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Originally Posted by BMW335iOn18s
I think hydrogen will be the next step after electrification. After all, electric cars still increase emissions, just not tailpipe emissions. It's better to burn hydrogen than electricity produced in ways that cause pollution.
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As others have pointed out, where do you get your hydrogen from? You can't pull it out of the ground like you do with oil, hydrogen doesn't live there.
And secondly, fuel cell cars don't "burn" hydrogen, they combine it with oxygen from the air and produce water and electricity. If you burn hydrogen (rapid oxidation) you end up with water and heat.
Hydrogen is a dead end IMO. There is just no enthusiasm for it in the real world. Once Tesla gets their manufacturing online, they will flood the market with good, practical, EV cars. All the other companies will try to rush in, some will succeed and some will not. But since there will be so little differentiation in EV capabilities compared to combustion engines - an electric motor is just like any other electric motor, not so with combustion engines - I think BMW will be in trouble. Not the best handling, not the fastest, not the prettiest - what will be their USP??