Yamaha’s NEW Hydrogen Engine Will Make EVs Obsolete!
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Yamaha, the iconic Japanese brand synonymous with high-performance engines, is taking a surprising turn in the race for sustainable mobility. While electric cars have dominated the headlines, Yamaha is making a bold bet on a revolutionary concept: a combustion engine that produces zero emissions. This "impossible engine," as some are calling it, achieves near-mythical efficiency, expelling only water vapor.
And where do you get hydrogen? you use electricity generated by fossil fuels to split water! riiiiight.....no emissions.....
You forgot the wind mill, solar, water dam and more renewable energy
Yes you would have to transport the hydrogen instead of electricity (which is far cheaper) but we also have to count the cost and emission to produce ev battery, and also the short lifespan and danger of ev battery
The problem with hydrogen is not the engine per se, but its refuelling infrastructure, the storage and delivery of the fuel. Hydrogen must be cooled into a liquid to get the required energy density - it is useless as vehicle fuel in gaseous form. With EVs, charging stations simply tap into the existing power grid, allowing easy and fast proliferation. Charging stations are also a lot more compact, cheaper and easier to set up even at home. Its only Achilles heel is the battery, but rapid development is already taking place with several newer and better battery techs already appearing on the horizon.
But I can understand why the Japanese are going this route. They can't build EVs only to compete head-on with the Chinese, coz China's long-term strategy gave them the foresight to establish, secure and optimize entire supply chains that allow massive economy of scale in EV production. The Japanese literally have no choice but to keep doubling down on hydrogen regardless of the challenges, especially since they've been dabbling with it since 2014 with the introduction of the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car.