Toyota came out with their first decent fully battery electric this year, and AFAIK they have more models on the way for next year.
Problem with Hydrogen is that it has been about the potential for more than 2 decades now. And my guess is that it is even more behind batteries now than it was 20 years ago.
But there are use cases for hydrogen fuel cells, because of the lower weight, and my guess is the bigger energy waste with Hydrogen will be offset in the future by frequent temporary energy surpluses from renewables that can be used to make cheap hydrogen. But there are infrastructure problems, because it requires investments to go from the relatively easy charging stations for batteries, to transport and storage of hydrogen to enable “tanking up” a hydrogen based car. Also with electricity you can just charge a BEV at home.
So I still have my doubts about hydrogen, but we will see.
Toyota came out with their first decent fully battery electric this year, and AFAIK they have more models on the way for next year.
Problem with Hydrogen is that it has been about the potential for more than 2 decades now. And my guess is that it is even more behind batteries now than it was 20 years ago.
But there are use cases for hydrogen fuel cells, because of the lower weight, and my guess is the bigger energy waste with Hydrogen will be offset in the future by frequent temporary energy surpluses from renewables that can be used to make cheap hydrogen. But there are infrastructure problems, because it requires investments to go from the relatively easy charging stations for batteries, to transport and storage of hydrogen to enable “tanking up” a hydrogen based car. Also with electricity you can just charge a BEV at home.
So I still have my doubts about hydrogen, but we will see.