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Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by konschubert on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:49AM (#27195354)
The bottleneck is not kwh of electricity produced, but storage. Hydrogen cards do well on that bottleneck.
Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by _ph_ on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:54AM (#27195441)
No, the do worse than electric cars in that respect. The hydrogen production facilities are very expensive, so they have to run 24/7 at the same load. This is exactly what mixed badly with the varying supply of renewables. With electric cars, you just plug them in at home/at work and they charge whenever there is an oversupply of electricity. Offering special remote controlled charging outlets is going to be a game changer for the grid.
Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by donkeyd on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:18PM (#27196863)
If I were to store solar in my electric car as a form of temporary storage, I get probably between 80 and 90% of what was generated by my cells delivered back to my house. All I need to do this are some slight alterations to my electrical system.

If I wanted to do this with my hydrogen car, I would need to get some expensive electrolysis station next to my house and I would get maybe 50% of stored energy back after electrolysis. I would also need to get the compressor etc maintained regularly.

Also, if you mean storage for actual driving, as in possible range, there's hardly a need for more range than a Tesla can already deliver... For most people. The biggest change to make it more feasible for pretty much all people is charging speed and that keeps improving too.

Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by eloff on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:04PM (#27197674)
Tesla doesn't allow this because of the wear on the batteries, but it seems like a killer application for EVs and rooftop solar to be able to combine them like that.