My comment to a YouTube video. Like Tom says, “in my opinion…” There will be an upward trend in the production of green hydrogen and consequently a downward trend in the cost per kg. Large fleets of heavy vehicles can be converted from diesel to hydrogen, and it has the advantage of faster refueling than
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It’s amazing how there are plans for the near future for dual fuel engines that can use diesel or hydrogen. These engines can be used for railroads or marine, or for generating electricity. The 1 MW engine is equivalent to about 1350 HP. Here is a quote from this article: >> At a press event,
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The electric vehicle revolution is already happening. Hopefully it will occur much quicker that 2035, which is when Gov. Newsom has signed a law mandating all new vehicles sold must be zero polluting. The only problem is people are avoiding mass transit systems because of CoVID19. I’ve read that ridership is down. That should change
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My take in a comment >> @mfhberg Said, “[Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles] will die…” Right now, it looks like Toyota’s Mirai, Hyundai and Honda all have a sizeable stake in the HFC market future. These are not backyard grease monkeys, these are car companies that have done a lot research and development. Toyota has had
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This doesn’t seem to be good for Toyota FCEV, Honda FCX or Hyundai. Toyota has been making FCEVs for more than 2 decades. It would seem they would know what the realities were and are regarding FCEVs. The Honda FCX Concept in 1999 and FCX Clarity from 2008. The future of heavy vehicles, trains airplanes
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From my comments. From what I’ve seen, Nikola is really trying to get rolling with heavy trucks with hydrogen. That’s where Milton doesn’t have to compete with Tesla. The badger pickup with batteries is kind of a hard sell because it will be competing with Tesla, and that’s nearly an impossibility without some biggie like
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Some time lapse videos of the Gigafactory Shanghai, Tesla EVs coming off the production line like crazy! Just turn off the sound – he’s not saying anything new and he’s hard to understand. Watch those robot arms go like crazy! https://youtu.be/MfzxxYxJdDc
This YouTube video is about self driving but it shows and tells how the sensors do their jobs. LIDAR is too expensive. https://youtu.be/P8aTDusU7dw **************************** This YouTube video is about Nikola and its business model and about costs of hydrogen vs. batteries. Good. https://youtu.be/7ynupYBLlyA
This chinese EV maker is selling the first thousand for $9,999 after federal tax credit. Skip to the 36 minute point. https://youtu.be/e-jG5emO_nA ****************************** Natural gas will have less and less use in electricity generation as renewables replace gas turbine plants. That doesn’t mean the demand for gas will drop until its use for heating and
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I watched this video about Nikola company and read some of mostly negative comments about Nikola. I have this to say: Okay, Debbie Downer. You said a lot of bad things about this Nikola company. But you have to remember that people said a lot of bad things about Tesla and Elon got the government
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