> Really the only saving grace of hydrogen vs batteries is the speed of refueling.
And range, weight, and (eventually) price. Batteries need to improve in all these areas.
Fuel cell cars are expensive at the moment because they're produced in such low volumes. But Toyota thinks that if they produced FCEVs at scale they could build them cheap:
Toyota is the only company pushing hydrogen as a fuel for cars, and it's puzzling why, because they really don't have many advantages, and a ton of disadvantages compared to BEVs.
Everyone else is working on BEVs, including the Chinese.
And range, weight, and (eventually) price. Batteries need to improve in all these areas.
Fuel cell cars are expensive at the moment because they're produced in such low volumes. But Toyota thinks that if they produced FCEVs at scale they could build them cheap:
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/26050/exclusive-toyota-hydroge...