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2022-12-07 Science & Technology

Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered pickup and SUV

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Pinto, Hell! How about the Hindenberg?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-12-07 08:15|| 2022-12-07 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 For a particular sideways hit, that tank placement might make a serious Corvette crash seem like a minor scratch.

Of course, those tanks are under the passenger side in Japan.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-12-07 08:26|| 2022-12-07 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 I read about hydrogen engines long ago and you can use powdered hydrogen which is much safer than liquid but it doesn't have as much stored energy. Makes refueling much safer.

My question is why hydrogen now when its a step back from electric. Still takes a ton of power to make the hydrogen.

Is it because the lithium mining being an environmental nightmare or the fires?

Posted by ruprecht 2022-12-07 11:09|| 2022-12-07 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 toyota has been working on a hydrogen "Fuel Cel" now for a number of years

Posted by 746 2022-12-07 15:16|| 2022-12-07 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Why hydrogen? Because it theoretically fuels an engine that only has water as an exhaust. The practical process of how that hydrogen gets to the engine is an exercise left to the suffering engineers that are supposed to make it happen.

Posted by magpie 2022-12-07 17:19|| 2022-12-07 17:19|| Front Page Top

#6 So instead of a car that catches fire and burns for a couple days at temps high enough to turn people into charcoal, they made a car that simply pink mists everyone inside and nukes the surrounding area.

Are we sure these people have safety in mind?

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-12-07 20:33|| 2022-12-07 20:33|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ LOL

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-07 21:05|| 2022-12-07 21:05|| Front Page Top

#8 What happens when a hydrogen-powered vehicle crashing into a lithium battery vehicle? I bet you can see that from space!

Posted by SteveS 2022-12-07 21:21|| 2022-12-07 21:21|| Front Page Top

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