Why Honda is going all in on fuel cell tech

[Caribbeans]

Jay Joseph, vice president, CASE & Energy, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. speaks at an event previewing the company's zero-emission backup power using hydrogen technology from their headquarters in Torrance on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Why Honda is going all in on fuel cell tech

Honda’s latest move marks a significant investment in its hydrogen-powered future.

AutoBlog.com | ELIJAH NICHOLSON-MESSMER | DEC 19, 2024

Honda announced plans this week to establish a dedicated production facility for its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell systems. Set to begin operations by March 2028, the new plant will be located in Moka, Japan, repurposing part of the automaker’s former Powertrain Unit Factory. With a projected annual production capacity of 30,000 units, the factory represents a major milestone in Honda’s push toward a hydrogen-based future.

Betting on a hydrogen future

The upcoming plant will feature cutting-edge production equipment designed to enhance efficiency and ensure high-quality output, Honda said in a statement. Honda’s new fuel cell systems are being developed in-house, underscoring the company’s commitment to technological independence.

This facility is the first of its kind for Honda and is expected to receive government subsidies under Japan’s Green Transformation (GX) initiative, a program aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

This plant will support four key domains Honda has identified for fuel cell technology, including passenger fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), commercial vehicles, stationary power stations, and construction machinery. By 2030, Honda aims to capture 5% of the hydrogen-powered truck market, with aspirations to increase that share to 30% by 2040...more
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Honda is building FCEV's with GM in Ohio right now.

Not a lot of discussion about that. Why?

Honda shows first hydrogen-electric powered vehicle at Marysville plant

Honda and Hydrogen

As the world’s largest engine supplier, Honda has always taken a serious approach to addressing challenges to reduce CO2 emissions and to achieve zero CO2 emissions, considering those as challenges we must overcome.

While facing such challenges, Honda became one of the first companies to focus on the potential of hydrogen energy and began fundamental research of fuel cell technologies in the second half of the1980s, which was followed by the research and development of fuel cell vehicles.

And now, we are ready to utilize our fuel cell technologies to a wide variety of applications and make even more proactive contribution to the pursuit of carbon neutrality for our society.

Four Core Domains

FCEV
Commercial Vehicles
Stationary Power Generation
Construction Machinery
https://global.honda/en/hydrogen/

Someone may suggest that Honda "doesn't know thermodynamics"

Think for even a second how absolutely idiotic that would be.

[Festivito]

1. Fuel Cells are like a steam engine. A little wonky, but great as a backup to batteries.

I would still prefer recharging while driving over electro-magnetic charging.
Although, stopping to put in a couple of cylinders is not too bad and easier to transition from gas to non-fossil fuel.

[Callie1979]

2. I support whatever works, is sustainable, doesnt enslave us to the Chinese & has RANGE