Goodbye combustion engine

[swiss]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Some electric vehicles are claimed to give BETTER performance than the gas equivalent:

The advantage of e-engines is the fact the got 100% torque from almost 0rpm - no wonder they win.

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

If it becomes widespread it will also be cheap

The problem is not increased use but technology itself.
Production of H2 has only some 60% efficiency - i.e. for 100W you put into h2 production you'll get <60W worth of H2.
Of those 60W you'll lose another 50% if you turn them back into energy.

Using it on vehicle comes with a few other problems as well:
- 1L H2 = .3L gasoline
- H2 Tanks are tiny bit heavier than gasoline tanks

You basically use the same argument and hope for Fusion Power.