Hydrogen fuel cell cars (2020)

Re:Hydrogen fuel cell cars (2020) by rasz on Monday July 05, 2021 @07:41AM (#27736894)

reality: They dont work.

Honda has been trying to make it happen for 20 years now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_FCX its all a huge failure https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a36751587/honda-cla...

Whats fascinating is the realization Honda toyed with EVs even longer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_EV_Plus and still managed to fail miserably.

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Re:Hydrogen fuel cell cars (2020) by clouddrover on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:53AM (#27737984)

Of course they work. Hyundai's fuel cell trucks are running well:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/41389/hyundai-clocks-1-million...

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Re:Hydrogen fuel cell cars (2020) by rasz on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:24AM (#27749786)

I dont mean the technology, it obviously works as evidenced by prototypes 20 years ago. I mean the concept and energy generation/storage, it doesnt make sense as soon as you take more than cursory glance. Hydrogen embrittlement, electrolysis energy loss, ranges, it all falls apart.

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Re:Hydrogen fuel cell cars (2020) by clouddrover on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:23PM (#27755610)

Hydrogen production is only going to go up because there are many uses for it. If you want green steel you need to use hydrogen. It will also make sense to use that hydrogen for transportation.

You're in some strange mindset of it being batteries versus hydrogen. It isn't one or the other. It's both.

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Re:Hydrogen fuel cell cars (2020) by k4lk on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:01PM (#27740905)

Here is James May driving a Toyota Mirari which is available today: https://youtu.be/v99AthjW78U

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