Toyota Develops a Clean Combustion Engine

New Hydrogen Powered Internal Combustion Engine






                                        Source:  Toyota

Toyota's Portfolio of Green Automotive Technologies

Toyota is developing an experimental hydrogen car.  The GR Yaris internal combustion engine in the Toyota Corolla Sport has been converted to run on hydrogen.  Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has driven and even raced the green vehicle.  He believes the development of this hydrogen powered engine technology could keep internal combustion engines on the road and running in a carbon free world by being fueled with clean hydrogen not carbon emissions producing gas.  CEO Toyoda also believes this technology could save millions of automotive jobs.

Near Zero Emissions Driving

The Toyota chief executive feels that carbon is the enemy of the environment not the internal combustion engine.  Using hydrogen to fuel the Toyota Corolla Sport experimental car keeps emissions very close to zero.  Currently, a small amount of the engine burns from the hydrogen fuel.  The burning metal results in 2% of the emissions of a gas-powered engine.  But, this new hydrogen technology is still a work in progress and the target is to make it emissions free. 

Challenges to Hydrogen Fuel

There are many challenges concerning the development of hydrogen powered cars.  They require big pressurized tanks for the fuel which cuts into any trunk and back seat space.  There are many concerns about their safety.  And there is a global lack of hydrogen fueling facilities and infrastructure.  Nonetheless, Toyota is pushing very hard to make hydrogen a key fuel in the future of clean driving.

Keeping Green Options Open

Toyota leadership believes that a mix of new green automotive technologies, including hydrogen, should be deployed as the world stiffens emissions standards to fight Climate Change.  A big part of Toyota's mix is electric battery technology.  By 2025, Toyota expects to have 15 new electric vehicle models available for purchase.  And, during this decade, Toyota is investing $13.5 billion to expand EV production. Toyota is not saying when the new hydrogen engine might be deployed.  Meanwhile, at the 2021 Glasgow Climate Summit, a number of big automakers, including GM, Ford, Mercedes and Volvo, committed to phasing out fossil fuel vehicles by 2040.  Toyota and VW did not join in that commitment.  To take a look at many more green vehicles currently under development, go to https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B09J1N32PB&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_Y6SV2FDB2ZVJMK5E1A9C

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