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Originally Posted by Bill
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This is a significant handicap in my mind. This will be a tough hurdle for the industry to overcome. Today, electric trucks have significant towing capacity - but not for very far.
Bill
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I believe the future is in the hydrogen fuel cell. Once they can get a reliable source of hydrogen and a hydrogen network, refueling will be quick. One big hangup is getting a reliable "green" source of hydrogen (not from natural gas), and getting a hydrogen network established.
The production of the batteries for electric cars is actually quite damaging to the environment: worse carbon footprint than the internal combustion engine, mining of minerals is causing terrible damage to the environment. I'm not trying to say electric cars are worse than the gasoline powered vehicles, just that they're not as "green" as many seem to believe.