Er, do you have any idea how much energy it requires to produce hydrogen? And why do you think it's a good idea for people to buy expensive hydrogen from oil companies while electricity is so much cheaper and you can even generate it at home? Please don't tell me because electricity is going to be so cheap in the future so it's OK to buy more expensive hydrogen that uses 3 times more electricity to produce, it will derail the climate goals!
1. EVs have a limited range, poor highway range compared to ICE, and long recharge times. They are also HEAVY. These things will be a major issue for anyone who has to do long range commuting, and have been a concern for EV adoption for decades now.
2. EVs have attrocious energy density. If you do something like, say, tow a small camper trailer with your crossover, EVs simply do. not. work. TFLtruck has tested this multipel times, and even towing a small 2000lbs camper was simply too much for tesla's model x SUV. Rivian's truck suffered a similar fate. For anyone who does such an activity, EVs are not a viable powertrain. Hydrogen is a possible solution, with much faster refueling times.
3. do you really think electricity is going to remain cheap? Guess what! It's gonna go up. We've already seen some areas of california hit $.40 per kWh, a rate that makes EVS nearly as expensive to drive as gas cars in cali, and prices are going Up Up Up! If you put tens of millions of EVs on the road, you're going to get used to electric prices that are over $1/kWh, musk himself said years ago that anyone thinking EVs will be cheaper ot fuel then gas cars is fooling themselves.
4. "climate goals" oh please. If enviromentalists really cared about the enviroment, they would be pushing china to stop building coal plants, same with india, and would be trying to ban the use of bunker oil for container ships, the 14 largest container ships on earth put out more CO2 then every land vehicle in america COMBINED.
EVs are nothing more then a feel good measure, so you can pat yourself on the back for being such a good ally while africa's waterways get polluted from the chind slaves mining cobalt for your fancy electric car battery.
Yeah, can't wait to see the results of multiple vehicles colliding while carrying large tanks of liquid hydrogen. As for electric infrastructure being a pipe dream, the same could be said about hydrogen fuel cells.
Yeah, how could we ever handle vehicles with volumes of explosive liquid today? I just cant imagine how we would manage such a situation.
good thing gasoline is perfectly stable, eh?
I for one wouldn't mind some competition, but hydrogen does seem like a poor choice, though current EVs have certainly faced its share of hurdles, most of it decades old bullshit. Just look in this short thread already just some downright false "observations" on the electrical grids.
Pot calling kettle black there. The observations on the grid are not "bullshit", electrical utilities have already stated that the EV revolution will require a massive upgrade rollout to the grid to be stable, and california has already asked peopel tos top charging EVs during certian times due to grid issues.
Right now, hydrogen extraction to storage to shipping to storage again is a massive expense. And hydrogen requires a huge amount of storage area compared to gasoline stations. Still though, it is an explosive possibility.
Hey, you know what's cool about hydrogen? The sources fo rit are EVERYWHERE. You dont NEED to ship it constantly, hypothetically you could refine hydrogen in almost every city in the US. Imagine the nergy savings from fuel stations being the refinery!
And sorry to burst your bubble, but fancy EVs are not going to solve the trucking issue, so hydrogen is going to become a solution sooner or later.
