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

I will not touch a hydrogen car. You are literally sitting on a bomb, you have to continue servicing a car every year, you still have to transport an even more dangerous fuel, store it in tanks etc etc. And at the moment hydrogen is made from natural gas for the mass market. It is even worst for the environment than burning peteol.

Hydrogen is the cleanest burning fuel that we can use for transportation. Electric cars run on electricity primarily produced by burning coal. Coal is the worst offender to the environment. Need I say more?

Toyota had it right, this would be far better than an EV that puts out a bigger carbon footprint than an internal combustion engine, not to mention our infrastructure is not capable of charging EV cars and trucks, it can barley keep the lights on when it's hot out and people are using air conditioning. If they can make it work, hydrogen-powered cars would be so much better, if not just improve ICE and forget about EV's the damage of mining for lithium, the short range, can't pull campers but maybe a third of their range before they need to be charged. The Democrats and their green deal is pushing EV's and everyone should know it's not the answer but many follow blindly.

I’m a car guy. If H2 vehicles can provide similar characteristics to the fossil fuel version, we can have our cake and eat it too!

Where do we get hydrogen? Water electrolysis? Hindenburg consequences?

Hydrogen is the way to go! Finally some common sense approach.

I totally agree hydrogen cars.
How will we fill up when needed

It is about time that this technology is revealed, it is good stuff. My only concern would be how explosive this fuel is. In an accident can it be contained, but on the manufacturing side 8ts the ticket. Looking forward to the evolution of this source. Very exciting.

I’ve been excited about the idea of hydrogen fuel for many years. I’m afraid, however, that so much money, resources and time is being devoted to electric energy that an opportunity for hydrogen to fuel vehicles will be ignored despite it being the real solution to environmental pollution problems.

This idea is a non-starter. It would require a massive conversion of existing gas stations to provide liquid hydrogen, at enormous cost to both producers and consumers. It's a solution that could've worked had they attempted it 25 years ago instead of putting all their efforts into gas hybrid and resting on their laurels forever more. Despite the concerns regarding EVs (many based on disinformation), the impetus has reached a point where trying to drag the industry in yet another direction makes no sense.

Forgive my ignorance but help me understand, please. Is it water or is it O2 that is released from a hydrogen powered vehicle? If water, would the water that is released just go on the road? Seems like a small issue, but in Northern Minn, water quickly becomes ice in the winter. Dangerous stuff. I heard about technology that separates the 02 from the hydrogen in water making the hydrogen the fuel and the O2 the waste with no liquefied hydrogen necessary. Is this a pipe dream or not?

Hydrogen is created with energy, and most hydrogen today is made from energy made from fossil fuels. Burning fuel to make electricity to make hydrogen is silly, each step has inefficiencies. Green hydrogen is the best type (made from sustainable electric like wind, solar and hydro).

Perfectly efficient electrolysis can make one gallon of hydrogen from 39 kWh, typical systems need 48 kWh. The Honda fuel cell claims 68 miles per gallon, so at the most efficient the vehicle can go 68 miles off of 39 kWh (without adding transportation of the fuel, dispensing, etc).

A Tesla Model Y travels 1 mile using 234 Wh. 39 kWh would propel a Tesla 166 miles. There is no question that all-electric is a superior vehicle system.

Green Hydrogen would be better for transportation when heavy batteries are impractical… like ships and airplanes.

Go on YouTube and watch an interview by Robert Llewellyn and Prof. David Cebon on the Fully Charged podcast. (Search Everything Electric Show) They discuss How Clean is Hydrogen. Really? That will open your eyes to the reality of hydrogen and how it is a waste of time and will NEVER be a practical solution in vehicles and as a domestic heating solution.

I bekieve clean emissions are needed to prevent negative impacts of carbon monoxide to our health. If this is not a priority then we are creating huge health problems for generations to come. If hydrogen is effective then it should be seriously persued as a fuel for ICE cars.

Making green hydrogen uses a lot of electricity.
Burning it to move a car is a lot less efficient than using the electricity to charge a battery and drive electric motors. So H2 only makes sense if we have limitless cheap renewable energy, which is a long way off. Battery tech is evolving rapidly, and charging infrastructure is at least 10 years ahead of H2. Toyota has bet on the wrong horse

GM had it first. Hydrogen should be offered in a free market. EV are a lousy inferior technology

I am a chemistry / physics professor. For years I have been saying to my classes that Hydrogen is a better alternative to fossil fuels and batteries. Someone has finally listened.

Yes please, where can I buy one!

EV's probably will have a place in the market, but in not too many years we'll be facing a very big issue with how to handle all of the waste battery products not to mention the availability of raw materials.

Hydrogen (and fuel cells) have been talked about since the space race of the 60s! But has anyone ever questioned the amount of energy is required to produce pure hydrogen? It's not like it's a readily available fuel source! And for all the negatives folks here seem to out on rechargeable battery-based EVs... At least the battery tech fuels (pardon the pun) dozens of other industries, such as electronics! R&D in any of these industries that also rely on batteries will have a much bigger impact than the billions of $$ and years of feet-dragging Toyota will continue to waste on pursuing this hydrogen pipe dream.

BMW had a hydrogen 7 ICE more than 15 years ago. It never catch on.

Toyoda knows what he is doing. If he thinks this is the future then I trust him. EVs are great if you have solar on your house to charge them and don't drive too far. Or for cities with severe pollution problems like Rome and London. But for most of the World? I can see Philippines or Thailand switching to EV on a large scale any time soon.

Hydrogen combustion emits Ni-O which is a green house gas worse then Co2. 98% of H2 is made from natural gas, adding more Co2 in the process of stripping carbon from the organic molecule. So, H2 fuel cell is stupid and H2 combustion is stupid2. More propaganda from the dying oil and gas business.

Bring it on, already electric is proving to be more expensive than first thought, keep thinking outside the box guys, we're all waiting for utopia.

I propose we start building gravitation electric power stations. We have the prerequisites technologies to enable us use the infinite gravitation energy in building gravitation electric power stations for families globally. Electricity generated by gravitation electric power stations will help us produce green hydrogen which families globally which they will use fot their hydrogen powered vehicles.

EV's are costly, less capable, and less durable. The secondary market for them is like Russian roulette. The current grid cannot support everyone driving them, even by burning fossil fuels, and generation of electricity is still the number one contributor of CO2. Hydrogen makes more sense, but has a lot of catching up to do.

I agree that a hydrogen engine is a great alternative to EVs and I would be one of the first in line if the infrastructure were in place. We would not need 4 service stations on the same corner as we do now. I wonder if the maintenance cost would remain about the same as internal combustion engines. The cost of EVs maintenance is less than internal combustion for the present but ask someone that needs a battery swap cost. The challenges remain for hydrogen the cost of production and selling price in comparison to gas. The general assumption that hydrogen is more dangerous to carry on board will need some education. If the demand is there the oil and gas industry will supply the need.

I have been saying this for a long time. Hydrogen is the most plentiful element on earth. With water being the emission, seems like a home run. Right now the biggest hurdle is the energy to produce the hydrogen.