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Re:Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a ... by _hypx on Monday July 03, 2023 @05:12AM (#36570558)
Hydrogen is a fundamental superior technology compared to batteries. If anything, Toyota is decades ahead of Tesla. Everything Tesla is aiming to do is just a pale imitation of what Toyota is already achieving.
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Re:Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a ... by kelnos on Monday July 03, 2023 @06:16AM (#36570960)
And yet I've seen at most a handful of hydrogen-powered cars since they've been available commercially, and I've only once seen a refueling station for them.

Superior technology -- assuming it is; I have no idea -- often doesn't win.

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Re:Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a ... by _hypx on Monday July 03, 2023 @12:42PM (#36575446)
The problem with that thinking is that BEVs are guaranteed to be more expensive in the long run. A hydrogen car is basically an EV minus the most expensive part. That is going to be a decisive advantage.
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Re:Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a ... by mensetmanusman on Monday July 03, 2023 @10:12AM (#36573138)
It's not fundamentally superior due to the challenge of storing hydrogen at high densities.

It's superior in some cases where you have an existing pipeline network.

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Re:Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a ... by _hypx on Monday July 03, 2023 @12:40PM (#36575411)
Hydrogen storage has a higher density than li-ion batteries.
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