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by theshrike79 1378 days ago
Hydrogen production still needs its own Elon Musk.

It's not even slightly viable unless you get the sweet Toyota $15k credit for hydrogen.

In my country there are exactly 0 hydrogen refuelling stations, I'd need to grab my passport to go refuel =) There are 4 L3 quick chargers 5 minutes away. 4 more 10 minutes away. And I can charge where I park.
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defrost 1378 days ago
Twiggy Forrest

[1] https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/forrest-pens-...

[2] https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/09/05/twiggy-green-hydrogen-r...

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senectus1 1378 days ago
watch this space.. they're coming.
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theshrike79 1378 days ago
I've been watching this space for ... 20 years? All that time Hydrogen cars have been right around the corner.

Nowadays it mostly seems to be people who, for some reason, hate battery electric vehicles and are pointing at the "coming soon" hydrogen vehicles as a reason why they still use an ICE.

Even though a hydrogen powered vehicle IS an EV except that ~80% of the battery is replaced with hydrogen tanks and a fuel cell...

(Yes, Toyota has a prototype car that can run on straight-up hydrogen for like 10 miles at a time)

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