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- technology@lemmit.online
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- technology@lemmit.online
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai::Toyota is offering some amazing deals for its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai. That is, if customers can find the hydrogen to power it.
Creating hydrogen is incredibly inefficient if you look at all the steps involved. It will be significantly more inefficient if you don’t create hydrogen 24/7. Meaning, it’ll cost significantly more to rely on a surplus of electricity. Meaning, it is way more expensive per mile or km driven.
The tank in an hydrogen car is only good for 8 to 10 years. You’re replacing one bit that might fail with loads of other bits that might fail.
I think people aren’t understanding how inefficient hydrogen is. Especially with the suggestion that hydrogen somehow is better than EVs, despite hydrogen cars often still having all the EV tech in a car.