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Hyundai must've made a handsome payoff for that puff piece.
Tesla's $81,070 S sedan (before tax credits) is rated 265 miles on a charge. That requires a 9.1 hours with the 240-volt, 40-amp hookup found in some homes, according to Tesla's website.
I’m not personally interested in HFCV, but I think you are under a misconception as to how hydrogen can fail vs. gasoline (the HFCV is on the left; gas car on the right):Just what we need; a bunch of high pressure hydrogen fuel tanks driving all over town. Sooner or later a high pressure hydrogen fuel tank will fail, a high pressure filling station accident will occur, or a loose hydrogen fuel line fitting (we are talking about 3000psi like a SCUBA tank) will fail, and that explosion will be like another Hindenburg. I do not think the hydrocarbon fuel companies, or car manufactures dependent on hydrocarbon fuel, or politicians elected by lobbyists for hydrocarbon fuel, will stop pushing the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle until a dozen or so people are killed in really spectacular hydrogen fuel explosion accidents. Then they'll say maybe HFCVs were not such a good idea.
Remember that a liquid gasoline fuel tank is not under pressure. In an accident, it is the low pressure gasoline vapor that ignites and explodes, and then the spilled liquid gasoline continues to burn in flame.
If a high pressure hydrogen fuel tank or fuel line fails, 3000psi hydrogen will escape and very rapidly fill the air/car, and that explosion will knockdown any buildings in the vicinity. The "fuel" will all be gone, and it is only secondary materials caught in the path that may continue to burn. I am sorry folks. HFCV; it's just not a very rosy picture.
9.1 hours to charge Tesla is misleading. We don't wait until "empty" and charge to 100%. Non EV owners fail to realize that we charge every night in our garage for 2 to 3 hours. The article also conveniently failed to mention SuperChargers.
I’m not personally interested in HFCV, but I think you are under a misconception as to how hydrogen can fail vs. gasoline (the HFCV is on the left; gas car on the right):
Not to mention the major misconception of charging (9 hours) vs filling up at the H2 station (5 minutes). The reality is:
- charging happens at your garage while you sleep every night, effective time spent / wasted: ~ 5 second per day (the time to plug in)
- for H2 filling, even if you live in one of the 2 cities where it is possible, you probably don't live next-door to the station, you may need to drive 10-15 minutes to get there, fill-up for 5 minutes, then drive back: effective time spent / wasted on filling up: ~ 30 minutes
- option of home charging an EV is available to the vast majority of the driver population (I'd estimate about 70-80%)
- option of H2 filling is available only to those drivers living in LA, which is a small fraction of the total driver population, well below 1%
I'm a non-EV owner currently (hybrid only), and even *I* know this.9.1 hours to charge Tesla is misleading. We don't wait until "empty" and charge to 100%. Non EV owners fail to realize that we charge every night in our garage for 2 to 3 hours. The article also conveniently failed to mention SuperChargers.