Toyota will price its first retail hydrogen model at around $50,000

Toyota will price its first retail hydrogen model at around $50,000
Toyota said today that it has cut the cost of making fuel-cell vehicles by about 90 percent since mid-2000s. Is this good news? YES! Because Toyota’s first retail hydrogen will carry a price tag of around $50,000.

This first model will be a sedan and will have a total range equal to the one from a gasoline-powered car, “with some extra cost,” said Toyota’s managing director for advanced autos, Yoshihiko Masuda. “Our target is, we don’t lose money with introduction of the vehicle,” Masuda said in Torrance, Calif., where Toyota’s U.S. sales unit is based. “Production cost should be covered within the price of the vehicle.”
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Joe_LimonJoe_Limon - 5/6/2010 3:04:38 PM
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bahahaha, and people say the volt is expensive.


veyron1001veyron1001 - 5/7/2010 6:30:48 PM
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it is considering its a generator with 4 wheels.


theoptimisticpessimisttheoptimisticpessimist - 5/6/2010 7:16:16 PM
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10 minutes later they annouced its first recall.


91z4me91z4me - 5/6/2010 7:52:37 PM
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The headline will read "Oh the humanity!"


theoptimisticpessimisttheoptimisticpessimist - 5/6/2010 11:50:18 PM
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91z4me

Brilliant!


SpicyMikeySpicyMikey - 5/7/2010 1:46:45 PM
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That's great. But how will you refuel it? I don't see many Hydrogen stations around town. We know Honda is leasing FCX clarity's, but that's only for people living in a small area around Torence. It's all a great idea but still years away


LUXCAR32LUXCAR32 - 5/7/2010 4:46:34 PM
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Does anyone know how much energy it takes to produce Hydrogen fuel? I'm just curious because one of the arguments with EV vehicles is that the electricity is coming from a coal powered plant so it still requires the release of CO2 into the atmosphere. Is the production process for hydrogen fuels CO2 free or is it just the driving that's clean?


91z4me91z4me - 5/7/2010 11:00:35 PM
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Just the driving is clean. Hydrogen production is actually very energy inefficient. H2 gas can be made through the separation of water (H2O) into it's respective parts but that process requires a LOT of energy (water has a very high specific heat due to its tight bonding). Most H2 production in the US comes from the removal of H2 from natural gas and other fossil fuels. This process obviously requires energy input and isn't ideal.

H2 simply represents a different form of energy storage, think of it as a different form of battery instead of the traditional acid/chemical based battery. The energy that is 'produced' or released by a fuel cell is merely a portion of the energy used to to produce it. At the current time, with the current technology it is just not feasible for large scale utilization
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