The article was purported to be none of those things you mention, but about cost of infrastructure. Is that not the case?
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Dec 27, 2018, at 4:59 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark, thanks for the reference. I just read the article > https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/automotive-and-assembly/our-insights/hydrogen-the-next-wave-for-electric-vehicles > it's easy to read and not very long. (You also have to wonder why a > "research" article is available at no charge.) > > The article is purely speculative with not a single backed-up fact. This is > fine, but it needs to be taken for what it is. > > Actually, it is nearly devoid of facts regarding BEV and FCEV efficiency and > completely devoid of any information on production of hydrogen from non > fossil fuel sources. The majority of statements with numbers also contains > words like "could", "might", "possibly". > > The closest statements I found to presenting efficiency facts are: > > Battery electric vehicles exhibit higher overall fuel efficiency as long as > they are not too heavy due to large battery sizes > .... > Based on their entire life cycles, FCEVs achieve very low CO2 emissions, in > part because they don’t require large batteries whose production is energy > and resource intensive. > .... > Currently, each ton of CO2 saved through FCEVs is estimated to cost more than > $1,500... > > I think it's safe to say that, so far, we do not have any evidence that > technology will exist for efficiently producing hydrogen from non fossil fuel > sources. > > Peri > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mark Abramowitz" <[email protected]> > To: "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: 27-Dec-18 1:34:09 PM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] fear of hydrogen infrastructure > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
