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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by bryanlarsen on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:12PM (#34538913)
Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles have a large battery, larger than the ones in a Prius.
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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by nradov on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:43PM (#34539266)
The Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle has a small battery, only 1.2 kWh.

https://www.toyota.com/mirai/2023/features/

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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by theshrike79 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:24PM (#34539753)
And story has it the small battery is the reason for the pathetic performance. (9.1 seconds 0-60 speed, which is minivan levels).

The fuel cell can't produce electricity fast enough to power the engines for proper acceleration and the battery doesn't have enough buffer.

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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by nradov on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:52PM (#34540034)
The Honda Odyssey minivan can run 0-60 mph in under 7 seconds. So I guess the Mirai is worse than a minivan. But maybe good enough for a city car.
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