Toyota believes it would take a couple more years of development before hydrogen can become a viable method of propulsion in motorsport.WRC
Toyota is among the pioneers of hydrogen power in motorsport having invested heavily into developing the fuel as a future environmentally sustainable power source.
The GR Yaris H2 is based on a road-going version of the car, fitted with upgraded suspension, and powered by a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine. As a result, the car’s only emissions are water, while the vehicle looks and sounds almost identical to its petrol-powered derivative. "I think having it tomorrow is a bit too early. There are a couple of things still where we need to work.
“That [range] is the biggest thing. There is of course the safety tanks. You need to have big tanks but also at the same time we already have the hybrid boxes also in the [WRC] cars currently, so I don’t think that is a problem. I think we can sort out having the safety tanks in the car.
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