Seems to me that a massive battery is cheaper than a massive fuel cell, certainly cheaper to operate.
My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key September 7, 2021 8:20 PM, "George Mullineaux via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > But just charging batteries will not fill the need of such a large truck > moving massive loads, > unless the mining company has a dozen of them charged up and ready to cycle > the work load > throughout the day. I don't see that as an acceptable solution for the > company. > > As I have read these posts about fuel cells, I can honestly say that using > fuel cells may not be as > efficient as batteries for a passenger vehicle, but heavy equipment and > long-haul trucks could > definitely use fuel cells. But the infrastructure has to be built for > refueling. Or battery > technology has to be advanced so that these large monsters can recharge in a > matter of minutes (I > would say 30 minutes tops). > > George Mullineaux > 3rd Shift Wrench Monkey > Pinnacle Corrugated, Landis, NC > > -----Original Message----- > From: EV <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alan Arrison via EV > Sent: Monday, September 6, 2021 8:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Alan Arrison <[email protected]> > Subject: [External] Re: [EVDL] OT: fuel cell mining truck > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click > links or open > attachments unless you recognize the sender's actual email address and know > the content is safe. > > It still doesn't make any sense. The solar they are using to make hydrogen > could be more > efficiently used to just charge batteries. > > On 9/6/2021 10:47 AM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > >> A Seattle company is building a 300 ton mining truck using fuel cells. >> Assuming that the hydrogen comes from clean generation, this may be a >> good application of fuel cells. >> >> Peri > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
