• Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    Japanese carmakers were trying to go with hydrogen fuel and did a big grift on their government to get it subsidized. I think the idea was that Japan would have a national disadvantage with EV production as they don’t have the material base for batteries but they could have an advantage with hydrogen.

    Those failed, or course. Now they’re a decade behind - there were only two Japanese EVs sold internationally just a few years ago.