Toyota FINALLY Revealed New HYDROGEN Combustion Engine | GAME CHANGER!

Toyota decided that the right way of action is not to compete with Tesla in the EV segment but to actually make a completely different segment that they will dominate. They saw the potential of using hydrogen in vehicles, as it is the most abundant chemical element in the whole universe. And so, in 2014, the first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Toyota Mirai [mk1] came out. Whilst it couldn’t directly compete with Tesla and the EV segment at the time, the actual market showed a lot of potential, as the car could be recharged much faster than an EV and could even cover much greater distances, while still being completely emission-free and green for the environment. Even though sales were limited to California and Japan, and even though the car was fairly overpriced for what it was, Toyota still managed to sell more than 20,000 units!

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The fact that Yamaha's helping design this engine makes me so excited because every time they touch an engine that will go into a Toyota something legendary gets made.

For countries like India, hydrogen powered vehicles make more sense due to the scale. The charge time of the battery will never hold up to demand of the population.

[anonymoussee]

Hydrogen makes infinitely more sense than going fully electric, in my opinion. I suspect a lot of the push for EV's is based on the stock portfolio of politicians, not the environment.

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1.5 min to fill up vs 45 min to 6 hours to recharge a battery is a HUGE selling point in my eyes.

[jevinkames]

This is pretty cool for car enthusiasts in the future. Having a zero emission vehicle but still having an ice that can sound good, and potentially even a manual transmission would be the dream

[hearliam]

I would definitely buy one of these cars any day over an EV.

[riverspirit]

As an American that loves cars, as many of us do, Toyota makes a great car...thank you to our Japanese friends for interesting innovations. Let's move forward together

[rodman]

I'd definitely buy one over any EV. This way, jobs will be kept for mechanics all over the country in addition to not creating so much lithium waste. Hopefully the issues mentioned will be worked out.

[hmubtakir]

Toyota seems to be the leader, this is a great innovation compared to fully electric vehicle which I as 56 years old car and driving enthusiast will enjoy very much

[hauskahirvi]

I hope there will be a push for this technology over electric motors and batteries. One reason is this would eliminate the issues associated with sourcing precious metals and the recycling/waste issue when the batteries are no longer useful. Another thing I like is the fast refueling time. I think that larger transport vehicles, delivery vehicles, construction and farm equipment would also benefit from this technology more so than electric technology.

[kevinwall]

I would much prefer one of these to an EV.
Keep up the excellent work guys.

[antonioangeloviii]

Hi everyone. I'm the inventor of the hydrogen engine, was a pleasure listening to your positive feedback. Sincerely giant Pikachu.

[robertcarlosllenarizas]

Before tesla... TOYOTA HAS BEEN THE BENCH MARK OF AUTOMOTIVE ADVANCEMENTS... JAPAN HAS THE LEADING BRAND IN THE WORLD. 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[eugenericcihipona]

Toyota never cease to amaze me. May all your hard work be into fruition. 👏👏👏❤️

[tadekfam]

This seems like a much better alternative to traditional gasoline engines as compared to EVs. The cobalt and lithium mining and human rights violations therein will always cause pause for me and limit my willingness to dive in.

[JGL]

I'm glad to see the nitrous oxide problem was (somewhat) fixed. Now for the problem of the almost non-existent H2 fueling network. 🙁

[knotbumper]

I have been driving either a F150 or an F250 for 55 years. I like the comfort. I have been waiting for something like this in a pickup for a long time.

[markyes]

Over 40 years ago in Toronto and many large cities in Canada, we were using a 37 percent hydrogen based fuel in taxi's, couriers, police cars and municipal vehicles. It's 104 octane propane also known as LPG. Propane is found naturally underground along with natural gas. When a barrel of oil is refined, butane and propane are byproducts of the refining of oil. About 70 percent of propane used in North America is sourced from the ground with 30 percent from the refinery process of oil.

[douglascouncil]

I like it. Hope GM decides to make them so we can keep a more traditional style engine. Internal combustion engine is one of the greatest inventions of all times, in my opinion.

[spalding_ow]

People literally driving bombs down the road, really cool but that's rocket fuel in a compressed tank... they're bombs.