Multinational Toyota again stated that hydrogen cars could extinguish the gasoline market, considering that, in addition to being more sustainable, they generate several advantages for drivers
Even if hydrogen is a source that can come from renewable sources, it does not mean that it is a completely renewable solution, as with the Mirai, a fuel cell car that the multinational Toyota started selling in Portugal this year. However, the Japanese automaker, which has been seeking to explore different paths in terms of mobility solutions, such as the use of hydrogen cars, believes that polluting gas emissions can be greatly reduced if, instead of gasoline, consumers start using hydrogen combustion engines.
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Multinational Toyota accelerates production of hydrogen cars
The technology of a combustion engine that does not use gasoline but hydrogen is still in the evolution and testing phase. Although not new, BMW, for example, developed the Hydrogen 7 between 2005 and 2007, based on the same principles.
However, the Toyota Corolla Sport, with this type of mechanics, is already entering some motorsport events in the brand's country of origin, with virtually zero pollutant emissions. This month, the multinational also presented the GR Yaris with a combustion engine hydrogen.
The experimental GR Yaris and Corolla Sport use the same G16E-GTS engine, 1.6 liters with 3 cylinders in line, which is installed in the GR Yaris, but with feeding and fuel injection systems adapted to use hydrogen instead of gasoline.
Advantages of hydrogen cars over gasoline-powered cars
According to the multinational Toyota, which held the Kenshiki Forum in Brussels earlier this month, with the aim of presenting the group's novelties (such as Lexus), hydrogen burns faster than gasoline, which results in a better engine response, at the same time, in a good environmental performance, without discarding the acoustic sensations that are a unique characteristic of internal combustion engines.
Among the advantages is the opportunity to take a technology that allows a huge reduction of carbon emissions in areas where a delayed installation of renewable energies is foreseen. Hydrogen cars, in addition to fast fueling, have a required technology that is much more economical compared to gasoline.
Toyota will end combustion cars by 2035
On the other hand, the bet represents a challenge in the distribution of hydrogen, in addition to taking into account that the production of this energy is not free of emissions, depending on how the electrolysis is carried out.
With regard to the future in European countries, the multinational Toyota guarantees that it will put an end to the manufacture of vehicles with internal combustion engines by 2035, whatever the energy used. For this, it plans to start selling only electric cars, using fuel cells or external charging, whose second generation modules, lighter and more compact, will begin to be produced in Brussels.
