Toyota touts hydrogen cars, saying that hydrogen is even in manure

The network has a promotional video from Toyota, by which the corporation begins to promote its hydrogen car Mirai as an international brand. However, the motivation of the buyers in this clip looks pretty specific: engineers say that hydrogen is so prevalent in the universe is that it can be recovered even from manure. Probably, according to the marketing that should touch up Mirai buyers an idea of ​​the cost of the car with a hydrogen engine.

Movie called appropriately: «Fueled by bullsh * t».

The process for producing hydrogen is illustrated as follows. Gathering in the trunk of a pickup certain amount of cow dung, engineer pours it in a special settler (in the video called digister). It represents something like a pit or pool covered with a tarp-like material. In the natural processes of decay, released biogas containing a certain percentage of hydrogen. This biogas is collected in special containers and is in the process of purification of methane using special equipment. The resulting hydrogen enters the tank car.

Toyota to start selling managed to get about 1,500 orders for the car Mirai, moreover about 400 vehicles have already been received by their owners. More serious problem look hydrogen fueling stations - in California until the end of the year will be only 15-20 pieces that while the comparable number of hydrogen cars sold in the United States. To stimulate the market and manufacturers, the Japanese company at CES 2015 объявила the opening of its large patent pool on hydrogen technology in the automotive industry.

Toyota Mirai is a four-door sedan with an electric motor to produce energy from the hydrogen converter. In Japan it is sold at a price of 7,236,000 yen (about $ 61,100).

Source: geektimes.ru/post/249454/