VStar650CL wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:06 am
PS - If you want a glimpse of the real future, it's hydrogen fuel cell hybrids using onboard methane pyrolysis to produce fuel for the cell. The key is developing a catalytic cracking method efficient and small enough for onboard use, but the industry (including Nissan) is getting very close. Unlike plug-ins, which are only as clean as the power plant which charges them, these hybrids will produce only water out the tailpipe and soot carbon for your garden from the cracking unit. Truly green, not faux green. That's what your grandchildren will drive, and they'll simply pull up to a methane station instead of a gas station. There's enough methane under South Dakota alone to power them for several hundred years, so it's win-win for everybody, big oil, big auto, the environment -- and you, who won't be tethered to a stupid charge cable. Why our idiot government insists on throwing dollars at plug-ins and not at the real future is beyond me.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 212300179X
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/he ... b38e&ei=26
"The Hyundai Nexo Costs $226.80 To Refill
According to True Zero, California's premier hydrogen supplier, one kilogram of hydrogen will set you back by $36. The Nexo features a 6.3 kg tank, meaning you'll have to pay $226.80 to fill it up. This is drastically more than what you'd have to spend on the average tank of gas or to recharge a large EV battery pack."
"Thankfully, Hyundai sells every Nexo with the aforementioned $15,000 hydrogen credit, but this is limited to just the first three years of ownership. This will get you just under 66 tanks of hydrogen, which most Californian road users are very unlikely to get through in just 36 months."
I think I'll stick with Tesla