Tokyo: Toyota said Monday was testing hydrogen combustion engines in racing cars because they worked to use technology in commercial products.
Such a machine burns hydrogen as a fuel, not gasoline, like a rocket.
Japanese car makers say testing technology in racing cars will allow it to collect data and try to fix problems in place.
Toyota Motor Corp was announced earlier that it was developing a hydrogen combustion engine, the Ford Motor Co.
And other car makers have also developed.
Vehicles powered by machines are different from fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen to create electricity, and from electric vehicles or hybrids.
“ We want to propose several options to meet regional needs, ” Naoyuki Sakamoto, Chief Engineer Machine Model Corolla Powered Hydrogen, said at a press conference online.
Sakamoto refused said when the hydrogen combustion engine could become a commercial product, recognizing further development needed to overcome the limited control range.
Infrastructure to trigger the vehicle is another obstacle.
One of the advantages of hydrogen machines is that minimal adjustments are needed from regular internal combustion engines, except for piping systems and fuel injection systems.
The use of hydrogen as fuel comes with several risk problems, but the hydrogen refueling station operates throughout Japan, without a major accident so far.
Sakamoto said the hydrogen Samamankan other fuels on the road today, recorded a lithium-ion battery used in EVS has caused fire, and a hydrogen tank made of carbon fiber.
The latest hydrogen technology is being tested on Yaris with a 1.6-liter engine for racing, according to Toyota.
Two hydrogen tanks fit in the rear seat of racing cars, although they tend to change for commercial models.
Hydrogen can offer several advantages.
The battery for EVs requires various minerals, while hydrogen is relatively abundant in the environment and can be easily stored and transported.
Hydrogen can be made from water with electrolysis, often done in school chemistry experiments.
Hydrogen can also be converted from solar energy for storage.
But depending on how broad fuel like it, it can be much cheaper to fill your car rather than gasoline, whose price fluctuates wildly.
Toyota also said it produced hydrogen in geothermal power plants in South Japan.
But the hydrogen machine is not 100% zero emissions, emits a little carbon dioxide from engine oil.
Toyota said it has developed technology to purify nitrogen oxide, or NOx, emissions.
Toyota will test the hydrogen combustion engine in a racing car
