Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by GregDavidson 513 days ago
I keep hoping that the amazing engineering feats going into this boondoggle will be applied to applications where hydrogen is visble, e.g. larger vehicles.
2 comments

> where hydrogen is visble, e.g. larger vehicles

Could you outline which vehicles these are? I've never seen a case where hydrogen makes sense for any reason other than trying to make hydrogen make sense.

Oops: s/visible/viable/

Hydrogen fuel cells make more sense for aircraft (weight) and larger vehicles like trucks because of scaling (larger tanks are more efficient, etc.) and fleet advantages (depot refueling). It is amazing to me that Toyota has gotten hydrogen to work in cars, but it can't compete with batteries.