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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Good point. It's a sort of chicken egg problem. Lack of ev and no investment for infrastructure, resulting in even less ev.

Here in Germany, in my local town, they build hydrogen fuel stations instead of charging stations. Very strange.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hydrogen may not be such a bad idea until there's electrical infrastructure. Hydbrid hydrogen-electric even?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hydrogen cars are basically hybrids already. Hydrogen has some issues though that are unlikely to be overcome. Go watch a video of someone driving one around, if you think finding an EV charger is difficult, just try finding a hydrogen charger outside of southern California.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are two types of hydrogen cars: Fuel Cell EVs and ICE built to run with hydrogen fuel. Both of them are the future of fuel. You won't see a network of EV charging stations in most south american, african, or Asian countries. The EV revolution is very urban focused. Hydrogen as a fuel that can be transported almost as easily as gasoline is the pragmatic future. EVs are popular because Elon Musk went viral.

Edit: totally aware it's not successful at the moment: https://www.motor1.com/news/693449/toyota-hydrogen-mirai-not-successful/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hydrogen doesn't solve any problem. It's just a secondary set of infrastructure we'd have to invest in, and it doesn't overlap with BEV infrastructure (excepting for some grid improvements).