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Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia (japantoday.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And don't forget it's way faster to refill a hydrogen tank than an battery. Also, cars are such a big industry it's actually easier to not have a middleman (hydrogen -> ~~electric grid~~ -> EVs) because all the infrastructure would have to be built without any real need for it.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 9 months ago

And don't forget it's way faster to refill a hydrogen tank than an battery.

For now, this should change with solid state batteries

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago

Is faster, but with modern EVs it’s really not a problem.

Depart home with 100%, drive for 4 hours, stop to grab an meal and use the facilities and the car is finished before you. Modern EVs take 15 minutes to go 20-80% charged.

Hydrogen is 3x less energy efficient than a battery electric vehicle. It certainly has use cases, but it came 20 years too late for light vehicles.