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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. (insideevs.com)

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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations will close immediately.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got the infrastructure argument when EV battery range sucked and charge times took hours. But now that EV range is getting close to gasoline cars, and charging can be done in minutes with a super charger, hydrogen doesn’t make much sense.

It could’ve been dope if only a company like Toyota made some desirable cars and built out a great station network.

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hydrogen never made sense. It is simple thermodynamics.

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

It still kinda makes sense for long haul trucking, where the inefficiency of hydrogen is still better than the weight (and thus cargo capacity) of just batteries.

It has absolutely lost the war for passenger vehicles and even short-distance trucking.