An Early Leader in Clean Cars Is Now Working To Delay Them

When Toyota paid nearly $1 billion to become the official sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, the company hoped the event would be an opportunity to draw attention to its hydrogen fuel cell cars. This technology, unlike conventional gas-powered cars, does not produce planet-warming emissions, and Toyota has long insisted that driving is the future in …

An Early Leader in Clean Cars Is Now Working To Delay Them

When Toyota paid nearly $1 billion to become the official sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, the company hoped the event would be an opportunity to draw attention to its hydrogen fuel cell cars. This technology, unlike conventional gas-powered cars, does not produce planet-warming emissions, and Toyota has long insisted that driving is the future in …

Toyota, the pioneer of hybrids, is resisting the pressure on electric cars.

Even as other automakers have embraced electric cars, Toyota has invested its future in the development of hydrogen fuel cells, a more costly technology that has lagged far behind electric batteries, with more hybrid use in the near term. This means that the rapid transition from gasoline to electricity on the roads could be devastating …

Toyota Leads Clean Cars. Now Critics Say Delaying Them Works.

On paper, Toyota’s approach to zero-emission vehicles is a hydrogen fuel cell dream: Unlike battery-powered electric vehicles, these cars carry hydrogen tanks and fuel cells that convert hydrogen into electricity. They refuel and accelerate quickly and can travel several hundred miles on a tank just by emitting water vapor. And hydrogen is theoretically abundant. But …