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Hydrogen air taxis Toyota's legal issues and hydrogen Pizza hi I'm Steve Hill with this week's top hydrogen news First up Joby aviation's hydrogen powered air taxi shocked the World by flying 523 miles on a single charge emitting only water vapor this eco-friendly breakthrough and Aviation Technology aims to revolutionize Regional Air Travel offering a Greener alternative with zero inflight emissions while challenges like costly hydrogen production remain this Innovation pushes the boundaries of sustainable transport promising a future where clean efficient flying taxis become a reality coming back down to earth Toyota faces a class action lawsuit
In California over false advertising related to the availability of hydrogen refueling stations for its marai fuel cell cars despite assurances of widespread access there are only 54 stations compared to over 1 18,000 gasoline stations with hydrogen prices reaching $33 per kilogram am marai takes about 5 kilog of hydrogen to refuel making each fill up about $165 which is easily more than twice the price to fill up a Toyota Camry previous disruptions and closures of hydrogen stations
Have further exacerbated the issue leading to significant customer dissatisfaction just days after the lawsuit was filed dozens of scientists engineers and academics penned an open letter asking the Paris Olympics organizers to replace the Toyota Mari as the official vehicle of the games claiming it undermines their commitment to shrink the events carbon footprint given most of the world's hydrogen is still derived from fossil fuels this problem is clearly in the minds of Toyota management as hydrogen fuel
News reports that the company has patented a hydrogen sharing Network that could revolutionize hydrogen fuel cell vehicle use by enabling home refueling the system would involve a home-based fuel cell apparatus for hydrogen production and storage potentially powered by solar energy using a smartphone app for authentication drivers could refuel their cars at home similar to electric vehicles this Innovation could address infrastructure challenges and embrace the convenience of hydrogen powered vehicles though it remains in the conceptual stage
Check out our podcast with energy expert Dr Walter van shalwick to learn about his solution to this problem cost of hydrogen especially green hydrogen is a legitimate concern with no present Solution that's why new hydrogen is developing ThermoLoop a totally new way to produce green hydrogen that we anticipate will be cheap enough for Toyota to forget about its present problems if you have a bad taste in your mouth for Toyota's hydrogen approach maybe this will
Satisfy you Toyota and Rai have developed an experimental hydrogen powered pizza oven and barbecue grill aiming to integrate hydrogen into daily life the hydrogen oven using technology from Toyota's marai Cooks food faster and retains moisture enhancing flavor this initiative highlights Toyota's efforts to promote hydrogen as a viable eco-friendly energy source though it's unclear if these appliances will be commercially available I'd like to personally offer new hydrogen services to try hydrogen pizza and publish my findings reach
Out to me here at new hydrogen maybe Toyota needs to turn their Marise into Mobile Pizza trucks to feed the Paris Olympics that's a win-win I hope you enjoyed this week's hydrogen news commentary we'll see you again next week