cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52369691
According to the complaint, Toyota and its hydrogen partner, FirstElement Fuel (True Zero), intentionally concealed evidence of:
hydrogen leaks near hot engine components, creating explosion risks
sudden power loss, acceleration, and braking failures leading to collisions and injuries
a collapsing hydrogen infrastructure, leaving drivers stranded for weeks without access to fuel
aggressive financial collection tactics by Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, targeting owners of inoperable vehicles.
Good, now we can finally bury that dead end technology.
No, it is not worth “taking every possible approach and finding out what works”. This is a faux-reasonable argument that catches people who haven’t been following trends over the past 20 years. We already did that, and now is the time to deploy what works. Batteries won, deal with it.
I was actually really excited for hydrogen tech. Like a refuelling station just needs sunlight and water. But Toyota really rat fucked themselves, and caused so much damage by relentlessly attacking battery electric vehicles.
By that logic an electric “fuel” station would only need sunlight, and less of it since you don’t have to use electricity to convert from water to hydrogen, so that the car can convert hydrogen to electricity.