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minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoActually they went back on it at the start of the year, ICEs are allowed to be sold as long as they run on 100% carbon neutral fuels. The total ICE ban was going to completely shut the door on hydrogen so they changed the wording.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoDoesn’t hydrogen use fuel cells anyway? Fuel cells aren’t ICE. Edit: yep, fuel cells. So this was bullshit edit so automakers can keep selling their ICE.
minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoHigh pressure hydrogen is a thing too and regular petrol engines can be converted to run on it. Toyota already did it with an old corolla and a rally Yaris https://mag.toyota.co.uk/restomod-ae86/ https://mag.toyota.co.uk/hydrogen-gr-yaris-showcases-experimental-engine/ so not fully shutting the door but still a big hindrance.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoICE with ideal transmission is less efficient, than real fuel cell + PMSM.
Actually they went back on it at the start of the year, ICEs are allowed to be sold as long as they run on 100% carbon neutral fuels. The total ICE ban was going to completely shut the door on hydrogen so they changed the wording.
Doesn’t hydrogen use fuel cells anyway? Fuel cells aren’t ICE.
Edit: yep, fuel cells. So this was bullshit edit so automakers can keep selling their ICE.
High pressure hydrogen is a thing too and regular petrol engines can be converted to run on it. Toyota already did it with an old corolla and a rally Yaris https://mag.toyota.co.uk/restomod-ae86/ https://mag.toyota.co.uk/hydrogen-gr-yaris-showcases-experimental-engine/ so not fully shutting the door but still a big hindrance.
ICE with ideal transmission is less efficient, than real fuel cell + PMSM.