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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by _ph_ on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:40PM (#27964355)
Range and recharging speed of electric cars are pretty close to what hydrogen cars offer. But there is a catch: you don't have to go to fuel stations to charge your electric car. Anywhere where there is electricity, e.g. at home or at any business, it is trivially easy to add chargers, starting at a few hundred dollars. Which means, most electric cars will have to go to charging stations only on road trips. With hydrogen, you have to stop at a fuel station for every single refill.

(Not to mention that "green" hydrogen requires at least 3x as much energy as plain electric cars)

Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Scea91 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:18PM (#27974205)
It is not trivially easy to add chargers. The energy needs to come from somewhere and be transported to the charger via some infrastructure. Sure, currently when there is an odd charger here and there it is not an issue, but if we want to scale it it will require huge investment into the grid.

Not saying it is impossible, but it is not trivially easy.