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Toyota's portable hydrogen cartridges look like giant AA batteries – and could spell the end of lengthy EV charging (www.techradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 weeks ago (16 children)

Hydrogen is a dead end. Always has been. But a bunch of people are stuck with sunk costs now.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Its just not aiming for the right markets. Its perfect for replacing heavy fuel user where fueling up is already restricted to limited locations like diesel generator trains, massive 18 wheelers and boats, but not for individual car market.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

And any number of industrial processes. It's great for smelting steel from ore, for example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Or injecting into natural gas. Up to 10% hydrogen is generally tolerated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

A green component is better than nothing, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hydrogen is already in development in commercial vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's already in production in industrial vehicles such as fork lifts.

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