Comment Comment by rio517 I feel like Toyota is wasting its money. Maybe I'm missing something. I don't ever see hydrogen fuel cells gaining traction for a few reasons:* For transport, electric car infrastructure is already growing and hydrogen is exceedingly unlikely to be able to keep up.* Electric batteries are getting better faster than anyone thought and after a plateau, the rate is accelerating again.* Energy efficiency, infrastructure, and maintenance of fuel cells is worse than electric cars.This poorly translated article for VW cover the most of these points in more detail: https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2019/08/hydroge...Most hydrogen advocates discuss new membranes that could improve electrolysis efficiency to 80+%. Even at 100%, the equation still seems to be worse for hydrogen than electric, for transportation at least. parent rio517 5 years ago
* For transport, electric car infrastructure is already growing and hydrogen is exceedingly unlikely to be able to keep up.
* Electric batteries are getting better faster than anyone thought and after a plateau, the rate is accelerating again.
* Energy efficiency, infrastructure, and maintenance of fuel cells is worse than electric cars.
This poorly translated article for VW cover the most of these points in more detail: https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2019/08/hydroge...
Most hydrogen advocates discuss new membranes that could improve electrolysis efficiency to 80+%. Even at 100%, the equation still seems to be worse for hydrogen than electric, for transportation at least.