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I am with you there ..

but electric cars can't be the future, if not fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell

so I hope there'll soon be a race car based on that

I'm sure Honda are working on it, the Clarity already is pretty great

i'd have to disagree

the new tesla S will get 300 miles / charge

and can charge in 45 min

and if everyone can charge their own plugin car with PV panels on their roof

we just cut out a good 1/3 of our domestic oil consumption

I disagree on the long run, as it's not practicable for most people, hydrogen fuel cells seem much more useful...and in fact manufacturers..

seem to develop more into that direction

btw...

ultimately they're both steps in the right direction

the problem being, fuel cell cars require fueling stations

while electric cars can be charged at home

in either case, ideally, the energy that goes into charging up either car (either producing the hydrogen or the electron push)

... is coming from renewable sources (wind, solar, geo-t)

and right now, hydrogen is produced in industrial complexes, powered primarily by fossil fuel sources

while a plugin car could be powered 100% by a small rooftop solar system at your house

what i *do* like is the potential for solar powered hydrolysis to produce fuel for h-cars

but in practice most people don't have a house, but live in flats in cities..that's a problem in practice concerning personal autonomy

that's a good point j, though the flip side is that many city-dwellers don't have cars

for those that do... who knows? maybe charging stations at office parking lots

the new Tesla can charge in 45 min

that's still not good enough, you need it to recharge as quick as you'd refuel a car

I stick with James Maywhen he says that we can't make a step back, we need an electric car that matches what we have today, and the...

...result should be hydrogen fuel cells

the german manufacturers have had good prototypes for years now...especially BMW and Mercedes should be able to compete with Honda

the first being able to produce a model with modern day car performance and a range of at least 500 miles will be incredibly rich

I just don't think everyone producing his/her own electricity autonomously can work in reality