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Toyota's portable hydrogen cartridges look like giant AA batteries – and could spell the end of lengthy EV charging (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Enceladus@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Its just not aiming for the right markets. Its perfect for replacing heavy fuel user where fueling up is already restricted to limited locations like diesel generator trains, massive 18 wheelers and boats, but not for individual car market.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And any number of industrial processes. It's great for smelting steel from ore, for example.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or injecting into natural gas. Up to 10% hydrogen is generally tolerated.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A green component is better than nothing, I guess.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hydrogen is already in development in commercial vehicles.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

It's already in production in industrial vehicles such as fork lifts.