Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Gains Traction

Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by IanDrake on Saturday July 23, 2016 @10:02PM (#12151871)

I thought hydrogen had been debunked by now.

Tesla had a great 'well to wheel' efficiency analysis post on their blog a few years back that killed any notion of a hydrogen economy.

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Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by jessriedel on Sunday July 24, 2016 @12:11AM (#12152181)

Go easy on using "debunked" and "killed". "Discredited", "flawed", or "unpopular" would be less inflammatory and more accurate.

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Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by hyperbovine on Sunday July 24, 2016 @01:40AM (#12152348)

Of course, Tesla is totally impartial in this matter.

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Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by protomyth on Saturday July 23, 2016 @11:29PM (#12152108)

They quote Mr. Musk in the article, but it seems Toyota and Honda feel differently.

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Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by rmason on Sunday July 24, 2016 @12:56AM (#12152269)

Here in Michigan the Big 3 have promoted hydrogen for a long time. But other than small level fleet tests its never been a real option.

The stories cycle back every couple of years. In fact it reminds me of PG's old submarine essay:

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Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by ams6110 on Sunday July 24, 2016 @12:46AM (#12152255)

Surely Mr. Musk would not be biased in any way?

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Re:Water Out of the Tailpipe: A New Class of Electric Car Ga... by transfire on Sunday July 24, 2016 @09:46AM (#12153282)

Elan might be biased, but so are the Big Energy companies who don't want to give up the control that a physical commodity grants them.

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