Fueled, 'Fuel Cell' powered (i.e. Electric)...first one I've seen. Great opportunity for intermittent Wind and Solar plants. btw, the car can be 'refueled' as quickly as today's gasoline vehicles and can go 300-400 miles between fill-ups. Stay tuned...
Link: https://driveclean.ca.gov/hydrogen-fuel-cell#:~:text=How%20They%20Work,powers%20the%20car's%20electric%20motors.
through the roof. And once Ford dropped the price of its electric mustang, sales went up dramatically.
Electric isn't proven reliable, it has issues in cold, it's reliant on the power grid (sans upgrades and without nuclear), etc. So, people view those as around-town or a spare car.
...and they aren't reliant on the electrical grid. As "The Shadow" knows, there's likely to be a mix of battery and fuel cell vehicles in the future...but not gasoline powered.
Link: https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/fuel-cells-providing-power-despite-winters-chill
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manufacturing efficiencies for BEVs and FCVs evolve, the overall Cost of Ownership for them will be much better than gasoline powered cars...and we'll never have to worry about OPEC+ price shocks ever again...that's a good thing...
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years down the road?...then, what's your expectation for the cost to fill a Hydrogen Fuel Cell car in ten years...higher or lower?...
Thinking even more strategically, are you more comfortable looking into the future about our 'Energy Independence' with today's reliance on oil, or the use of totally domestic Nuclear and Renewable Power for Transportation through BEVs and FCVs?
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...surely you take into consideration world events, EIA data on resources, Climate Change and world reactions to it, etc....so, what's your personal estimate of the effect on gasoline prices?...you do have the ability to plan ahead, don't you?
anything...just asking...if you don't want to play don't question my posts.
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the thread. Forums are for exchanges of thought...they're not intended to be graffiti walls ;-).
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It is telling that none of the major automakers are spending R&D to develop new Internal Combustion Engines.
Now whether battery based power or H2 fuel cells win out will be interesting—but both are electric motor based drive trains.
If I was a betting man, I think battery based vehicles will win the commuter car segment, but long haul trucks and agriculture vehicles such as tractors and combines will be H2.
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energy infrastructure...but absolutely necessary...both for climate change and sustainability reasons.
murderer who gave Kushner 2 billion to fill the coffers of the Smelly Pants crime family.
I think it remains to be seen how this will go.
Are there enough rare earth minerals to support an entire world running on batteries? Will strip mining these minerals be better for the environment than ICE's? Is there enough coal to charge them?
Do the economics make sense? Will people pay for used cars with depleted batteries, and then pay $20,000 to put a new battery in?...and then pay a 4 figure battery disposal fee? Right now, this is a luxury technology...the government is helping the rich buy EV's.
Can people answer these questions truthfully without being canceled?
I don't know. If you know the answers, I am willing to listen. Seems like we will need to do something. Maybe nuclear power and batteries will work. (You will still need ICE's for the military, though.)
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reducing the strain on resources...also, Wind and Solar power plants...running intermittently, w/o backup power...can produce Hydrogen very economically.
Using BEVs and FCVs means we'll never have to worry about Saudi Arabia or Russia determining how much we pay for transportation...we'll have true "Energy Independence.
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/comparative-review-bevs-fcvs-e-fuels-ice-vehicles-pros-onorino#:~:text=BEVs%20have%20higher%20overall%20efficiency%20compared%20to%20FCVs%2C%20E%2DFuels,storage%2C%20and%20fuel%20cell%20conversion.
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Link: https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/fuel-cell-basics