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2023-01-02 Science & Technology

Toyota's Hydrogen Combustion Engine Has The Potential To Make EVs Obsolete

[Top Speed] Toyota is taking a diversified approach to achieve carbon neutrality and it could be a winning formula for the Japanese automaker.

Since it launched the revolutionary Prius in 1997, Toyota has been a leader in hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which paved the way for the current electric vehicle craze. However, in spite of its roots, the Japanese brand has been hesitant to jump headfirst into the all-electric trend. Toyota’s first 100-percent EV, the awkwardly named BZ4X, has sold only a few hundred units as of mid-October and according to a report by Electrek, the Japanese carmaker doesn't plan to ramp up production until 2025.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Thank you Toyota. It's about time. Biden will block Toyota some way to promote his EV folly. China is working on this also in a big way. This winter already has shown how poorly Ev's performed. Even fully charged problems and charging stations hacked.

Posted by Dale 2023-01-02 03:39|| 2023-01-02 03:39|| Front Page Top

#2 LiquidPiston

Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-02 03:51|| 2023-01-02 03:51|| Front Page Top

#3 To begin, thick, armored fuel tank(s) are required for holding the highly flammable hydrogen technology that Toyota gleaned from its FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle), the Mirai.

Ford: Pinto
Toyota: Hold my saki

BTW: Where is all this hydrogen going to come from?

Posted by Mercutio 2023-01-02 08:44|| 2023-01-02 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Thirty years ago, Scientific American had an article explaining that since the production of hydrogen requires more energy than it produces, the only practical way to make large quantities was using (relatively) cheap nuclear power.

That pretty much squelched the idea then.

Posted by Bobby 2023-01-02 09:02|| 2023-01-02 09:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Iceland is about the only country that can produce hydrogen cheaply as they use their vast abundance of thermal energy to produce the quantity of electricity needed for Hydrogen production.

Drill a hole and set up a turbine.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-01-02 09:53|| 2023-01-02 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 The most abundant atom in the Universe. Nature seems organized to use it efficiently without man's technical efforts.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-02 09:54|| 2023-01-02 09:54|| Front Page Top

#7 So you're telling me that EVs may wind up being the Betamaxes of the evolution of automobiles?

Posted by Tom 2023-01-02 11:39|| 2023-01-02 11:39|| Front Page Top

#8 No, Betamax was a quality recording.

New system retrofits diesel engines to run on 90 per cent hydrogen

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-02 11:45|| 2023-01-02 11:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Duramax Engines Are Being Converted To Hydrogen Power

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-02 11:49|| 2023-01-02 11:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Using hydrogen for transportation is the worst of all worlds. Electrolyzing water to make H2 then burning it in an ICE vehicle is 4 times less efficient than using than driving an electric vehicle.

Steam reforming nat gas to make H2 will lose 1/3 of the egergy as burning the nat gas in an ICE and you still have the CO2. Not to mention the huge costs of needed to make the H2 and difficulties in transporting it.

Posted by Waldemar the Limber5043 2023-01-02 14:03|| 2023-01-02 14:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Hydrogen HHO Generator for Diesel Engine

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-02 16:18|| 2023-01-02 16:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Electrolyzing water to make H2

The unused current from an upsized alternator is used when the engine is running to zap the water.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-02 20:37|| 2023-01-02 20:37|| Front Page Top

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