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I always wondered why this wasn't the default when the first mass market EV's came out...

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And people complain about cell phones giving them cancer :D

3.2kW of pixies jumping through the air... I bet you can do some cool teslacoil party tricks with it. 

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Yeah that would be the reason, nothing to do with the huge increase in cost of the vehicle and the charger.

Even buyers of new EVs put a price on convenience.

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Its an option, not standard, so no it doesnt mean you have to pay anything.

And also only affects the affordability of the car if you want to add it.

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Meanwhile I see Hyundai/Kia are joining others into the sensible approach of developing fuel cell technology.

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Whilst still currently selling electric and hybrid vehicles. Battery electric is most likely a short-term stop gap until the fuel cell tech is developed enough to be marketable in mass produced volumes.

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6 hours ago, lord_jagganath said:

It's a real pity that burning hydrogen isn't an option anymore. 

Really? Hows that?

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Probably for the same reason we don't have hydrogen balloons... 

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Doubt that will stop it in the future though. Hydrogen in the ICE didn't kick off.

And while we are all in love with the ICE,  obviously electric is the way forward & fuel cell should be the generator of that electricity.

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its mainly because hydrogen is still a byproduct of the oil industry.Unti we hit the magical fusion, hydrogen will be in short supply.

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Water??? You need energy to produce it, of course, but it's the energy storage capacity, weight and time to refuel that make it attractive over those nasty batteries...

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