Toyota has developed Hydrogen ICE motors. So it doesn’t need to only be used as fuel cells.
I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but hydrogen fuel cell vehicles do have batteries. You can’t put energy captured from regen braking back into the fuel cell, so either you have a battery or you lose a third of your range.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 10 months ago
SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Those things are absolute garbage in terms of efficiency. They are not viable.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The batteries we have today are absolute garbage in terms of efficiency…solar is free energy, hydrogen is the most abundant thing in the universe, and burns clean.
SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Battery technology that we have today is leagues ahead of liquid hydrogen ICE vehicles. You would need a trailer full of liquid hydrogen to get decent range. But that would not matter much because you would only get a fraction of the way through that tank before having to replace the fuel pump.
Engineering Explained has a few videos on the liquid hydrogen Corolla. It is only being looked at for race cars because of how quickly liquid hydrogen boils off.
While I applaud Toyota for researching this avenue, I don’t expect much of it to be useful for the average commuter.
4z01235@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I really need to hear that story.
zurohki@aussie.zone 10 months ago
It’s a joke about Toyota’s attitude towards hydrogen and batteries. Fuel cell EVs almost make sense as plug in hybrids, with 40 miles of battery range for daily use and the hydrogen system for longer trips, but that would be blasphemy against the holy fuel cell!