Toyota will roll out several EVs over the coming years, but it's not forgetting about hydrogen; it wants to make sure the technology remains 'viable.'
, and electricity is easier said than done. Sato recognized that a production and transport supply chain is required to put more hydrogen-powered vehicles on the road, and the lack of an infrastructure in pretty much every nation remains a significant hurdle.
"Unless we see evolution there, we cannot expect a volume increase in the energy's use," he explained togovernment has high hopes for hydrogen as well. The same report notes lawmakers hope the number of fuel cell-powered vehicles on the nation's roads will grow to 200,000 units in 2025 and 800,000 in 2030.
Yasuhiko Hashimoto, the president of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, supports Toyota's vision and explained his firm's contribution to making hydrogen viable. It's developing a ship capable of transporting 128 times more liquefied hydrogen than the boats criss-crossing the oceans in 2023. In turn, building a bigger ship should help lower the cost of hydrogen by about 30 cents per cubic meter by 2030.
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