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The Unfortunate Truth About Toyota's Hydrogen V8 Engine

Engineering Explained · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cars, EVs & motorcyclesRenewables, batteries & storage

What it is

Engineering Explained examines Toyota's hydrogen-burning V8 engine built with Yamaha and explains the practical problems of hydrogen combustion vehicles. It covers efficiency, storage and distribution issues.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the go-to explanation of why hydrogen internal combustion engines do not make sense.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “has an excellent video regarding why hydrogen is not a practical replacement for gasoline/petrol/diesel”

    Why hydrogen is not a practical fuel for combustion engines.

    drewg123, 2023-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay electrification”

  2. “explained a lot of problems you can expect with hydrogen engines - including distribution and storage issues.”

    Explains problems with hydrogen engines, including distribution and storage.

    taylodl, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “The New Hydrogen Car That Travels 2k Km with a Single Tank”

  3. “This video explains why using hydrogen to power an internal combustion engine doesn't make sense”

    Why hydrogen in an internal combustion engine doesn't make sense.

    gwbas1c, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How innovative is the hydrogen industry?”

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Topics: hydrogen, toyota, internal combustion, energy efficiency, vehicles

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