Are Hydrogen Cars Really THAT Bad?

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2021
  • As a channel that makes videos about EVs, we're always being asked to share our thoughts on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCEV or HEV) and while our research always showed they were a terrible choice, for some crazy reason, some people keep buying them. So for this video, we spent 48 hours living with one, and... spoiler alert, it was awful! While Toyota has done a great job packaging the Mirai inside and out, it's like putting lipstick on a pig. The underlying technology is more expensive, less accessible, and completely misses the performance benchmark set by other EVs.
    Thanks to Ricky from Two Bit da Vinci for teaching us about Hydrogen. Check him out: / @twobitdavinci
    Donut Media - Why Hydrogen Cars Flopped: • Why Hydrogen Cars Flopped
    We incorrectly claimed the Mirai has a 3 year 60,000-mile powertrain warranty; In reality, it has a 5 year 60,000-mile powertrain warranty
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  • @Sal3600
    @Sal3600 2 роки тому +7

    Inefficient. Think fuel transportation vs power transmission.
    When people compare energy density between petrol, hydrogen and a battery lmao

  • @adriansaenz6853
    @adriansaenz6853 2 роки тому +7

    Best Kilowatts thumbnail haha

    • @KLWTTS
      @KLWTTS  2 роки тому +1

      We’ve been working on it! Thanks for the feedback!

  • @jkp
    @jkp 2 роки тому +3

    Great explanation.

  • @gospelofthomas77thpearl22
    @gospelofthomas77thpearl22 2 роки тому +1

    Great breakdown! 👍🏼

  • @FthePump
    @FthePump 2 роки тому

    Great info!

  • @rtanaka
    @rtanaka 2 роки тому

    Excellent video.

  • @MegaWilderness
    @MegaWilderness 2 роки тому

    There are only disadvantages to OTA and apps for your car. Subscriptions monthly for nothing that will propel the car any better. The best they can do is monitor your battery and make sure they keep you from turning it, your garage, and your home into a fireball. Li-ion only does 500 cycles at the cell level. I will wait until batteries improve.

  • @Cars-N-Jets
    @Cars-N-Jets 2 роки тому

    Referring to Donut Media as a source was a good decision!

  • @pike1ification
    @pike1ification 2 роки тому

    What about Nitrogen?

  • @stupidgdlkg
    @stupidgdlkg Рік тому +2

    I guess one day I'll be in the situation that I may need to buy a new vehicle that isn't a ICE or hybrid vehicle, due to not being available anymore. And unless something changes about BEV, I would pick hydrogen every time. There are just too many problems with BEVs, and let's be realistic BEVs are not as environmental as we all pretend that they are, those batteries use a lot of fossil fuels to mine and produce. Also in cold climate cities, they loose range, towing they loose range, heating the inside they loose range. Where I live waiting to charge a BEV is just not an option, maybe in summer sure, but winter and most of spring and fall, never, and who would want to knowing how fast you'd loose range at -25ºc. The way I see it, converting gas stations to hydrogen is much cheeper than upgrading the electrical grid and adding all new charging stations, with space to wait and keep warm. I don't know how efficient hydrogen is compared to BEVs and if what I hear about using ammonia will make any difference to hydrogen storage or whether what I'm hearing that Tesla will start making hydrogen vehicles is true.But the way things are right now, only ICE or hybrid vehicles make any sense, unless somethings changes to make BEVs or hydrogen comparable especially in winter.

  • @excusemehello5904
    @excusemehello5904 2 роки тому +5

    Blah blah blah 😑 hydrogen is the future mate! I don’t have unlimited time to spend charging a car.

    • @KLWTTS
      @KLWTTS  2 роки тому +2

      If you charge at home, you may never spend a minute waiting for a charge again!

    • @Zarphag
      @Zarphag 2 роки тому +3

      It takes about 4 seconds to plug in an EV... And you dont have to drive 80 miles to find a hydrogen station..

    • @davidmccarthy6061
      @davidmccarthy6061 2 роки тому +2

      Wow, that's close! I'm over 2100 miles to the nearest fill up.

    • @excusemehello5904
      @excusemehello5904 2 роки тому

      @@Zarphag I live 5 minutes from the station. 3 more stations on the way to work. I don’t see any issue.
      @thekilowatts I don’t have a house to easily charge a car at home. My apartment building also doesn’t allow me to do so.
      I know someone who bought a Tesla with the intent of charging using public chargers. He is very frustrated with the outcome…

    • @hydrofluoricgamer8555
      @hydrofluoricgamer8555 Рік тому +1

      @@KLWTTS No driveway houses : Left the chat

  • @nitinbanait
    @nitinbanait 2 роки тому

    You guys and people who has done this video....do not have any clue about FuelCells... .... What FuelCell bring advantages to everybody. So get your facts ready.....

  • @jkp
    @jkp 2 роки тому +2

    Great explanation.