The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries.
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A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.
It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.
Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.
For example, a breakthrough in better batteries could supplant hydrogen. Better solar cells could replace or win out in this race to the fuel of the future. Those, I see, as the three big competitors: hydrogen, solar cells and then better batteries.
Because of its shortcomings - driving range, cost, and recharging time - the electric vehicle is not a viable replacement for most conventional cars.
There is a reason it is called fossil fuel-it is an outdated method of getting power.
Electric cars aren't pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.
Fuel cells create a better automobile that's 50 percent more energy-efficient overall and sustainable from energy and safety perspectives.
Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars.
Fuel cell vehicles run on clean-burning hydrogen and are three times more efficient than the traditional combustible engine.