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bob_super [soylentnews.org] writes:

Toyota has big H2 plans: it's announcing the Mirai [forbes.com] ("future" in Japanese), first in Japan and soon in the US northeast and California.
Toyota has plans to build H2 refueling stations between NY and Boston (only a dozen right now), and in California.

The price is attractive. The H2O exhaust is ideal for city use. Toyota's competitors, and many governments, are likely to add capacity to the H2 distribution network in the "future". For now though, how well will a 300-mile range and limited stations sit with those US customers ready to drop 50 grand on an ecological statement?

The Forbes article does not cover claims, discussed elsewhere [lemonde.fr] (though in French, sorry), that the total carbon footprint is about half of an equivalent car, since most H2 is made from fossil fuels. While grouping the pollution at the production plant is akin to electrical cars, the H2 car can be refilled in minutes rather than hours, but not at home... (on the other hand, it shouldn't leak and need constant topping-off)

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