Yep, I can’t see how anyone who’s ever passed a college level thermodynamics class can think hydrogen is a solution beyond narrow applications where batteries are just too heavy or expensive. Even in the heavy duty space batteries will probably win in the majority of use cases except maybe long haul and some niche industrial applications.
This is the main reason the national labs are still bullish on hydrogen. Anything involving long distances or heavy loads. It never made sense for solo commutes, even Toyota said they didn’t put a plug on the Mirai because then people would only refuel a few times a year and nobody would build hydrogen infrastructure.
Yep, I can’t see how anyone who’s ever passed a college level thermodynamics class can think hydrogen is a solution beyond narrow applications where batteries are just too heavy or expensive. Even in the heavy duty space batteries will probably win in the majority of use cases except maybe long haul and some niche industrial applications.
Anyone with brain knows it’s not sustainable to extract the materials needed to replace ICE vehicles with EVs.
Look at the energy density (j/kg)
This is the main reason the national labs are still bullish on hydrogen. Anything involving long distances or heavy loads. It never made sense for solo commutes, even Toyota said they didn’t put a plug on the Mirai because then people would only refuel a few times a year and nobody would build hydrogen infrastructure.