Re:Toyota reduces price of new hydrogen car with $15,000 of ...
by hedora on Sunday January 26, 2025 @11:48AM
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The only things I know of are:
1) You have to pay a lot to swap the main battery (but if this is amortized over the lifetime of the battery the argument falls apart.)
2) Tires, because most EV’s have supercar-level zero-to-sixty times.
Fuel cell cars probably accelerate worse (it’s not fundamental, but the fuel cell is sized for wattage, so better zero to sixty is expensive), and, I think the fuel cell components would be cheaper than a battery.
Having said that, all the high pressure storage tanks I own have limited lifespans, and I’m not sure how much it costs to replace that part of a fuel cell car.
1) You have to pay a lot to swap the main battery (but if this is amortized over the lifetime of the battery the argument falls apart.)
2) Tires, because most EV’s have supercar-level zero-to-sixty times.
Fuel cell cars probably accelerate worse (it’s not fundamental, but the fuel cell is sized for wattage, so better zero to sixty is expensive), and, I think the fuel cell components would be cheaper than a battery.
Having said that, all the high pressure storage tanks I own have limited lifespans, and I’m not sure how much it costs to replace that part of a fuel cell car.