Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Nightfox
From : esc
Date : Mon Oct 16 2023 11:31 am

 Ni> I just saw a video on YouTube yesterday saying Toyota has made
 Ni> significant progress developing a car engine that runs on ammonia and
 Ni> produces very little pollution.  Supposedly this could be a considerable
 Ni> alternative to electric vehicles and hybrids:

The reason I think things like this are destined to fail are mostly because the big benefit of EV is that the car is completely agnostic to the fuel source.

In other words, an EV can plug into really any power source - solar, wind, traditional electrical grid, alternative fuel, etc., and the vehicle itself is not married to a specific fuel source. Toyota, in this case, is building technology that is wholly dependent on one specific thing. Whether or not people prefer EV to combustion is IMO irrelevant - the momentum for building charging stations is far greater than an alternative fuel source's ability to convince folks to build an infrastructure around that.

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