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The down fall of the Mirai is the "ïnfrastructure" for Hydrogen generation/ distribution is the culprit, under my understanding.
I was ready to plunk my hard earned money for a Mirai but .........refueling it?????

 

This is similar to the study that concluded "water is wet"

Toyota knew this, as did everyone else that would simply compare the efficiencies of FCVs vs EVs.

FCVs have great potential to replace a few vehicles that can't be replaced with EVs.
They also have an advantage of not requiring behavior changes over gas burners.

This is offset by the inconvenience of the old behaviors once people realize it.

What it comes down to is FCVs are cleaner than Gas cars, and EVs are cleaner than both.

 

there must be a secret hydrogen lobby somewhere. germany?

 

It come from Detroit who never imagined fool-cells could be affordable. They were killing Gore's Partnership program that would have made 2000s into the market today.

Bob Wilson

 

interesting, i never knew that. what made cali buy in, do they hate gore as well?

 

It is why I give them a "B". Good but not perfect. However, now that Toyota only sells FCV where there are hydrogen fuel stations, reality is 'up close and personal.'

I did see an article that Toyota is going to focus on FCV - heavy trucks (and fleet vehicles.) Vehicles that have a central depot that they return to each night would support a hydrogen fuel station and get more diesels off the roads. But this begins to sound like T. Boone Pickens and the natural gas powered Civic and they aren't selling terribly well either.

Bob Wilson

 

Still looks like it would be simpler to just add a plug.

 

Stanford Study: EV's vs Fuel Cells | PriusChat

They've also rendered a decision on whether the hydrogen-mobile is 'better'.
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