Toyota Develops Packaged Fuel Cell System Module for Hydrogen Utilization
I feel like Toyota is wasting its money. Maybe I&#x27;m missing something. I don&#x27;t ever see hydrogen fuel cells gaining traction for a few reasons:<p>* For transport, electric car infrastructure is already growing and hydrogen is exceedingly unlikely to be able to keep up.<p>* Electric batteries are getting better faster than anyone thought and after a plateau, the rate is accelerating again.<p>* Energy efficiency, infrastructure, and maintenance of fuel cells is worse than electric cars.<p>This poorly translated article for VW cover the most of these points in more detail: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.volkswagenag.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;stories&#x2F;2019&#x2F;08&#x2F;hydrogen-or-battery--that-is-the-question.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.volkswagenag.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;stories&#x2F;2019&#x2F;08&#x2F;hydroge...</a><p>Most hydrogen advocates discuss new membranes that could improve electrolysis efficiency to 80+%.  Even at 100%, the equation still seems to be worse for hydrogen than electric, for transportation at least.