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Hydrogen Is Sneaking Up As The EV Slayer, And Toyota Is On Board (www.topspeed.com)

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Hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs are great, but hydrogen fuel cell vehicles like the Toyota Mira hold lots of promise for the future.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been hearing that widespread hydrogen is just around the corner since college over a decade ago. I think it has tons of promise for trucking and trains but the mirai has been plagued with issues since its release and seems in every way to be worse than a modern EV like the Hyundai ioniq 6.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Breakthrough innovation is happening in fuel cell technology outside of traditional sectors like cars. BEVs are weirdly turning into a legacy business, and the car industry is becoming an innovation laggard. As of now, it seems likely that hydrogen fuel cell technology will be revolutionary in surprise sectors, such as forklifts, drones, VTOLs, ships, etc., bypassing cars.

It also means that existing car manufacturers are becoming increasingly out of date with their understanding of the technology. We could have millions of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles running (or flying) around before many car manufacturers build their first ones.