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Originally Posted by Spuds
I should rephrase. Why is it harder to support 100 hydrogen-powered vehicles than 100 battery-powered vehicles?
Assuming both stations (assuming supercharger) are built from scratch, not using conveniently placed filling station locations we have all over the country/world, and that each "station" fuels one vehicle at a time, then you would have to build, what, 10-20 battery charging stations for each hydrogen fueling station to match that capacity. Big picture math doesn't add up for batteries here.
Plus, consumers can stop for hydrogen anytime, rather than have to sit and wait for an hour or more (time is money after all). Hydrogen can be produced at a consistent rate and dispensed as needed, where you would find surges on travel days with batteries (assuming you could find an open charger at just the right time).
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That’s a different question—not a rephrase—but yea, assuming all the infrastructure was in place, then hydrogen fuel would be faster to charge than current superchargers. Electric has the advantage of ease of charging at home, so this is more about convenience for refueling/recharging for long commutes that require maximum recharging. If we are being hypothetical then battery swapping could be just as fast or faster, and version two or three superchargers and equivalent future batteries could have faster charging, possibly adding 100 miles or more in five minutes.
In terms of utilities, we would need more utilities to do the same job because hydrogen is inherently less efficient than electric, as well as, the processing plants to produce the hydrogen and shipping for the hydrogen fuel to the stations.
The numbers favor electric, which is probably why electric greatly exceed hydrogen cars.