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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by pornel on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:53PM (#37838125)
I think Toyota is making these pie-in-the-sky announcements to Osborne[1] other manufacturer's BEVs, and delay electrification too, because Toyota's actual battery tech that exist is far behind their competitors.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect

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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by toss1 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:55AM (#37845251)
Yes, real possibility, but note that the direction is still away from H1 and towards batteries
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