Ilon Musk called hydrogen fuel cells a stupid and dangerous technology

The other day, Tesla Motors CEO Ilon Mask spoke at the Detroit Automotive News World Congress event . As part of his speech, he made a number of interesting statements that relate directly to Tesla Motors and the company's products, as well as other companies.

In particular, Musk decided to return the rear lighting. Moreover, the decision was made after the child Mask himself called the Tesla Model S "the most stupid machine in the world", due to the lack of lighting that could be used for reading.

But this is not the most interesting statement Mask. In particular, he announced the planned exit of Tesla Motors for profit only in 2020. At the same time, the head of the company did not report the exact number of electric vehicles sold this year, saying only that the planned number of sales of 33 thousand electric cars was reached, moreover, “a much larger number of electric vehicles than planned was sold).
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Ilon Mask also reported the price of Tesla Model 3: 35 thousand US dollars, after the appearance of new items in 2017.

Interestingly, Musk calls the technology of producing energy from fuel cells on hydrogen “very stupid” and very dangerous. The thing is that hydrogen is a very combustible and light gas, and its leakage is almost impossible to fix. As a result, the whole idea of ​​obtaining energy from fuel cells fueled by hydrogen is also very dangerous. First of all - for the owner of an electric car with such cells (and the idea of ​​obtaining energy using fuel cells is promoted by Toyota, which has already released the Mirai car , which uses this technology).

Musk replied to questions about the Gigafabrika battery, which should open in 2020. Ilon Mask plans not only to create batteries for Tesla Model S and other electric vehicles in this factory, but also to sell such batteries to other companies.