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Re:Hydrogen vs. Battery Buses: A European Transit Reality Ch... by grapesodaaaaa on Saturday April 19, 2025 @06:02AM (#43735393)
Let’s not forget that the highly combustible liquid gas either needs to be stored with complicated cooling or under immense pressure (feel free to disprove me if I haven’t kept up with technology).

It can be done safely, but adds a lot of complexity on top of all the complexity needed for ICE engines.

Your points are also great.

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Re:Hydrogen vs. Battery Buses: A European Transit Reality Ch... by mbirth on Saturday April 19, 2025 @10:19PM (#43741063)
Add to that the problem of “boil off” / “pressure venting”. There are some cars that empty their hydrogen tanks on their own in about 2 weeks. Just because of this issue.

There are new ways to store hydrogen, but these also need external (=from a separate battery) electricity to release it again and the process is slow and doesn’t provide enough amperage, so it can only be used to slowly charge another big battery that is required for these cars to be able to drive.

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