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Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai (techcrunch.com)

submitted 8 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is physically impossible for hydrogen cars to ever be as green as EVs. In order to do so you’d have to break laws of physics.

In a pure fuel comparison sure, does that still hold true when you also factor in manufacturing?

The losses from simply running electrons through a wire are very small.

You conveniently forgot about battery charging and discharging losses.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

In a pure fuel comparison sure, does that still hold true when you also factor in manufacturing?

Yes.

You conveniently forgot about battery charging and discharging losses.

I didn't. Those are very small. Compared to the losses of a HFCEV or even worse, a combustion hydrogen car.