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by giorgosts 529 days ago
Hydrogen as done by Toyota was a sales an lobbying tactic. By setting an undoable target (or a target too far in the future), they could push for more gasoline cars and less strict emission regulations in the meantime.

Now this tactic has run its course and they are considering of what to do next.

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> they could push for more gasoline cars

Didnt Prius start the whole hybrid revolution, the logical next step would have been to go full electric.