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You are mixing up 3D object detection with 2D neural network image recognition. Yes, you are. This is a depth map from 3D object detection using stereo cameras. Notice it doesn't have to recognize the shape of an object to know how far it is within a certain distance. Image recognition...

All three packaging type has improved to the point where cooling and so aging is not an issue any more. To be more precise pouch cell has the best geometry for cooling as it is a rectangle prism shape so its thickness can be sized arbitrarily and can have a large cooling surface if needed...

Dahn bought the material from another party and tested it. Wrote an article about it. It's not related to Tesla.

Wrong on most points. Prismatic cells (or rather packaging) wont change those properties of the batteries. Other car makers are using NMC type cell material which is safer but more expensive. Tesla uses NCA which is cheaper, has slightly higher energy density but not as safe (lower thermal...

Battery (type) makes little difference on rated range. Silicon carbide inverters make a difference. Trad car makers waited until suppliers picked up this technology (better say will release them in 2020-2021). If however this sentence below is true for the i4, then this spec is impressive...

And its size is growing nicely.

Sustainable Investing: Debunking 5 Common Myths The Global 100 - Wikipedia

Looks like it's getting close to zero even though there are some clever folks here. But they are ok with the lazy answer (Toyota/Honda/Hyundai/BMW/etc investing in H2 just to deter the attention from batteries) which doesn't explain why does the Japanese or the Korean government want to build a...

several hundred thousands of cars annually don't prove anything yet.

Again, they are thinking ahead. Current H2 prices aren't relevant when they are planning for the future. Not sure I understand your oil comment. There are gasoline cars on the road, you suggested to replace them with CNG. I think it makes more sense to replace them with H2 now (if BEV is not...

Not if your goal is lowering emissions. Because of math.

An answer to this for example: Why does Honda CEO say this: "The hurdles to battery electric vehicles and complete autonomous driving are still quite high," Hachigo said in an interview last month at Honda Motor Co.'s global headquarters here. When it comes to electrification, Hachigo said...

The majority of EVs will be coming from VW who didn't have a choice.

I'm looking for answers. Myth isn't one.

I found some data why Japan might not be interested in CNG cars over H2 which nwdiver was suggesting Here is the emission of several drivetrains based on German grid mix: Treibhausgas-Bilanz: Das Klima braucht die Energiewende | ADAC light grey: car manufacturing dark grey: fuel preparation...

70% drop from a bubble top. Not much difference between 2007 and 3 years later. This graph proves nothing.

Not really. Think about BMW. Had the i3 on the market since 2014 and did nothing but research since then. And kept releasing PHEVs.

I'm trying to figure out why are the Germans and Japanese so afraid of BEVs and that piece of information might be important. Why is Daimler ok with this: they knew the 2021 target long time ago. plenty of time to come up with alternatives, yet they only have one BEV and one FCEV. Daimler...

For example governments. While they are succeeding in the US with Trump, other countries do want to increase their share of renewable energy. Companies who don't catch up will fall behind. The oil reserves will worth nothing if no one is allowed to use oil. Some European cities are planning to...

The post wasn't about BEV vs FCEV. But never mind.

All of them gave up on it? Ah, good to know.

One more interesting datapoint. As mentioned earlier Audi worries about rare earth metals. Now BMW plans to use induction motors from 2021 to get rid of rare metals: "BMW wants to do without rare earth in its electric drives by switching to externally excited asynchronous motors from 2021."...

Who are they? Oil majors paying car makers to invest in H2 development? Oil majors have plenty of time to convert to renewable energy. Some have already started it. Better call them energy companies than oil companies. New Energies Builder of Saudi Aramco oil rigs plans to expand into wind...

Increasing H2 demand brings down the cost of infrastructure over time, making fuel cell implementations more likely. It can also swallow the unused renewable energies, which is quite important, otherwise renewable plant deployment would stall soon. Helps achieving the goal of the Japanese prime...

Here is the first example of utilizing H2 in the steel industry: World First in Duisburg as NRW Economics Minister Pinkwart Launches Tests at thyssenkrupp into Blast Furnace Use of Hydrogen - FuelCellsWorks

Difference between Germans and Japanese is that the Japanese think they can make fuel cell cars become as cheap as an ICE. While the German fuel cell movement is forced by the CO2 emission standards. Clean mobility: New CO2 emission standards for cars and vans adopted - Climate Action -...

