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posted by mrpg on Friday November 17 2017, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the Sonnō-jōi dept.

Hydrogen!

At a car factory in this city named after Toyota, the usual robots with their swinging arms are missing. Instead, workers intently fit parts into place by hand with craftsmanship-like care.

The big moment on the assembly line comes when two bulbous yellow tanks of hydrogen are rolled over and delicately fitted into each car's underside.

While much of the world is going gung-ho for electric vehicles to help get rid of auto emissions and end reliance on fossil fuels, Japan's top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. is banking on hydrogen.

Toyota sells about 10 million vehicles a year around the world. It has sold only about 4,000 Mirai fuel cell vehicles since late 2014, roughly half of them outside Japan.

Is Toyota going to build the network of hydrogen-refueling stations to serve its hydrogen-powered cars?


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Friday November 17 2017, @04:46PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 17 2017, @04:46PM (#598236) Journal

    Maybe the government needs to read the first post right before yours.

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