Electric cars are just a transition technology. An easy to scale up technology gap filler while the Hydrogen cars get designed and refined.
BMW Group facebook page, 28 May 2021,
https://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup/
"We are focusing on hydrogen as an energy carrier for sustainable mobility, and are continuing the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology. Following the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT in 2022, the Neue Klasse will offer options for hydrogen series vehicles in the future."
Both electric and hydrogen cars will require significant investment in renewable energy electricity production.
For electric cars, it has to be on the same grid as the car's that need to be charged. You can't save electricity in a "can" and ship it. It's a use it instantly as it's produced product.
For hydrogen cars, watch countries with 2 vital ingredients:
- Lots of renewable energy resources. Wind, Wave, Solar, Geothermal (it does emit a bit of CO2)
- Fresh Water
The renewable energy will split the water molecule to capture the hydrogen and become a shippable energy product, just like LPG. If the demand for hydrogen in there, they may even look at splitting seawater. Watch the large mines in Western Australia. They are doing some very innovative energy projects and are well up the "S" curve.
Mark Twain said to buy land, they not making any more of it.
Buy water, the key resource of the future.