They claim they pump it back.

Rocket fuel: Australia targets hydrogen as next big energy export “The development of a hydrogen business is similar to the early days of the LNG business,” said Shaun Gregory, Woodside’s executive vice president for exploration and technology. To reduce global warming, hydrogen could be used...

For the twelfth time I don't understand this. Where do they get that 10kg if it's not imported? Their primary problem is that they don't have enough self supported energy. So running electrolyzers is no fun when the grid is dirty.

Underground coal gasification - SourceWatch "During gasification, approximately half of the sulfur, mercury, arsenic, tar, and particulates from the used coal remain below ground." "For comparison, the ash content of UCG syngas is estimated to be approximately 10 mg/m³ compared to smoke from...

Ok. So from now on Japan, instead of using their own steam reformed H2 for the industrial needs, will be importing green H2. How is that bad? By the way they should replace the dirtiest plant first, which might not be the steam reformer. And importing more LNG won't clean up their electricity as...

that's not how it works. The brown coal is gasified to produce low-cost hydrogen, with the carbon pumped back underground. Explainer: how do we make hydrogen from coal, and is it really a clean fuel?

Can you please read the links before you reply? how does hydropower or geothermal equal to CH4? this is the second time I inserted this link Extraction of hydrogen by gasification of Australian brown coal. Production of hydrogen by electrolysis based on New Zealand geothermal power...

I understand that you don't have time paying attention here because of being busy with the funny button, but it is relevant. Japanese government might be the motivator of all the Toyota, Honda, Nissan FCEVs. And if they succeed and prices come down, other countries might copy them.

I have one guess. "electricity accounts for the majority of gas consumption" if they are already producing the majority of electricity by LNG, then the only way they can bring emissions down if they switch nat gas to something. Replacing nuclear with LNG would increase emissions. The Carbon...

Their primary goal is to import green hydrogen. I have already showed that. Temporarily they will import fossil H2 as well for the pilot programs. Why don't you argue with them by the way...

Japan is the largest LNG importer in the world. They could replace the entire car park with that if they wanted to. The only thing that explains their steps is that they want to be emission free. Hard to understand your resistance regarding this. Additionally they may know something we don't...

It is very challenging to increase the share of renewables in Japan due to the high population density. It makes sense to connect them with Australia.

There are 3 transportation methods that are being tested in Japan. Not saying that any of them has excellent roundtrip efficiency but one might become cheap over time.

Australia is becoming more important. Australia May Be The Saving Grace For The Rare Earth Metals Market | Seeking Alpha "There’s a precedent of China using rare earth elements as geopolitical leverage. In 2010, Beijing blocked their exports to Japan in a dispute over the detention of a...

That graph is a bit misleading. That's the derivative of this below. Basically IEA expected linear growth vs exponential.

And what's good about it when we want everything to get powered by renewables? Existing coal plants won't shut down tomorrow unfortunately but this could reduce their pollution and I wonder if this tech would work on natgas plants as well. Wind powers commodities demand | CRU "Globally...

Congrats for not even reading the article yet gave the thread a funny rating. Doesn't make you more credible. I found the idea genius. This could reduce CO2 emission quite a bit. Coal plants might get cleaner

"FuelCell Energy’s proprietary technology uses carbonate fuel cells to efficiently capture and concentrate carbon dioxide streams from large industrial sources. Combustion exhaust is directed to the fuel cell, which produces power while capturing and concentrating carbon dioxide for permanent...

Daimler just released their FCEV and can wait 5 years to see how it plays out since things are happening slowly Germany expands hydrogen infrastructure - electrive.com Plan for 80 hydrogen fuel stations for Ireland by 2030 VW was forced to enter the BEV business, but even they are careful. For...

spielt keine zentrale Rolle does not equal give up FCEVs don't play a central role at any car maker. It's just a necessary safety step to have a platform in case it prevails.

I speak German as well.

I didn't have to go back too far to find FUD from you: Daimler gave up on fuel cells???? That's what you wanted to hear. But it's not what the article says.

"To meet this target, however, Japan would also be required to reduce its electricity consumption by 50% compared to 2010 levels through energy efficiency and power saving measures."

BEVs were laughed at for 100 years, yet they became a thing. Fcells could be a zero emission alternative for those who can't charge at home and for renewable energy storage which batteries can't provide in scale as of now. The only drawback would be the efficiency, prices come down with scale.