When Can Buyers Take Advantage on this hydrogen car? This hefty rebate is immediate, according to the dealer bulletin from a few days ago.
Amidst California’s ongoing efforts to promote environmentally friendly transportation and the changing landscape of hydrogen fuel infrastructure, Toyota has announced a dramatic rebate of up to $40,000 off MSRP for the 2023 Toyota Mirai.
Hydrogen, even if you make it 100% via electrolysis with solar power, is extremely inefficient. In the order of regular ICE cars inefficient. You piss 2/3 of the energy away while having the complexity of a BEV plus additional hydrogen on top. It is worse in every way except range. Unlike batteries, filling up H2 at the fuel station is not getting faster with every generation. Unlike batteries, the range does not increase with every generation. Unlike batteries, the price does not go down sharply. Unlike batteries, the longevity of the fuelcell is shit.
Then you are repeating an argument from the oil industry. To them, all green vehicles are secretly dirty, and therefore you must always buy an oil powered car.
The oil industry has been rooting for hydrogen cars as their favourite alternative to combustion engines as most hydrogen is produced from fossil energy carriers. It's the oil industry's backdoor to remain the mobility supplier as methane based hydrogen dominates the market and will remain cheaper than green hydrogen unless the whole world agrees on proper taxes, which it won't. Hydrogen cars are emission free but hydrogen isn't. And while the same can be said for electric cats, the shift to renewable energy sources is already happening there and the higher efficiency already makes BEVs more environmentally friendly than ICEs, unlike hydrogen cars.