Toyota Has The Perfect Alternative To The EV and Could Revolutionize The Market

I'm waiting for some bright start-up engineers to come up with a relatively simple "conversion kit" for current ICE cars/vehicles. The work cannot afford to simply replace the 1 billion+ IVE vehicles.

Using hydrogen in ICE will not completely solve pollution problems. The combustion of hydrogen in ICE will emit NOx, a pollutant.

This technology, by MY knowledge, was available since 25/30 years ago. Of course it makes sense to go hydrogen. Why and what is it we are talking about now. I believe they will sell all the junk first and slowly introduce "new technology" it's called economy.like what happened to the electronic and the Tele communications market. Hydrogen powered vehicles sooner the better.

Honda has also explored using hydrogen , and
Even offered them in California.
If the process to extract hydrogen can be worked out then indeed it would be the ultimate
Solution to a clean auto engine.
I agree with Volvo electric cars are a fad.

I have been waiting for years for Hydrogen, it is the way to go.

First of all the idea of an electric car with a minimal range seems futile. If anything I have been considering a hybrid as I have friends who have had hybrids for many years and they have been quite pleased. My big concern with the hybrids of course is the cost of the batteries I tend to drive a vehicle until it is really worn out so more than likely for me that would mean new batteries. The concept of a hydrogen fuel cell as compared to propane or compressed natural gas seems to be a rather viable option. Interestingly the byproducts of combustion would be water. The other major concern I have with electric vehicles is that we already have a very worn out old inefficient electrical grid. We should be concentrating using solar and wind power to generate electricity for domestic use not to waste it on Transportation that would not really be good for any extended trips. Hydrogen fuel cells have been studied since at least the '80s perhaps even before that I see no reason why we shouldn't be able to use them effectively.

Don't let the environmental groups confuse/dilute the benefits of hydrogen by talking about Blue Hydrogen, Green Hydrogen is the answer.
Blue H is only the current largest production because of the push from the oil industry, this can easily be overcome by investment in Green H production capacity.

Hydrogen fuel manufacturing should be supported by our government as a viable and near future solution , especially with no true answer and decades to our electric power grid , existing field engines can be converted to hydrogen mixture now. But if California goes all electric and we don't change our power grid , then they can stay in Ca!!

My belief is the whole battery electric car push is a hoax. The true social costs associated with auto transportation alternatives has yet to be addressed. The non-technical public is being sold falsely that batteries are the way to go. Hydrogen seems to be an interesting alternative. If hydrogen requires electric power to produce then use nuclear power. I’m glad Toyota is pursuing H alternative.

I drive a 2008 Toyota Yaris with upgraded muffler and air filter that get great gas milages! I would love to get my hands on a newer model, but what about fueling stations?

Electricity and Hydrogen are not comparable. Hydrogen produces energy, electricity is used as a way to deliver it. Therefore Hydrogen can coexist with electricity, just as fossil fuels are used today to produce the electricity that charges EV batteries. Simply use Hydrogen to produce electricity instead, no Hydrogen refueling network needed. Also why not use Hydrogen engines for aircraft? Ships? Things that can be refilled from a tanker truck.

I don't agree with owning ELECTRIC CARS!! For one thing..... The Charging Stations are electric.. But, they are still fueled with FOSSIL FUEL. Secondly.... Just the BATTERY is very very expensive!!

I ran my father's Atco 4 stroke lawn mower years ago on hydrogen, it ran perfectly, just spat loads of water out of the exhaust and emulsified the engine oil. Now progressing with my notes from 1977 to a larger hydrogen generator.

Ok, electric, solar and battery. Pull resources from earth once every 15 to 20 years then do it again. Hydrogen you constantly are moving resources to their destination from day 1 to end of life. Does not make sense to me? Plus you have a cost for those hydrogen resources what is the economics? That is a real number what is that number?

I also believe that hydrogen is the best answer to solving the pollution problem, and I applaud Toyota for being focused in this area.

I would never buy a electric car the price is just way to high when you figure in the converting your house to charge it and then the added time it takes to charge it up on long trips then there is the cost of electricity which we all now will have to go way up if they get to many people to change over . I would rather have a hybrid car any day over electric

Hydrogen is the way to go! It's sustainable and true environment friendly!

Both Quebec City in the Province of Quebec and the Provonce of British Columbia in Canada have been using Hydrogen for 5 years now or so. B.C. has had Shell oil build 10 more Hydrogen Stations in the Province.
California has also been adding Hydrogen Stations to meet the need of the Sea Ports to limit Polution as well as people who wish to cut down on Pollution through the use of fumes from gasoline and the garbage created by Battery driven vehicles. We are yet to see what happens orator highways in the Winter months when an accident causes delays in the Winter and electric vehicles are stuck for hours in stopped traffic. Batteries will only last so long without being charged. How can it be charged in the middle of a traffic Jam?????

Bring it on ! ASAP

As long as you don't have to wait a half hour to fuel it I think it is a good alternative.

What are we waiting for? My next car will be a hydrogen car!

Toyota is obstinate, angry, and not on the cutting edge. This is Toyota's first failure since the original corrola failure. Sour grapes!!!

Hydrogen ICE vehicles are the future. The infrastructure is already in place, and in the USA are already known as GAS stations.

If the construction equipment manufacturer, JCB, can run their machines on hydrogen, then so can the automotive manufacturers.

From a lay person and a car enthusiasts position i totally agree that this huge EV push is politically motivated...and will not end well for the consumer!

Hydrogen is the way to go.

So when can we see these vehicles and how hard will it be to find fill stations?

I'm a waitin'!
Been waiting for someone to figure this transportation thing out.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if Toyota would be at the forefront.
I'm still driving two Toyotas with excess of 250K on them.
I'd probably trade one in for a hydrogen powered Toyota~
Until then I'll wait!