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.

I’ve started using an open source trackball mouse. It’s infinitely repairable, and easily reprogrammable.

The Ploopy thumb is at least as good as the Logitech M570, probably better.

The plural of regex is regrets.

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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.

As you wish

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.

Is this a sheepdog?

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).

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.

I have a 12 year old electric car with an old battery chemistry known for it’s fast degradation compared to current chemistries. It still has more than 50% of its original capacity, which is still more than we need.

I wouldn’t be surprised if I can keep driving it for another 5-10 years before selling the battery for grid storage.

I have a friend who’s 91. He just started using Linux, and has had only minor issues that I was able to fix in seconds.

It’s nowhere near as difficult as it was 10 years ago.

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I use Vivaldi exclusive for the tab stacks. As soon as another browser has tab stacks (preferably more than 2 levels) I’ll switch.