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Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia (japantoday.com)
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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because Toyota invested a lot into hydrogen instead of EV, and they need to recuperate at least some of it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Honestly I'm glad that somebody is exploring other environmentally friendly alternatives too, nothing wrong with having options.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Kind of? Hydrogen can be environmentally friendly, but EVs have big advantages:

    • Creating and burning hydrogen is way less efficient than EVs (almost an order of magnitude)
    • Hydrogen is much cheaper to create in environmentally unfriendly ways (using natural gas etc.)
    • Unless we have massive overproduction of power, the additional energy can be better used to de-carbonify other processes with larger impact
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's why generating hydrogen during off-peak hours from a nuclear power plant will be very beneficial. It may be less efficient but way better for the environment then lithium

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