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Toyota is offering some amazing deals for its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai. That is, if customers can find the hydrogen to power it.

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.

  • desconectado@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    There are laws of thermodynamics and there are laws of kinetics.

    Fuels have much more power density than batteries. You can’t deliver power as fast with a battery compared to a fuel. It doesn’t matter if thermodynamically one is more efficient or greener than the other. You would be crazy to suggest moving an airbus with a battery, that’s physically impossible.

    I’m a researcher in both fields (batteries and hydrogen)

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Sure, but I’m not talking about jets, which yeah, do need a far greater energy density than batteries can currently provide.