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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A better comment would be delay in seconds as that is the one thing not obvious from glancing at the code.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The current cost to drive a car with green hydrogen from electrolysis (not blue or grey hydrogen from methane reforming) is roughly equivalent to $50/L (AUD) for petrol, or $120/Gal (USD) for gas. This is one of the reasons most hydrogen today is made from fossil fuels.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (18 children)

A hydrogen engine is so much worse for efficiency than a hydrogen fuel cell, and even that is not good compared to batteries. I'd estimate the round trip efficiency of a hydrogen engine to be about 10-15%. So for the same energy that could be used to drive a battery EV 100km, this car from Toyota could drive 12km.

Additionally, hydrogen is not very energy dense per volume. A compressed hydrogen tank that replaces the boot/trunk of the car would have enough hydrogen for about 100km of range.

Please let me know if I'm wrong about any of these numbers. For Toyota's sake, I really hope I'm wrong.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

The plural of regex is regrets.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The learning curve is not as bad as it used to be. Almost everything can be done through the GUI, many tutorials exist, and steam will run almost any game without tinkering with it. ProtonDB is your friend.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The main problem with the new leaf is the lack of battery cooling. After 3 (sometimes 2) rapid charges in a day the battery is at max temperature and the charge rate drastically reduces.

Unless you already have a CHAdeMO V2G charger, I recommend choosing an EV with battery cooling (almost all of them). You can probably find one with more features and longer range for a lower price than a new Leaf.

If you aren't planning on using the car enough to worry about battery overheating, and you enjoy the test drive, it's not actually a bad car. Just a little overpriced.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Is this a sheepdog?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It is a Leaf.

When the battery does eventually die, I'll be looking at EVs enhanced for an upgrade. The car is too nice to throw away.

I also have a 62kWh Leaf E+ for highway driving. It's ok, but the older Leafs (from before the refresh) are much more fun to drive, have more storage space, a tighter turning circle, and are much better value for money. I would recommend almost any EV instead of buying a new Leaf. (Maybe not the Hummer EV).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

About 60km from 80%, so I'm guessing 75km (45mi) from 100%.

We rarely drive it more than 10km in a day, and there are chargers every 20km around here.

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