Comment on Swiss hydrogen-powered train sets 1741-mile record for nonstop travel
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 months agoThat’s exactly what New Zealand is doing with battery electric trains, the plan is for them to run on batteries once they get beyond the overhead line network, to service areas where it’s not worthwhile to have overhead lines.
Not with hydrogen trains though, that’s a dead end technology.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m inclined to agree re: h2, though at least with trains it kinda could work, maybe. They tend to come back to similar yards all over the place.
Hydrogen cars is just… Don’t.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 months ago
A hydrogen car is basically an electric car that is more expensive to run than an ICE vehicle, they’re an utterly moronic idea.
And there are actually EVs with more range than a hydrogen car, with far more options to charge.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Again, not a fan of how the h2 is sourced, how limited its surrounding infra is, etc etc. Just saying that at least for trains, it makes more sense than for a car.
I do like that it’s approximately an EV that isn’t lithium constrained, but plenty of serious downsides as well, see: intra-atomic escape.