Ford in a Model T Moment? Jim Farley Rings the Alarm Bells about Tesla

[ndavies]

What's often forgotten in this debate is was clean energy from the grid used to charge up the "green" EVs? Most likely not. Until they get all their energy from the sun they're just as bad as ice cars. Electrification of cars is not a new thing. They started that back in the civil war days. Until the model t essentially killed interest.

Hydrogen fuel cell technology shows promise. Hydrogen is clean and the most readily available resource on the planet. Ford needs to look in THAT direction instead of trying to out-tesla, Tesla.

Unfortunately hydrogen has it's issues too. While hydrogen is abundant here, most of it is tied to oxygen atoms in the form of water. To free the hydrgen you need to add energy. Specifically electrolysis of water. It is a great way to store energy, but the energy has to come from another source.

[401don]

Unfortunately hydrogen has it's issues too. While hydrogen is abundant here, most of it is tied to oxygen atoms in the form of water. To free the hydrgen you need to add energy. Specifically electrolysis of water. It is a great way to store energy, but the energy has to come from another source.

I've read that hydrogen won't make economic sense for the foreseeable future for passenger vehicles but will for large trucks, where batteries won't.
Meanwhile, Motor Trend's car of the year is the Lucid, which supposedly can get up to 520 miles on a charge:
https://www.motortrend.com/news/luci...r-of-the-year/

[Jimaz]

I've read that hydrogen won't make economic sense for the foreseeable future for passenger vehicles but will for large trucks, where batteries won't....

Also hydrogen would make more sense than batteries for large aircraft.