Which car is better for the environment? electronic cars or hydrogen cars?

Answer 1

Depends. Hydrogen combustion powered or hydrogen fuel cell. Because hydrogen fuel cell cars are actually powered by electricty. Just like nuclear reactor powered submarines and ships are actually powered by steam.
Hydrogen combustion are currently better, far better. Because they don't require as much resources (battery chemicals) for production. The BMW Hydrogen 7 makes 300 hp, and has 125 mile range on pure hydrogen. Only emission is water vapor. Of course the vehicle also can run on gasoline to get more range.

But pure electricity is better cost/environment wise. Like the Tesla.

The problem isn't so much in the pros and cons of the vehicles themselves but the methods in which their fuels are produced.

Answer 2

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Good question, but you might not expect this answer.
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They are both the same thing. A hydrogen fuel-cell car IS an electric car. The pure EV is more efficient, therefore cleaner.
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What often gets lost in the public discussion of hydrogen is the fact that hydrogen is not a fuel. It is an energy CARRIER, just like a battery.
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Hydrogen is extracted from water, using electricity. Then the fuel cell turns it back into electricity and water. That's a reversible chemical process, exactly what happens inside a battery. All the energy comes from the electricity - the hydrogen 'carries' it.
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Except that the entire hydrogen process is much less efficient than a battery, especially considering the wasted energy of transporting and storing hydrogen.
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Also, a fuel cell car will always be more expensive than an electric car, because you are taking an electric car, then adding a fuel cell to it.
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The only advantage that hydrogen could bring to electric cars is fast fueling. But now that 10-minute fast-charge batteries are on the market, even that advantage is evaporating.
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Here's a car (being built right now, in California) that uses the new batteries:
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html
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The Phoenix electric pickup truck - using new, advanced Altairnano batteries (based on research from MIT) - can:

-Travel up to 250 miles per charge
-Carry 5 passengers plus cargo at 95mph.
-Charges batteries in as little as TEN MINUTES.
-Has batteries that last 250,000 miles (never need replacement.)
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Don't listen to the oil-industry disinfo about powerplant pollution or battery pollution. EVs are much, much cleaner because of their high energy efficiencies.
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Answer 3

Well, since there's no such thing as an electronic car, hydrogen wins. Seriously, hydrogen would be better if they could figure a way to mass-produce and mass-distribute hydrogen without putting more energy into it than it contains, but alas they have not. Electric cars are no better, because they use toxic batteries that will need to be disposed of or recycled, and currently there are no large-scale clean electricity generating methods in place. Nuclear, solar, and hydroelectric generation is limited. So we rely on coal and other fossil fuels.

Answer 4

So far electronic. The technology is more applied. Hydrogen fuel cells are in infancy but they could take off. Right now its more of a matter of economies of scale. But both technologies require resources that tax the environment. Just because your hybrid electric vehicle does 50mpg does not mean you are benefitting the environment. A lot of resources were applied to produce the nickle hydrite battery of the hybrid electric which gives you 50mpg

Answer 5

Probably a mains charged car. Hydrogen would need to be transported in lorries, but the national grid is already in place.

Answer 6

A well tuned vehicle running on an ethanol blend would be best, for a variety of reason having to do with the environmental hazards of fuel cells and handling of hydrogen.

Answer 7

Hydrogen as they use only water and give off water. Electrical must charge up and the source of electricity is varied and not necessarily good for the enviornment.

Answer 8

i would say electronic would be the best

Answer 9

WHO CARES ,WERE ALL GOING TO DIE ANY HOW ,WE ALL NEED TO USE HORSES AGAIN ,THEY WERE VERY GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT !