See:
https://www.daf.com/en/about-daf/sustainability/alternative-...
Also, much faster to charge which is important in commercial traffic.
The whole piece can be condensed to that single sentence:
> Both men urged governments not just to ensure that the necessary fuel infrastructure would be in place for hydrogen but also to provide sufficient incentives for transport companies to shift to greener trucks.
That is all there is.
"It's hard enough to get commercial 240v connections in the US"
Again, not an expert on US infrastructure, but any charging site will be getting a 10kV connection which will be then stepped down to whatever you need - it has to be converted to DC anyway so you need those transformers anyway. As to the feasibility of providing 10MW to a charging stop - really don't know, someone else has to answer this.
I'm not betting on hydrogen specifically because 1) it's too complex, and 2) while the volumetric density is within the realm of feasibility, it's still not great. But I am betting on fuel cells. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in particular. They're already extremely efficient, and also produce high grade (i.e. easily recapturable and convertible) heat. And they can use hydrogen, but they can also use methane, ammonia, butane, propane, diesel, gasoline, or any other form of fuel (I've run one off of wood chips!). And that flexibility has a lot of power, especially with the future of abundant and cheap non-peak power costs and rapidly developing synthetic fuel technologies.
If you want fast charging for instance you need a special vehicle with a high voltage system. Those are not super common right now, although it’s getting better.
Really this is the biggest unsolved part of EV’s.
And yes, CCS supports either 400 or 800V charging, but that's seamlessly negotiated by the car once connected, I don't see that as a problem here.
Your going to need a Megawatt for reasonable charge times, CCS tops out a 400kw at 1000v and 400amps with liquid cooled cables and connectors.
BTW a diesel truck pump puts out about the equivalent of 6 megawatts after efficiencies are normalized.
There will need to be stall where a semi can park for 8 hours using a charger.
Local deliver makes sense also city buses obviously and thats already happening. Long haul will need a lot more charging infrastructure to make sense.
The US has settled on CCS type 1 for fast DC charging, most new cars support it.
There is CHAdeMO a Japanese standard but that connector is on its way out in the US.
And then Tesla does it's own thing but there are adapters available.
I think it is a solved problem, if you don't want a Tesla a modern EV will have a CCS plug that fits both CCS and J1772. And if you want a Tesla you either get adapters or use Tesla's chargers.
Cobalt mining has problems with child labor.
Energy density, charging time and the problem, that even an exhausted battery has the same weight as a fresh one, are the issues yet to be solved.
Trains have different requirements in terms of how power is applied to the wheels, and the loss of efficiency is acceptable in this context.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Energy-densities-of-vari...