Comments by "ke6gwf - Ben Blackburn" (@ke6gwf) on "Business Insider" channel.

  1. Yes, lack of infrastructure is to blame for the low sales numbers of hydrogen cars... Oh wait! No... People don't want to buy hydrogen cars for many reasons, so why build infrastructure that no one will use?! Here's something they don't talk about. Performance. Hydrogen fuel cells don't give the kind of power that a battery does, so you have a car that drives like a Prius or a Geo Metro. And for the same price as a Tesla... The other big downside of hydrogen is that unlike electric, you can't charge it at home while you sleep. Not everyone can, but a large percentage of Tesla owners charge at home or work, often getting free charging, or very cheap, especially if they have solar panels. And then they never have to go to a charger except for a long trip, which they hydrogen car can't even do because of the lack of infrastructure. In addition you have all the wasted energy in producing, processing, compressing, transporting, storing and chilling hydrogen, and the fact that most hydrogen stations are not able to handle a high volume of customers, and with the good BEVs such as Tesla, you get similar range, for a similar price or much cheaper, you get incredible performance, the ability to charge at home on cheap power, and a giant network of chargers allowing you to go pretty much anywhere in the world, and constantly expanding, and pretty much the only downside is that it takes a few minutes longer to charge than to refill. The choice isn't hard! Oh, and by the time the hydrogen infrastructure is built out, battery technology will probably have taken another leap in power density, and the BEV range will outstrip the hydrogen range.
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  2. Rivian is getting free press, which is great right up until Tesla releases a truck that has better specs than the Rivian and for a lot less (and likely delivering it sooner), and all the hype over Rivian offering something that Tesla isn't, turns into a giant ad for Tesla. Look at the Taycan. "we may not have specs as good as Tesla, but we are much faster on the Ring!" Then... "Tesla sets new 4 door speed record on the Ring, in a 7 passenger sedan, blowing Porsche away during a practice session! ' Go ahead, build up the hype that you are better than Tesla, it's fun watching what happens next ;)
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