Bloomberg Technology
Total’s Investment in Fuel-Cell Startup Hyzon
Oct.09 — Total SE is making an investment as part of a small funding round in U.S. fuel-cell truck startup Hyzon Motors. Craig Knight, chief executive officer of Hyzon Motors, discusses the investment by the oil giant on “Bloomberg Technology.”
Neil Henderson
October 9, 2020 at 10:59 pm
Talk specifics. Answer the good questions. V. Weak presentation
Zoltán Kárpát
October 9, 2020 at 11:54 pm
There isn’t anything new to say. There haven’t been any breakthrough’s in fuel cell technology. It’s barely cheaper to operate than Diesel 🤷♂️
Metacognition88
October 9, 2020 at 11:58 pm
No more trevor milton’s
I Rr i
October 10, 2020 at 12:39 am
I’m still going” Who ?”
Patrick Cassady
October 10, 2020 at 12:40 am
My only skepticism of hydrogen is whether they can build national infrastructure for refueling. It’s very easy for electric charging stations to be installed, but building national hydrogen infrastructure is much more expensive. I’m betting on more off grid solutions.
skyak
October 10, 2020 at 2:44 pm
There is already a natural gas pipeline infrastructure in place that is more capable of delivering transportation fuel than the electrical grid. Fuel cells will be better in specific regions and for long haul and aircraft. Batteries are fine to tote people short distance in warm climates.
Patrick Cassady
October 10, 2020 at 2:53 pm
@skyak exponential growth of battery power is already challenging that notion. We already have electric jets being built.
Zoltán Kárpát
October 10, 2020 at 4:23 pm
@skyak The natural gas pipeline is inappropriate, because Hydrogen gas has to be transported at much higher pressure to make any kind of economic sense.
“Compressed hydrogen in hydrogen tanks at 350 bar (5,000 psi) and 700 bar (10,000 psi) is used for hydrogen tank systems in vehicles, based on type IV carbon-composite technology.”
char
October 10, 2020 at 12:51 am
Meh, the only investable energy company is TSLA
Asif Khan
October 10, 2020 at 1:42 am
This will pop with the EV buzz
skyak
October 10, 2020 at 2:52 pm
Crummy video doesn’t even say how much was invested or give any examples of products or tech demonstrated. This looks like a “spin out” not a startup -major companies spin their old R&D into separate “pure play” companies to attract investment. The problem is that they still try to spin the tech to benefit or protect their parent/major shareholder.
Randy Lee
October 10, 2020 at 9:01 pm
Hyundai already has Hydrogen Fuelcelled commercial trucks…