Monday, June 16, 2014

Elon Musk’s gigafactory: Assault on batteries | The Economist

Elon Musk’s gigafactory: Assault on batteries | The Economist: "Better power-packs will open the road for electric vehicles"

Sunday, June 1, 2014

There is No Market for Hydrogen-fueled cars!


I recently did an 11-part article on hydrogen fuel cell cars. I covered H2 generation, infrastructure, costs, and many other aspects. One thing I touched on in part 9 is that fuel cells vehicle manufacturers have alienated many current EV drivers.



This article (link) in the SFGate, they expand on this point. People that have been waiting for zero emission vehicles have bought plug-in cars. New people are being brought to the market by seeing how great their friends and neighbors vehicles are. More plug-in vehicles are coming to market each year and they can "fill up" in your garage.



What market does that leave for H2 cars? The gas-die-hards are not going to use anything other than liquid fuels and plug-ins dominate the alternative market. Perhaps there are a few people waiting for H2, but that alone would be a small market.