this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
104 points (98.1% liked)
Electric Vehicles
892 readers
235 users here now
Overview:
Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.
Related communities:
founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
A while ago I was talking to someone form Toyota's sustainability team and they were FROTHING over hydrogen. I don't know much about it, but that surprised me.
Because Japan needs to import most of its energy, it makes more sense to burn the energy at the wheels then behind the wires
Does Japan not get sunlight or wind, or are there other factors at play?
Offshore wind isn't really a starter for them. They're on the edge of the Pacific shelf and the waters get deep quick. That makes platforms very hard. I also don't think they get much in terms of prevailing winds unlike northern Europe with the Atlantic Jetstreams.
Well, real estate is at a premium in an earthquake prone, typhoon ravaged set of islands. They even have geothermal potential, but don't want to industrialise something with deep cultural value.
And how is turning fossil fuels into hydrogen in a wildly inefficient process going to help with that?
Well, the plan would be to go l use to green energy eventually. Yes, still inefficient, but it makes more sense than burning it in a power plant and pumping the electricity to the car
If you have green electricity, why not just use it to charge the battery? Why go through horribly inefficient extra steps?
Because they don't want to use it in Japan?
You're not making any sense at all.
You should do your own research