is estimated to be approaching a trillion dollars. Each station can run $1 million, more if it also has onsite solar and battery storage to power the electrolysis systems.
i dont see FC ever being a solution in my neck of woods, but what you are writing about infrastructure is exactly why EV haters say EVs are not ever going to be solution - there is simply no solution to charge 10s of millions of vehicles today.
Problem is - they dont need to charge 10 millions today. They need to charge thousands... once they can do that, they need to charge tens of thousands. That is how it works.
again, Japan and China are working together on FCEVs.
Japan, Korea and Germany - all have FCEV's in operation; no big deal.
Without government subsidies like EV subsidies for Tesla in the US, and without TMC selling their FCEV's initially at a loss like Tesla to make FCEV's affordable - there will be no FCEV's in the US...
$70,000? Good luck competing with Tesla at that price.
No worries, Toyota has massive incentives for it and I'm sure most of the allotment is already spoken for...these FCHVs are popular in my neighborhood. There's one station in the city, and I've seen a line of 3-4 cars (Mirai and Hyundai here and there) in line to get their H2.
No worries, Toyota has massive incentives for it and I'm sure most of the allotment is already spoken for...these FCHVs are popular in my neighborhood. There's one station in the city, and I've seen a line of 3-4 cars (Mirai and Hyundai here and there) in line to get their H2.
i dont see FC ever being a solution in my neck of woods, but what you are writing about infrastructure is exactly why EV haters say EVs are not ever going to be solution - there is simply no solution to charge 10s of millions of vehicles today.
Problem is - they dont need to charge 10 millions today. They need to charge thousands... once they can do that, they need to charge tens of thousands. That is how it works.
Siemens recently said they can produce hydrogen for $1.50/kg by 2025. It's a game changer when hydrogen costs less than gasoline.
Fuel cells are more efficient in cold areas than BEV so there's potential for them everywhere.
There isn't enough hydrogen to fuel the cars on the road now. Recently in California there were shortages some stations had ZERO. Good luck producing enough to fuel 10's of millions of cars the cost to build that infrastructure is estimated to be approaching a trillion dollars. Each station can run $1 million, more if it also has onsite solar and battery storage to power the electrolysis systems.
If it gets us off of oil (and all the Middle East entanglement that entails), so what?
If it gets us off of oil (and all the Middle East entanglement that entails), so what?
Oil supply is not an issue, up until this year the U.S. was producing a surplus. Canada could easily do the same but doesn't for reasons we are not allowed to discuss here. As for hydrogen 90%+ is currently made from natural gas. Going forward I can see hydrogen being a good way to store surplus energy which I predict will be a reality around 2030.
Siemens recently said they can produce hydrogen for $1.50/kg by 2025. It's a game changer when hydrogen costs less than gasoline.
Fuel cells are more efficient in cold areas than BEV so there's potential for them everywhere.
‘it will be impossible to go zero carbon without a hydrogen solution/contribution. I wonder if it will ever cost less. Electric cars are starting to get taxed. At the end of the day I think it will more expensive in the future to be green
