Interesting to see they have turned the Hydrogen project into a Rally2 car.
GR Yaris GR Yaris Rally2 Hydrogen powered
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Yohz78
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Not sure I'd like to go on a stage with a bomb on my back ...
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the safety cages are so strong nowadays don't see that being a big issue. but of course everything is possible.
I’m feeling a bit nervous staying at a hotel next to Rally Finland Service park all of a sudden.
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It could prove that it is not that good of an idea though. Would allow to switch ressources to proper project next !
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If it catch fire and meet the atmosphere all that will be left is the cage indeed ... There's so many risks when it comes to Hydrogen storage that I don't really get how it can be a good idea to have some in a rally car. Any bad crash and you are going to be blasted or burn...
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Actually I don't agree.
Technology research is never a waste of time. And testing it in real world is always a step to be done.
We live in a world where sadly, in any field, anyone blindly follows the unique given mainstream thought that gives likes and approval in exchange, while anyone who tries to evaluate alternatives is regularly mocked and wished disaster for their "not aligned" ideas.
And we end up making a very old and faulty technology (all recent faults and problems I had in my cars and in almost every other device has been due to batteries) the only path to be financed, supported and praised. Even if I myself support BEV cars for some specific use.
To me, Toyota searching for alternative propulsions for future cars is a breath of fresh air anyway, notwithstanding the final outcome.
And from what I see, even the market is (silently) praising this approach.
For a car manufacturer that have been wished quick death by many obsessed BEV fans, holding now a solid first place in world car market, it's quite a good achievement, I guess.
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Unfortunately, physics and economics have already conferred on the topic and deduced that hydrogen for personal transport is basically a dead-end. No amount of technology research or wishful thinking is ever going to change the fundamentals.
And that’s for FCVs, HICE is even even less viable.
Toyota, BMW et al were quite happy to hoover up all the grant money while it was on offer, but now that’s pretty much dried up….
And that’s for FCVs, HICE is even even less viable.
Toyota, BMW et al were quite happy to hoover up all the grant money while it was on offer, but now that’s pretty much dried up….
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You are sure right about this, but the same has been told in the past about BEVs.Unfortunately, physics and economics have already conferred on the topic and deduced that hydrogen for personal transport is basically a dead-end. No amount of technology research or wishful thinking is ever going to change the fundamentals.
And that’s for FCVs, HICE is even even less viable.
Toyota, BMW et al were quite happy to hoover up all the grant money while it was on offer, but now that’s pretty much dried up….
And notwithstanding that, BEVs have now been exhumed again from the graves where they have been buried for many times in the past.
So who knows for sure in advance?
Technology never stops evolving, and one day what was impossible can become feasible, but only if someone believed in developing and investing in it in the meanwhile.
What I am afraid the most of is the single-thought approach in technology, the one that with absolute certainty orders to everyone to go all-in in one unique solution, and to forget about the alternative options for good.
