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      03-03-2020, 09:52 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by ADEe92 View Post
Hydrogen may eventually win out.

The electric car revolution still isn't inevitable, especially with the Japanese & South Koreans working pretty hard on Hydrogen tech.
The hydrogen tech you refer to is very much part of that “electric car revolution”. A hydrogen fuel cell is, in effect, a battery that you refill like a gas tank.

BEV = battery electric vehicle
FCEV = fuel cell electric vehicle

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Originally Posted by Obioban View Post
If you want hydrogen to win out, vote with your wallet and buy one.
He said “hydrogen combustion”. You can’t buy such a vehicle - there are none on the market (and probably never will be).

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... I don't think anyone who's experienced EV life is going to want to go back to routinely filling up at public filling stations, so IMO hydrogen needs to win out before a significant portion of the people go EV. Once you've gotten used to charging at home, going to a gas (or hydrogen) station feels like a huge waste of time.
The exact opposite could easily be true too, though.

An electric car with both a fuel cell and a battery would actually be very practical. Something like this:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/10/2...-battery-range
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