Refueling a hydrogen car in California is so annoying that drivers are suing Toyota
Refueling a hydrogen car in California is so annoying that drivers are suing Toyota
Dozens of Californians are part of a class action lawsuit filed in July against Toyota. They claim the carmaker's salespeople misled them about the state's unreliable hydrogen refueling infrastructure.
Glad they included a picture of him demonstrating sitting in the car. I would have been wildly confused otherwise
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It’s not unusual to have a photo of the interviewee right?
Good, hydrogen cars shouldn't be a thing in the first place, hydrogen as fuel should only be used for heavy transport that fuels at the location where the hydrogen is produced.
This is such an ignorant statement. They're complaining about the lack of infrastructure, not the car or tech. We need as many zero emission techs as possible, not just hoping batteries eventually figure it out.
A lot of hydrogen is derived from petroleum. Combine that with hydrogen's penchant for leaking very easily and the infrastructure would require a constant replenishment of the stuff just to keep idle. Extrapolate that to hydrogen stations being as common as gas stations and you'll see a lot of waste. For every day car use, it'd be better to use batteries.
Hydrogen as a fuel source is terrible, regardless of the amount of infrastructure surrounding it. It leaks like literally nothing else, you need to generate it (meaning it's essentially energy storage), and the result of the two facts mean that it's a horribly wasteful way to propel a car. The only reasons it's an effective rocket fuel are because NASA doesn't need to store it long-term and the savings you get from a traditional battery are far-outweighed by the benefits of a lighter load the further along you get.
This hype around H fuel is absolutely fucking batshit.
hydrogen is just a very inefficient battery for strong electrical power.