Renault Reveals 1st Smart Vehicle Concept; Toyota Could Halve Fuel Cell Cost - Autoline Daily 3588

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0:00 Toyota Could Cut Fuel Cell Costs in Half
2:29 Renault Reveals Connected Car Concept
4:24 IIHS Wants to Mandate Side Guards on Big Trucks
5:39 GM Chooses Indiana for 4th U.S. Battery Plant Site
6:28 Buick Envision Adopts New Design
7:08 VW Aiming to Boost Earnings By €10 Billion Through Cuts
8:04 Toyota Revives the Land Cruiser

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[MircoWilhelm]

For trailer side-impact data they could have just pulled EU data, where these have been mandated since the 90s

[kevtheobald]

I fear Toyota is suffering from the same issue GM has in terms of talking up the future and not really delivering. Hate seeing more resources being dumped in hydrogen by major builders or governments. There has been massive investments into hydrogen development for decades and the gains seem small these days. Meanwhile, EV tech/battery tech has seen the pace and size of improvements rapidly increase.

[alsrt]

So you need fossil fuels to make hydrogen which then is converted to electricity used to power electric motors ? This seems super in-efficient .

[Bum_Hip]

God forbid automakers reduce exorbitant exec compensation to reduce overhead.

[williamerazo]

GM where the cars? You suppose to be producing 200k EVs by now

[ranig]

100, 000 by 2030 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
By then NOBODY, not even long range trucks, would need Fuel Cells. Maybe some very niche markets like military. Even planes won’t use it since hydrogen requires such rigid requirements to avoid another Hindenburg which negates the value of weight to energy density. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[johnasbury]

As a former Truck driver. The side Impact beams have a drawback it will cause many more trucks to be high centered. Especially on railroad crossings. And make cause more truck train accidents

[jimmykelly]

Toyota is still hoping they made the right decision on hydrogen

[marvin]

Shocked Autoline/Ward's doesn't seem to know there are 2-3 different Land Cruisers (LC) available to roam the Earth new. Regular LC (currently the J300) and the SWB version, the LC Prado (J150). The 3rd-ish is the old J70, avail in more inhospitable environments, like Australia, Africa, the Middle East... The LC line splintered after the 70-series and the J90 Prado was born. It wasn't until the J120 and J150 did we see a carbon-copy badged as a Lexus GX. Ironically "GX" is the base-trim on LCs (at least 4Runner gets its own sheet metal, interior, powertrain). This time around we see the GX revealed before the new Prado, which is already announced on the GA-F platform (LC, LX, Sequoia), and if I'm not mistaken, 3rd gen GX even shares the same wheelbase as the J300 - so no longer the SWB sibling.

[drxym]

Hydrogen power is going to go nowhere. It's flopped with passenger vehicles and it will flop for every other kind of land vehicle. Not least because everyone knows it's not green, can't be green, and doesn't scale. I suppose charitably there might be some niche cases where it might work but they are few and far between.

[cathyk]

Given LG Chem's battery fire record (GM Chevy Bolt, VW Porsche Taycan), I would be trying to end any joint venture or supplier agreements!

[pdlpwr]

Toyota has been telling Whoppers, for years. When can we believe there new story?
I'm thinking, they will have to prove it!! Like in-stock vehicles. And at a good price, not 50, 000

[scoty_does]

Toyota just keeps trying with Hydrogen... What a waste.

[P.Galore]

Companies that get their profits by cutting employees are generally in trouble. It shows they can't get it from sales.

[markusdammasch]

Side under-ride guards have been mandated on all semi's in Australia for many decades... the USA is so far behind in every way...

[AllanSustainabilityFan]

Nov 07, 2016: Toyota Eyes Long Range Electric Vehicles by 2020
Jul 25, 2017: Toyota EVs with Long-Range Solid-State Batteries Due 2022
Dec 18, 2017: Toyota to make over 10 battery EV models in early 2020s
Oct 15, 2019: Lexus & Toyota To Release Three Electric Vehicles by 2021
Jun 10, 2019: Toyota Details Six New EV Models Launching for 2020-2025
Dec 14, 2021: Toyota to invest $35 billion into battery powered EVs and roll out 30 models by 2030

[williamerazo]

I like the Buick design. Now GM needs to stop making Lux cars in there cheap brand of Chevy. Top tier trims should be Buicks and Ultra Luxury on the platforms should be Escalade

[JarmelSingsKaraoke]

Thanks Sean ....Have a good day everyone ✌️

[JohnH]

It is very short-sighted of people willing to put all of their eggs in the EV basket, there are several ways to reduce emissions at the manufacturing level and at the consumer level. EVs are not the silver bullet some are trying to force on everyone else. I think we will see further pushback from legacy manufacturers to allow alternative remedies to cut tailpipe emissions and governments softening the coming regulations regarding ICE sales restrictions.

[AgentX]

Hope Toyota keeps the front end like that of the last model Land Cruiser and not like a catfish looking big front grill!