09 April, 2015

Misunderstandings about hydrogen reach Toyota's highest echelons


T

he many misunderstandings about hydrogen appear to have filtered up to the highest echelons of the Toyota car company.

Even though it was already involved with Tesla, probably the most successful all-electric car manufacturer, Toyota has plumped for hydrogen fuel cell cars.

 A ClimateProgress story - “Tesla Trumps Toyota: The Seven Reasons Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars AreStalled” – tells us that “For reasons that mostly defy logic, the otherwise shrewd car company, Toyota, is placing a large bet on hydrogen fuel cell cars, starting with the Mirai. At the same time, it has backed away from its partnership with Tesla to build an all-electric vehicle.

Author, Joe Romm, says, “Toyota is going to lose this bet. There is little reason to believe hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) will ever beat electric vehicles in the car market.”

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