Despite the fact that car makers invest heavily in battery-electric vehicles, many continue to experiment with hydrogen as an alternative fuel source. Toyota has 30 years of history with hydrogen under his belt, and the company still believes that it could be the next big thing.
In an interview with that of Australia Car expertSean Hanley, vice -president of Toyota Australia of Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations, suggested that hydrogen -dredges could replace diesel in the coming decades. Hanley suggested:
‘Diesel will not be at any time in the following decade, but otherwise – I think hydrogen will take over diesel. In the end I think that diesel in – not the near future – but in the longer term I cannot imagine that diesel is necessarily a fuel of the future, because reality is a gasoline [vehicle] Can do anything it can do – plus some.
Although Hanley currently admits that “people poo pooying hydrogen”, the vice-president still believes that the technology could eventually replace the diesel powertrain. Hanley says that the hydrogen tank infrastructure in Australia should be ‘considerably better than what you have today’, but with the right investments it can help stimulate adoption.
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Hydrogen hype, hesitation and history
Hydrogen is not a new fuel source. Toyota began to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the nineties and the history of hydrogen extends more than 200 years to the 1807 the RIVAZ engine. It was an internal combustion engine that ran on a mix of hydrogen and oxygen, not gasoline.
During the 19th century, scientists experimented with hydrogen and primitive fuel cell technologies. However, as gasoline-driven engines in the beginning of the 20th century in popularity rose, however, hydrogen examination took a rear seat.
That didn’t stop completely innovation. In 1966, General Motors unveiled the Electrovan-”s worldly first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The project started two years earlier and concerned more than 200 engineers. It coincided with NASA’s acceptance of fuel cell technology for the Apollo Space program.
Only in 2014 did Toyota unveiled his first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell vehicle-de Mirai. Honda had introduced the FCX to case in 2008 and sold nor Toyota’s FCVs in meaningful figures prior to the Toyota car, but neither Honda nor Toyota’s FCVs.
Just like electric vehicles, hydrogen infrastructure requires, and it is something in the United States that has no investments and that it is unlikely that it will improve soon. Last year Shell announced that it would immediately close all fuel stations in California – all seven of them.
The limited infrastructure and low interest rates have not prevented every car maker from investing in investigating technology.
Earlier this month, BMW launched its next generation of fuel cell system and the company plans to bring it into series production in 2028. It is unclear which model it will be. BMW previously used X5 crosovers to experiment with technology.
Stellantis has the opposite position, so far that hydrogen mentions a “niche segment” and ends its investment.
Anyway, hydrogen fuel cell technology does not go somewhere quickly.
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