“Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country.”

  • @surph_ninja
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    -213 hours ago

    Yeah, most of what I’ve seen is just heating the battery. Which is also dramatically reducing the efficiency.

    • @RememberTheApollo_
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      213 hours ago

      There’s no way around sacrificing range to heat the battery at this time. Only mitigating some of the loss with a preheat.

      • @surph_ninja
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        -113 hours ago

        That’s what I thought. Not an issue with hydrogen.

        If we’re going to be discussing battery vs hydrogen efficiency, we need to be honest about how it performs in real-life scenarios like this. Only discussing EV performance in ideal conditions is providing nowhere near the full picture.

        • @RememberTheApollo_
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          213 hours ago

          I’m not trying to start any argument about either of them, I’m for getting off of fossil fuels, and more choices to better fit different needs is great. Hydrogen cars have their own issues, such as lower energy density and very high pressures for storing the hydrogen, along with high pressure vessels for transporting it. Energy dense storage is always going to have problems, but the electricity distribution system is already well established.