{"id":37717,"date":"2022-12-07T09:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37717"},"modified":"2022-12-07T09:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:03:54","slug":"1138062_toyota-sees-hydrogen-combustion-corolla-cross-as-ev-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37717","title":{"rendered":"Toyota sees hydrogen-combustion Corolla Cross as EV alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota believes hydrogen combustion engines could be a viable alternative to EVs, and it&#8217;s demonstrating the concept with a prototype version of its Corolla Cross.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the automaker unveiled the hydrogen-combustion Corolla Cross H2 Concept, saying in a press release that the vehicle would begin testing in northern Japan this winter. It didn&#8217;t discuss a production timeline, but said it&#8217;s &#8220;around 40% along the path to commercialization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota is heavily involved in hydrogen fuel cells, but this Corolla Cross has an internal-combustion engine\u2014a 1.6-liter turbo-3 taken from the GR Corolla hot hatchback\u2014that burns gaseous hydrogen in its cylinders instead of gasoline. The engine got a hydrogen-specific direct injection system, and the car was fitted with hydrogen tanks based on know-how from the Toyota Mirai, but other than that it largely resembles a gasoline vehicle. It even has a manual transmission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100867987_m\" title=\"Toyota Corolla Cross H2 Concept\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Toyota Corolla Cross H2 Concept\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867987_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867987_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867987_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867987_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867987_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867987_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota Corolla Cross H2 Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Corolla Cross prototype incorporates lessons learned from motorsports. Toyota announced earlier last year that it was developing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1132023_toyota-is-developing-hydrogen-combustion-engines-for-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hydrogen-combustion engines for racing<\/a>, and has since demonstrated them in the Japanese Super Taikyu endurance-racing series and in a non-competition run on a World Rally Championship (WRC) stage in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of one Super Taikyu season, Toyota claims it increased horsepower by 24% and torque by 33%, achieving performance it claims is comparable to that of gasoline engines. Toyota said it also increased range by 30% and reduced refueling time from approximately five minutes to one and a half minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Toyota, BMW was the most noteworthy example of demonstrating hydrogen combustion as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1122364_is-hydrogen-internal-combustion-a-better-idea-than-fuel-cells-engineering-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative to fuel cells<\/a>; it made a hydrogen internal-combustion version of its 7-Series nearly 20 years ago. While some of the drivability (and range) issues of that model may be solved by now, one major issue remains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100867981_m\" title=\"Toyota Corolla Cross H2 Concept\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Toyota Corolla Cross H2 Concept\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867981_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867981_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867981_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867981_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867981_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/toyota-corolla-cross-h2-concept_100867981_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota Corolla Cross H2 Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Toyota believes hydrogen combustion\u00a0&#8220;illustrates another possible alternative path to zero emissions.&#8221; It&#8217;s unclear what the automaker means by that, however, because hydrogen combustion does produce some tailpipe emissions, including nitrogen oxide (NOx)\u2014the pollutant at the core of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1106208_vw-dieselgate-one-year-later-what-have-we-learned-about-diesel-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volkswagen diesel scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota argues that hydrogen combustion will achieve some level of emissions reduction while leveraging existing fossil fuel infrastructure and sidestepping environmental issues related to battery-mineral mining. Even if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1137455_report-green-hydrogen-will-be-ready-to-scale-up-this-decade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green hydrogen is ready to scale up<\/a> this decade, as recent analysis predicts, it remains unknown how Toyota might handle tailpipe emissions in such a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The experimental vehicle is more proof that Toyota doesn&#8217;t plan to put all of its eggs in the battery basket. This week it also showed a C-HR plug-in hybrid concept and confirmed those powertrains still have a future in its lineup. The automaker has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1137591_report-toyota-pauses-future-evs-ponders-stronger-shift-to-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly paused EV development<\/a> as it considers a deeper commitment to battery electric vehicles. But this week&#8217;s concepts don&#8217;t altogether suggest that an upped EV target might be the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota believes hydrogen combustion engines could be a viable alternative to EVs, and it&#8217;s demonstrating the concept with a prototype version of its Corolla Cross. On Tuesday, the automaker unveiled the hydrogen-combustion Corolla Cross H2 Concept, saying in a press release that the vehicle would begin testing in northern Japan this winter. 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