Toyota Concedes On Batteries, Hedging With Hybrids, Fuel Cells. “Toyota will unveil a solid-state electric vehicle battery which it has developed with Panasonic next year before the Tokyo Olympic Games” Toyota Motor of Japan hoped that hybrids and fuel cells and a smattering of battery-only vehicles would meet its future technology needs, but toughening fuel […]
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Fuel Cells A Long Way From Mainstream, Despite Toyota Launch
Fuel Cells A Long Way From Mainstream, Despite Toyota Launch “We struggle to understand the rationale for fuel cells electric given the performance capabilities already achieved by battery electric vehicles” You would think that when an automotive giant like Toyota declared its fuel cell car ready for prime time, questions about hydrogen technology had been […]
Toyota’s Fuel Cell Plans Grab Headlines, But Doubts Mount
“This is a dead end technology and (the manufacturers) are foolishly wasting their time. I can’t explain it. It doesn’t make any sense” Toyota’s launch of the Mirai fuel-cell powered car at the Los Angeles car show was greeted by “game-over” victory shouts by some alternative technology advocates saying battery-only powered cars have been driving […]
Fuel Cells Might Still Trump Battery Cars
Toyota FCV Joins Fuel Cell Offering, Which Is Increasing Too. Toyota of Japan reminds us that batteries don’t necessarily hold the inside track as an alternative, revolutionary way to replace the internal combustion engine out there and it’s called the fuel cell. Unveiled ahead of the Tokyo car show on November 20, Toyota said its […]
Can Fuel-Cells Overtake Batteries In The Race To Be Green?
Flurry Of Hydrogen Alliances Suggests Battery-Only Failure Experts Say This Probably More Insurance Than Trend “Car manufacturers need to hedge because they don’t know if there will be a battery technology breakthrough and they are under pressure to bring down fuel use” Cynics might say car manufacturers have come up with a new and novel […]