Despite automakers investing heavily in battery-electric vehicles, many continue to experiment with hydrogen as an alternative fuel source. Toyota has 30 years of history with hydrogen under its belt, and the company still believes it could be the next big thing.
In an interview with Australia’s Car Expert, Sean Hanley, Toyota Australia’s vice president of sales, marketing, and franchise operations, suggested that hydrogen powertrains could replace diesel sometime in the next few decades. Hanley suggested:
‘Diesel’s not going to go anytime in the next decade, but beyond that—I think hydrogen will take over diesel. Eventually I think diesel in—not the foreseeable future—but in the longer term, I can’t imagine diesel necessarily being a fuel of the future, because the reality is a petrol [vehicle] can do everything it can do—plus…
