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In hindsight Toyota still made the right move. The Japanese government has heavily pushed hydrogen for a while now, and Toyota was wise to follow suit. Was it

• reducesuffering 2y ago
  Ya, the hydrogen attempt was a Japanese government geopolitical push. It's not a coincidence that both Toyota and Honda were the only co's to come out with almost an identical model hydrogen car. Raw inputs, fossil fuels and the metals needed for batteries, are weak points of Japan's position. They wanted an automotive solution that was purely technology-based so they weren't at the mercy of who holds metals for batteries. Unfortunately, as practically everyone on HN knew for a decade, this was never going to be viable and it's a shame so much resources were wasted in the attempt.