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      11 months ago

      If you can admit that, you can admit there can be superior options to BEVs.

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        11 months ago

        Admit what? That they aren’t perfect? Yeah sure, nothing is. But where is the better option?

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          11 months ago

          E-fuels or hydrogen made from green energy. With the latter you won’t even give up on the future being EVs. They are the actually sustainable forms of transportation that everyone can accept.

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            11 months ago

            … But they are way more inefficient then batteries, which is what I’ve been saying all this time.

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              11 months ago

              Which doesn’t matter, something I’ve been saying all this time.

              And the efficiency of batteries has been massively exaggerated too.

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                11 months ago

                energy prices are far from stable and efficiency plays a huge role in the feasibility of a technology.

                The efficiency of e fuels is far below hydrogen and hydrogen is still a lot worse than battery.

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                  11 months ago

                  The advantages of a chemical fuel is that you make them when costs are very low and save them for when you need them. Even months later if need be. Not doable with batteries. Even the ICCT is admitting that electricity used to make hydrogen is going to much cheaper than electricity used to charge BEVs. It will likely be cheaper to operate a hydrogen car due to that fact.

                  At least with e-fuels, there’s an argument to be made that there are too many unnecessary steps and that costs will be high. But with hydrogen, that argument doesn’t really hold water. Fuel cell cars are also EVs. The gap between BEVs FCEVs on efficiency is small and shrinking. When the full lifecycle factors are included, it is likely the FCEV is the more efficient idea even now.

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                    11 months ago

                    Hm, maybe, but using it in a vehicle doesn’t sound too enticing. Although everything we talk about here is developing technologies, maybe the next breakthrough might change everything.