Saturday 9 August 2014

Tesla trumps Toyota: Why hydrogen can’t compete with pure EVs


Miles per gallon & CO2 reduction.
Credit: Clean Technica/Business Spectator

Short version:
● tall bars are good
● short bars are bad
● bars extending below zero are worse
● among the fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), only the Toyota 2015 FCV outperforms a Toyota Prius
● all FCVs are inferior to all battery electric vehicles

Long version:
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/8/8/smart-energy/tesla-trumps-toyota-why-hydrogen-cant-compete-pure-evs?utm_source=exact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=853446&utm_campaign=cs_daily&modapt= / Toyota Tesla hydrogen RAV4 partnership electric vehicle company Tesla back Prius fuel cell cars hydrogen petrol gasoline mass-market mass market vehicle electricity ubiquitous parked park green electricity far cheaper petrol gasoline hydrogen green hydrogen nonexistent expensive green hydrogen petrol gasoline hydrogen fuel cell alternative vehicle Energy Department Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy transportation fuel cell vehicle FCV boost funding FCV research key technologies climate change science technology hydrogen cars President Obama Energy Secretary Chu Hydrogen fuel cell cars dead end technological practical climate perspective problems FCV global warming greenhouse gas emissions global warming climate change hydrogen produced natural gas methane CH4 hydrogen renewable resources carbon-free electricity expensive wasteful valuable resource state-of-the-art gas steam reforming process Ford Motor company fuel cell vehicle FCVs hydrogen reformed from natural gas significant environmental well-to-wheels basis GHG emissions natural gas reformation process Julian Cox CleanTechnica well-to-wheels WTW life-cycle GHG emissions FCV EV green Californian Energy Commission hydrogen infrastructure budget Climate Progress /