Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay electrification

Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by theshrike79 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:30PM (#37837843)

_You_ don't. We do.

There are 6 over 100kW charging spots under 1km of my house. Although I don't need any of them, because I can charge where I park at 2kW all day and night.

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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by baq on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @03:36AM (#37841900)

6 is a number an order of magnitude too small unless you live in a desert. If you live in a city, it's probably closer to two orders.

To support 60 assuming ~50% utilization you'll need 1MW per 1 sqkm additional power. This isn't a small number. The grid anywhere is absolutely not ready for such a rapid increase of load. There isn't enough refined copper produced worldwide to upgrade the grid. I mean setting up a copper mine on 16 Psyche is not a batshit insane idea here.

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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by rovolo on Thursday October 12, 2023 @03:48PM (#37862229)

Why does a city need ~100 L3 chargers per km2? People don't need to drive as far within a city, so even home L1 chargers should handle most city residents needs. The L3 chargers seem most useful on highways exiting the city.

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