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Hydrogen was a cynical distraction to give legislators something to push 'in the future' while allowing car manufacturers to continue with business as usual. (
by taneq 5y ago
Hydrogen was a cynical distraction to give legislators something to push 'in the future' while allowing car manufacturers to continue with business as usual.
(Of course, governments the world over leapt at hydrogen and clung on for dear life because it was the only renewable vehicle tech that preserved the current fuel distribution model and so allowed them to keep supporting road infrastructure with fuel taxes. They saw the legislative advantage, physical efficiency was nothing to do with it.)
Toyota had something special back in the 80s and early 90s and it seems like they lost it. Was there some key innovator high up in the company who retired some time around then?
- fomine3 5y agoAdditionally, now China companies dominating massive Li-ion manufacturing for EV, like solar panels (despite their energy still heavily use coals). It's natural that other governments don't want core industry to rely on them, but still climate change is a thing so they discovering alternatives.