Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said that the company studied the technology of using hydrogen as a fuel for cars ten years ago and concluded that it was impossible. However, Toyota started selling Mirai hydrogen hybrid vehicles back in 2015. Honda also released an experimental hydrogen-powered car in 2008, the Honda FCX Clarity.
Toyota said last summer that hybrid cars would remain competitive until at least 2030. The manufacturer claims that electric vehicles will not necessarily become the standard in the future. The reason for such statements could be the fact that Japanese automakers have been investing in hydrogen fuel cells and hybrid vehicles for many years.
Toyota representatives believe that hydrogen cars, along with hybrid ones, will be able to compete with electric cars for some time. Since 2015, the company has sold nearly 100,000 Mirai in North America.
Toyota is targeting hydrogen fuel as the Japanese government is investing in hydrogen to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. A journalist for the website Electrek believes that hydrogen will be more appropriate for use in large vehicles, rather than consumer cars.
Mire says the company he leads has done a lot of research and concluded that hydrogen cars won't become popular, citing difficult technological challenges. Honda will not abandon hydrogen energy technology. The company intends to use the fuel in trucks and power supplies, and likely in jet aircraft.
Honda will phase out internal combustion engine vehicles by 2040 in favor of battery and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, Meebe said. The company continues hydrogen technology research with General Motors. Meebe believes that the future will remain with electric vehicles.
At the end of last year, Toyota announced its intention to invest about $8 billion in the production of hybrid cars, which, among other things, use hydrogen as a fuel. The company will invest $35 billion in the creation of electric cars until 2030. Toyota in the next decade promises to introduce 30 new models of electric vehicles.
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