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SeaJ to News@lemmy.world • 1 year ago

Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs

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SeaJ to News@lemmy.world • 1 year ago
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As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap rather than “waste” money on BEVs, its CEO said.
  • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    Oh. Well that’s a silly distinction of them to make. Hydrogen is abundant and refining processes are constantly getting cleaner, especially these days, no worries.

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      [citation needed]

      • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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        I am shocked at how few people know how abundant hydrogen is.

        Here, this article explains how hydrogen makes up 75% of the universe we understand:

        https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/what-is-hydrogen#:~:text=Hydrogen is a clean alternative,and%2C of course%2C humans.

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          Removed by mod

          • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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            Are you asking a question?

            Because the hydrogen I’m mentioning is accessible to be put into fuel cells.

            • @HerrBeter@lemmy.world
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              While hydrogen is common, free H2 molecules are not

              • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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                Correct. That is where fuel processing comes into play.

                For all fuels, let’s say gasoline for example, you can’t just grab a bowl of oil from a crude oil well and dump it into your fuel tank.

                The fuel needs to be carefully refined and processed.

                Same with hydrogen, same with biofuels, that’s how refined fuels work.

                • @HerrBeter@lemmy.world
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                  There’s no skipping thermodynamics, maybe there will be a technology for an arbitrary molecule to hydrogen gas reformation but it doesn’t exist to my knowledge. Electrolysis of water means breaking the bonds and that takes a lot of electrical energy.

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                    What you’re saying is correct afaik, although i don’t see its bearing on hydrogen fuel generation or how it’s bad for BEVs as an industry.

                    Are you trying to ask a question about hydrogen fuel generation or processing, or BEVs?

                    Or are you just lamenting that one specific fuel processing method you’re aware of for FCEVs isn’t as efficient as you want it to be?

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