"J. Clarke" wrote in
:
In article ,
says...
If recharging
stations continue to appear at the rate they have been,
electic cars will capture the market before fuel-cell
has a chance.
Recharging stations do it. They're fine for someone commuting but
there are too many other cases where the short range and long charge
time don't work out.
People don't want to be pinned within a 40 mile radius of their house.
The issue is, far and away the bulk of trips are within 40
miles round-trip. I don't have the exact number handy, but
it's in the 90% range. If electric captures that market,
then you're talking about creating a huge hydrogen infrastructure
just to support 10% of the trips. An infrastructure which
duplicates the existing gasoline infrastructure.
That won't happen.
If charging stations become ubiquitous, what you'll see is
a lot of plug-in hybrids. They'll run electric almost all
the time, but will still be able to use gasoline for the rare
trip outside the electric range.
John