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0 points_ea1k4y ago0 comments

You aren't wrong, but it still leaves Hydrogen in a weird place in the market.

With gasoline, you have to go weekly for your regularly commute. It can be annoying, but the upside is that you only have to stop for 5 minutes on a long trip!

With EVs, you just charge at home or the office which is really convenient. But the downside, is that those 5 minute stops become 25+ minute stops and you typically have at least 1 more of them. On top of that, the locations aren't as prevalent which increases planning needs.

With Hydrogen, you get the negative of weekly stopping, the negative of fewer locations, and the only benefit is that it can be refilled... almost as well as a gasoline for about the same $$.

So why would I choose hydrogen over either other choice?

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theshrike794y ago

The Toyota Mirai consumes about 1kg of hydrogen per 100km. In Germany, the government subsidised price for hydrogen is 9.50€/kg.

That’s expensive as all hell.

With hydrogen you get: fast refuels (if the station has pressurized itself after the last customer), good range, but the cost is redonculous and the distribution is nonexistent in most countries.

There are more Teslas in space than there are publicly available hydrogen refueling stations in Finland :D

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