There have been a few leaf fires actually, that said it should be noted no one is going over 100mph in a leaf (cause its top speed is 93mph).

It’s not that tough, and many EV manufacturers have offered free training to fire departments. Overall the difficulty is not that much different than gas car fires, just a difference in procedure.

Really? Which manufacturer is that?

To be fair, the OP said “rare minerals” and I said “extremely rare metal”.

With exception of Promethium, the rarest rare earth metal (Thulium) has a ppm of 0.48. In comparison, Platinum has a rarity of 0.0030 PPM. Yes, platinum is over 150X rarer than Thulium.

What? You are taking my statement out of context...

Yes, fossil fuels. But biomethane isn’t a fossil fuel.

Most trucks don’t travel over 500 miles really. But for the few that do, you can have battery + biomethane range extender.

Even in Japan, EVs are superior to hydrogen. It’s just Japan is too stuck up on trying for old fashioned way of fueling. Their slow to adapt with the times is precisely why they have started falling behind Korea. Which is sad considering Japan has pioneered a lot of advancement prior, but has stalled.

Ah, no. A catalyst converter uses 3-7 grams of platinum (which is also a lot) vs a fuel cell using 30-60 grams. That is 10X more.

That isn’t an issue. They are producing cars in China and other countries. So the volume they would be doing would simply be between multiple countries.

You are saying you can make a no compromise platform for both BEVs and FCVs? (while passing safety as well) So far, all the modular platforms have had HUGE compromises, and considering the requirements for BEVs and FCVs have some divergence, it’s going to be quite a challenge. Even those that have PHEV and BEV sharing…

It has applications, but not in cars. It’s inferior to BEVs in pretty much almost every single way. Even the head engineer of the Mirai admitted it to be the case.

Not really, there is quite the difference. PHEVs and hydrogen? Sure. But BEVs need their own focus.

What the automakers are afraid of is that if they follow the strictest standard, then small automakers and Chinese automakers may say... hmm.. let us ignore the states with strict standards and start in the states with loose standards to establish our foothold, then worry about the other states.

I’m talking about the entire drivetrain, not just the motor. And even the motor, an BEV with its larger battery can output way more power, being stuck with a weaker motor would be a compromise too.

Let me give you some food for thought.

Define what you mean by “current setup” and “real future”. All the automakers know that BEVs are the future, even if they don’t publicly admit it, when you see their notes they know it, they just want to slow it down as much as possible so they can transition slower. No manufacturer likes major changes happening…

You know something interesting? When Sandy hit, a lot of people joked about how EVs wouldn’t work after such a disaster. But guess the reality of someone who actually lived in a place hit by sandy? Our electricity at home worked, but electricity at the gas station did not! So those that had EVs had no problems, the…

Pretty sure Tesla has said 2019Q1 would be bad back in 2018Q3.