One of the first mass hybrid car - Toyota Prius, a long time manufacturer brought only losses. . Toyota now offers electric Mirai fuel cell - electric instead of it at a gas station pumping at high pressure hydrogen.
Here is a bright future - hydrogen reserves in the vast universe, while replenishing hydrogen storage electric vehicle Mirai measured in minutes, the output is steam ... However, while removing the hydrogen from its compounds in industrial scale too expensive infrastructure of filling stations in its infancy at present, there are problems with the improvement of the design of cylinders, in which the gas is stored in the vehicle.
All these problems, however, does not deter from the direction automakers. We have already reported that the German automaker Daimler in the coming years to release at least four models of electric vehicles, and now Reuters resource with reference to their own informed sources claims that during the period from 2018 to 2024 Daimler intends to present at least six electric models, and Tesla Motors It called among the main competitors in this market. By the way, at the October Paris Motor Show Mercedes-Benz will introduce a new electric car.
The most interesting is that Daimler is also developing a pure electric hybrid crossover, which will pass to 50 kilometers on electricity, stored up from the power supply to the traction battery, and most of the time will be moved to the electricity generated in the hydrogen fuel cell. According to the manufacturer, it will make short daily trips to a cheap electricity from the mains, and consume hydrogen only for longer trips.