Automotive Industry Trends

That's a good topic. Hydrogen fuel cell automobiles would decrease emissions of greenhouse gasses.

That’s what I figured! But the amount of hydrogen a car would need, how it’ll be stored, etc. would cause people to look away

Gasoline is flammable and is used with little concern by drivers everywhere. Even the battery powered vehicles are not exempt from bursting into flames. I don't think flammability is an issue that should detract from the adoption of hydrogen.

I think the lack of hydrogen powered cars can be attributed to two factors:

1. Lack of infrastructure
2. Little market interest

Liquid fuels (gasoline, diesel, kerosene), and electricity have a nationwide/worldwide infrastructure working right now. Hydrogen filling stations may be available in some areas, but they are uncommon.

Who will buy the hydrogen cars? I'm all for research and development, but before production can begin, there needs to be customers. If a consumer were to decide between an electric, a hybrid, and a hydrogen powered vehicle, why would they choose hydrogen?

Driving distance? Environment? Price? Style? Status?

I don't see hydrogen taking the lead in any category.

I never thought of it like that. Your insight has gave me a different perspective on the issue.

Maybe.

It really depends on how the hydrogen is being generated, compressed, stored, and transported.

I agree that burning hydrogen, or using a fuel cell is a clean process, but the entire process needs to be examined.

It is like the cars that run on compressed air. They are very clean, but after the energy and method used to compress the air is considered, it really is not a transportation method which makes sense.

Tarik,

The link is broken and the page is not found.

The question is how the hydrogen is created. If huge amounts of fossil fuels or electricity are needed to extract, process, compress, transport, and store the hydrogen, is it really a "better" fuel?

I am interested in reading the article if the link can be repaired.

We just wrote about this topic on the GrabCAD Blog too:

https://blog.grabcad.com/blog/2018/05/15/the-future-of-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles/