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General Automotive / Re: Ferrari patents revolutionary inline 6 pot upside-down Hydrogen engine
« Last post by Jericoke on May 16, 2024, 04:43:57 PM »There are plenty of great ways to power an automobile. Gasoline/petrol won out, but there were competing technologies way back when: electric, diesel, ethanol, steam.
I'm glad people continue to innovate on how to power cars more efficiently and sustainably. Electric has a huge edge because the infrastructure exists. Just plug a charging station into the existing electrical grid. Even if hydrogen (or something else!) is 'better', they're still going to have to solve how to get hydrogen into everyone's car.
I still drive a gasoline powered car, and my next vehicle is likely to be as well. Even though the charging infrastructure is growing, I don't feel like I can trust it compared with gas. (Doesn't help that the continent's largest supplier of charging stations just fired the entire charging team https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-story-elon-musks-mass-firings-tesla-supercharger-staff-2024-05-15/)
I'm glad people continue to innovate on how to power cars more efficiently and sustainably. Electric has a huge edge because the infrastructure exists. Just plug a charging station into the existing electrical grid. Even if hydrogen (or something else!) is 'better', they're still going to have to solve how to get hydrogen into everyone's car.
I still drive a gasoline powered car, and my next vehicle is likely to be as well. Even though the charging infrastructure is growing, I don't feel like I can trust it compared with gas. (Doesn't help that the continent's largest supplier of charging stations just fired the entire charging team https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-story-elon-musks-mass-firings-tesla-supercharger-staff-2024-05-15/)