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Re:'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy ... by PakG1 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @09:32PM (#34484764)
Their various significant investments don't strike me as being committed to keeping the internal combustion engine. Rather, they're simply evolving and the internal combustion engine influences their evolution. But I see no evidence that they're committed to it because they like it in particular. It's just what they've been good at already, and hydrogen interfacing with it may make sense.
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Re:'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy ... by gumby on Sunday January 22, 2023 @09:39PM (#34484805)
Toyoda himself has publicly stated he's an internal combusion fan and is not interested in all-electric vehicles:

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/21/toyota-toyoda-questions-...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/how-the-world-s-most-va...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/15/toyotas-team-japan-aims...

https://www.hotcars.com/why-toyota-is-investing-383-million-...

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Re:'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy ... by zdragnar on Sunday January 22, 2023 @10:04PM (#34484982)
If you read the articles, his point is that the industry cannot completely switch over to EV production and bans aren't the right solution, considering how rapidly japanese cars have reduced their CO2 emissions.

There simply isn't yet the battery production capability to ban ICE yet. Their hybrids and hydrogen are part of the all-in approach.

Considering that, he claims, cars have cut CO2 by 24% in 20 years, the onus belongs on other industries to catch up, lest you hurt more people for less gain.

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Re:'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy ... by glandium on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:31AM (#34485827)
There also enough power production. To give an example, the Tokyo governor invited people to lower their heating devices and wear turtle necks to avoid exceeding the current capacity.
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