This seems like pretty big news to me. Apparently Toyota has had a major breakthrough in fuel cell tech. I haven’t been following fuel cells quite as closely as the EV stuff but a hybrid with a range of 560 miles that basically runs on hydrogen is pretty welcome news as oil prices continue their rapid rise.
The article mentions that these cars are too expensive for most people to buy outright so they are generally only available for lease and they are not really available outside of Japan at all. Nonetheless this is definitely promising. I am going to be following this a lot more closely.
Update: I should add that there is a lot of justifiable skepticism about the overall viability of fuel cells in the long term. This article at the US Dept of Energy outlines a few of the issues and this thread at Green Car Congress raises a few more.
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