The funny thing is that they never tell how much it'll cost to fill the tank til its actually on sale. My question is, how much does the damn car cost? Methinks somewhere in the $40k range...
corndog, there are many alternate energy sources out now depending on where you live. Seeing as your original point is based on a position of ignorance, so I can only guess your conclusion must be equally flawed.
Toyota keep it up. I'll take 480miles-per-refuel over gasoline any day.
As much as I like the principle of fossil fuel-less cars, corndog is right. Why waste resources developing a hydrogen powered car when the electric car is more efficient.
One only needs to make electricity and charge the batteries for an electric car (better yet, a PHEV), not make electricity to power hydrogen extraction/compression/cooling, which then needs transportation to a domestic refuelling station. This distribution network may be in place, but the petrol stations will require major retrofits in order for them to be able to store and handle hydrogen as a fuel. Not to mention the inherent risks involved in handling such an explosive gas.
If you watch the documentary "Who killed the electric car", the national manager of advanced technologies for Toyota says the car is decades off and costs more than a million dollars to produce. This was when the documentary was made a few years back though.
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How much did it cost to fill the hydrogen tank?
The funny thing is that they never tell how much it'll cost to fill the tank til its actually on sale. My question is, how much does the damn car cost? Methinks somewhere in the $40k range...
MOST importantly, how much fossil fuel is required to create all that elecricity to produce all that hydrogen to fill up that gas tank?
I'm all for alternate fuels, but at this point it is well documented that Hydrogen is NOT the answer.
corndog, there are many alternate energy sources out now depending on where you live. Seeing as your original point is based on a position of ignorance, so I can only guess your conclusion must be equally flawed.
Toyota keep it up. I'll take 480miles-per-refuel over gasoline any day.
As much as I like the principle of fossil fuel-less cars, corndog is right. Why waste resources developing a hydrogen powered car when the electric car is more efficient.
One only needs to make electricity and charge the batteries for an electric car (better yet, a PHEV), not make electricity to power hydrogen extraction/compression/cooling, which then needs transportation to a domestic refuelling station. This distribution network may be in place, but the petrol stations will require major retrofits in order for them to be able to store and handle hydrogen as a fuel. Not to mention the inherent risks involved in handling such an explosive gas.
But everybody has a plug at home.
If you watch the documentary "Who killed the electric car", the national manager of advanced technologies for Toyota says the car is decades off and costs more than a million dollars to produce. This was when the documentary was made a few years back though.