Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil…

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces and form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.

  • No1@aussie.zoneEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Getting it from renewalable ways is what is taking a lot of the wind out of its sails.

    Could just use that wind to generate renewable energy directly…

    They’ll probably build hydrogen based hybrid cars lol

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
      319·
      2 days ago

      Batteries work great in a city, anywhere else they don’t. This is why hydrogen ICE makes sense.

      • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        Hydrogen ICE is doubling down on hydrogen’s greatest flaw: efficiency. It’ll have some racing applications, but putting it in a common car is stupid as fuck.

      • esa@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        Batteries seem to work fine in rural Norway. If you live somewhere warmer and/or with a bigger population or population density than Norway, you should be fine.

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        Horseless carriages work great in a city, anywhere else they don’t. This is why horse-drawn carriages make sense.

        Except you’re saying this in the 1930s.

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
        39·
        2 days ago

        Batteries work great in a city, anywhere else they don’t. This is why hydrogen ICE makes sense.

        I think most are going with hydrogen fuel cell rather than ICE. It’s more efficient, if also more boring.

        Edit: why on earth is this being downvoted? Am I wrong? Are manufacturers working on hydrogen combustion now instead of fuel cell? Because a few years ago it was all about fuel cells in that space. So please, let me know if I’m wrong. For the record, I think BEV makes far more sense for the average driver. But HFCV makes sense for something that can build out dedicated refueling infrastructure and benefit more from rapid refueling, like trucking.