Toyota commissions Yamaha Motor to establish hydrogen-fueled engine

Toyota has actually commissioned Yamaha Motor to establish a hydrogen-fueled engine, with the president of the latter specifying that his business was dedicated to the internal combustion engine.

In a statement towards completion of recently, Yamaha stated the 5.0-liter V8 engine would be established for vehicles and based upon the one utilized by the Lexus RC F coupe, with modifications made to its cylinder heads and injectors, to name a few things.

According to Yamaha, the system has the ability to provide as much as 450 horse power at 6,800 transformations per minute. The business stated it had actually been dealing with a hydrogen engine for vehicles for approximately 5 years.

Yamaha Motor President Yoshihiro Hidaka stated that while his business was intending to attain carbon neutrality by the year 2050 it likewise had “a strong passion for and level of commitment to the internal combustion engine.”

“Hydrogen engines house the potential to be carbon-neutral while keeping our passion for the internal combustion engine alive at the same time,” Hidaka went on to state.

Last week’s declaration develops on one fromNov 2021 when Yamaha Motor, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Toyota, Subaru and Mazda launched information of what they referred to as a “challenge to expand fuel options for using internal combustion engines.” It was at this statement that the V8 engine established for Toyota was revealed to the general public.

The idea of powering an internal combustion engine with hydrogen is not a brand-new one. Toyota has actually currently established a GR Yaris which has a 1.6-liter ICE and utilizes hydrogen as its fuel.

According to the business, the GR Yaris utilizes the exact same powertrain as a hydrogen-powered CorollaSport The company has actually identified both of these cars as “experimental.”

Firms such as BMW have actually likewise produced cars such as the BMW Hydrogen 7. According to the German car manufacturer, the Hydrogen 7 utilized an internal combustion engine and had the ability to work on gas or liquid hydrogen. Production of the car started in 2006 and a restricted run was made.

Using hydrogen to power an internal combustion engine is various to hydrogen fuel cell innovation, where gas from a tank blends with oxygen, producing electrical power. As the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center notes, fuel cell cars produce “only water vapor and warm air.”

By contrast, hydrogen ICEs do produce emissions. “Hydrogen engines release near zero, trace amounts of CO2 … but can produce nitrogen oxides, or NOx,” Cummins, the engine maker, states.

Hydrogen ICEs are likewise “less efficient” compared to sustain cell electrical cars, according to the Alternative Fuels Data Center.

While there is enjoyment about the capacity of hydrogen fuel cell cars and business such as Hyundai, BMW and Toyota have actually all established vehicles based upon the innovation, others within the market have actually taken a various view.

In June 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted “fuel cells = fool sells,” including July of that year: “hydrogen fool sells make no sense.”

In February 2021, the CEO of Germany’s Volkswagen Group likewise weighed in on the topic. “It’s time for politicians to accept science,” Herbert Diess tweeted.

“Green hydrogen is needed for steel, chemical, aero … and should not end up in cars. Far too expensive, inefficient, slow and difficult to rollout and transport. After all: no #hydrogen cars in sight.”