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by sebazzz 3051 days ago
How does that compare to using batteries? Batteries are re-usable of course, but also degrade over time and need to be replaced.
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As do fuel cells and H2 tanks - H2 is quite aggressive to the materials. But most importantly, the charge-discharge cycle of a battery is about 90% efficient, which beats hydrogen easily. And with quickly dropping battery prices they even become feasible for large-scale storage, see the Australian battery built by Tesla.
It mentions this in the article Li-ion go have a life cycle of roughly 1,000 recharges whereas these have 10,000.
Depends on the li-ion. There are chemistries out there right now that are good for 20,000 cycles like LTO. And a substantial amount of li-ion research is extending cycle life.

It doesn't matter how good hydrogen becomes. Battery tech will continue to improve faster than hydrogen tech. H2 will never catch up.