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      02-27-2023, 11:57 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by TXSchnee View Post
Toyota has been trying to make hydrogen fuel cells a thing for 20 years. It isn’t scalable for pssenger vehicles (requires more energy to make the hydrogen than it produces) and storage is an issue. Even a pressurized tank in a vehicle will still leak hydrogen and go empty faster than you think (a few weeks). What hydrogen makes the most sense for is over the road trucking, which is a horrid use case for battery electrics (even though Tesla is pushing their semi).
Do you have a source on weeks to empty? My napkin math says years.
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