Competitive? Every battery powered car costs far more than a gas car of equiv specs, and you never recoup that massive cost difference even after years, unless you drive immense differences.
So I guess we should go back to gas, according to you?
Of course, it is compeitive. And it is easy to refuel. Citing early adoption problems is not relevant.
Not sure if the two[1][2] Hydrogen stations in all of Norway really qualifies. We had some more but they closed down. One closed after blowing up[3] due to a couple of bolts not being tightened[4] according to spec.
[1]: https://www.hynion.com/no/hovik (temporarily closed due to maintenance and certification)
[2]: https://www.hynion.com/no/porsgrunn (opening soon)
[3]: https://www.nrk.no/norge/eksplosjon-ved-hydrogenstasjon-1.14...
[4]: https://www.tu.no/artikler/slik-startet-lekkasjen-som-forte-...
Electric cars simply got too good too fast for Hydrogen to ever take off. Most EVs today has a similar range to HEVs, and already has the infrastructure in place, and doesn't have the energy loss that producing hydrogen has.
Last i checked, it cost about 60 kWh to produce 1kg of hydrogen, which will give you about 100km range. For comparison an EV can do about 400km on the same energy.
I checked prices here in Norway. My car has a 60 kWh battery and my car can indeed do about 400 km when full. Hydrogen here goes for about 195 NOK/kg at the pumps, so 4 kg would be 780 NOK.
Even if I use an expensive super-charger to charge it up fully, at ~6.5 NOK/kWh it'll cost me 390 NOK. So half the price of H2.
Tesla super-chargers are now available for regular plebs and they charge about 5.5 NOK/kWh, and there's at least one other that charges around 4.5 NOK/kWh.
If I charge at home it's typically 0.8-1.2 NOK/kWh during summer, up to 2-3 NOK/kWh during winter. Since I have this option, I only use super-chargers a few times a year, when on longer trips.
I'm not saying that there isn't a place for PtX. Some industries will certainly benefit or even require an alternative to gasoline/diesel, but for private transportation it's never going to compete with EVs in terms of cost.
> Of course, it is compeitive.
I state that hydrogen is not competitive for cars, and have provided a link that goes into a lot of factual considerations that explain why that is the case.
The burden is now on you to disprove my reference with concrete facts.
Have you seen recent prices?
Where I am gas cars tend to both cost more upfront then EVs, have higher taxes, higher maintenance costs and be worse quality wise.
A model 3 is very competitive in its class for example.
I saved money choosing an EV.