Podcasts about Toyota Mirai

In this episode, we speak with Marion N Chivot-Legris, Director of ESG & Sustainability Strategy at Edmonton International Airport (YEG), who shares how the Canadian airport is leveraging its unique position to drive sustainability innovation across the region.Chivot-Legris discusses:YEG's transformation into a “sustainability engine” for the entire region, building an integrated ecosystem that brings together clean energy companies, logistics, agri-food technologies, and education beyond traditional aviation operations.The airport's leadership in hydrogen development, leveraging Alberta's position as Canada's hydrogen corridor, with nearly 60% of the country's hydrogen produced in the Edmonton metropolitan region, to test use cases from ground vehicles to potential future aircraft.YEG's methodical approach to hydrogen adoption, starting with Toyota Mirai cars and Hyundai NEXO vehicles before progressing to heavier equipment like hydrogen-diesel dual fuel runway sweepers as stepping stones toward future hydrogen infrastructure.The airport's complementary approach to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrogen, and how it's working with local partners to advance SAF production.Key lessons for airports beginning their sustainability journey: progress doesn't require perfection, partnerships are essential, and transparency in sharing both successes and challenges builds trust and encourages collaboration.Chivot-Legris also offers unique insights into how airports can serve as innovation hubs that extend their impact far beyond traditional aviation operations.If you LOVED this episode, you'll also love the conversation we had with Swedavia's Lena Wennberg & Therese Forsström, who share the airport operator's ambitious plans for a fossil-free future. Check it out here. Learn more about the innovators who are navigating the industry's challenges to make sustainable aviation a reality, in our new book ‘Sustainability in the Air: Volume 2'. Click here to learn more.Feel free to reach out via email to podcast@simpliflying.com. For more content on sustainable aviation, visit our website green.simpliflying.com and join the movement. It's about time.Links & More:Environmental, social & governance (ESG) - YEG CorporateHydrogen-powered runway sweepers at Edmonton Airport - International Airport Review Drone Delivery Canada expands collaborative drone operations at Edmonton International Airport - DRONELIFEEdmonton Airport and ZeroAvia partner to develop hydrogen infrastructure in Canada - FTE  

Il y a dix ans, Toyota lançait la Mirai, un véhicule fonctionnant à l'hydrogène et n'émettant que de l'eau. Depuis, 28 000 exemplaires ont été vendus à travers plus de 30 pays. Plus récemment, ce modèle était sous les projecteurs en tant que voiture officielle des Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024, avec 500 véhicules en circulation dans la capitale.Aujourd'hui, Toyota franchit une nouvelle étape dans son engagement pour une société hydrogène. Le constructeur japonais annonce le développement d'un nouveau module de pile à combustible de troisième génération, conçu pour répondre aux exigences du secteur professionnel. Sa promesse ? Des performances équivalentes aux moteurs diesel en matière de longévité, mais avec un impact environnemental réduit. Cette nouvelle génération affiche des avancées significatives. D'abord, sa durée de vie est doublée par rapport au modèle précédent, tout en ne nécessitant aucun entretien spécifique. Ensuite, son rendement énergétique est amélioré de 20 %, offrant ainsi une autonomie accrue. Enfin, Toyota annonce une baisse significative des coûts de production, ce qui pourrait rendre les véhicules à hydrogène plus accessibles.Aujourd'hui, la Toyota Mirai est commercialisée à partir de 73 000 euros, un tarif encore élevé. Mais avec ces évolutions technologiques, le constructeur espère démocratiser l'hydrogène. Toyota ne se limite pas aux voitures particulières. Ce nouveau module compact pourra être installé sur des véhicules utilitaires, des camions, des groupes électrogènes, des trains ou encore des bateaux. Le Japon est en première ligne dans ce développement, avec des expérimentations menées notamment dans les préfectures de Tokyo et de Fukushima. La commercialisation de cette troisième génération de piles à hydrogène est attendue à partir de 2026. Toyota continue ainsi de miser sur l'hydrogène pour accélérer la transition énergétique et offrir une alternative crédible aux carburants fossiles. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Volvemos una vez más con el coche eléctrico, según algunos el coche del futuro… pues no. Personalmente pienso que es más el coche del presente que el coche del futuro… y no, no me he vuelto loco, pero es que el coche eléctrico tiene muchos enemigos, técnicos, comerciales y ahora, además, geopolíticos. Para los que me consideráis un “petrolhead” siento deciros que os equivocáis de medio a medio. Como aficionado confieso que el sonido de un buen motor térmico y las sensaciones que ofrece me resultan muy placenteras… pero como periodistas, tengo que tener la mente más abierta y por eso digo que el coche eléctrico es más el coche del presente que el coche del futuro… ¿por qué? Muy sencillo: Porque como coche urbano, hoy por hoy, no tiene rival. Y no solo es el silencio, la falta de emisiones allí donde se usa y la comodidad de conducción, es que el tipo de uso urbano la va como anillo al dedo a un coche eléctrico. Os aseguro que por muchas razones, el futuro del automóvil no es el coche eléctrico… os pido vuestra opinión, pero antes os pido que escuchéis mis argumentos… ¡que son muchos! Aparte de los citados hay más motivos que hacen de los coches eléctricos ideales para ciudad. Primero: no necesitas gran autonomía, porque por ciudad es imposible hacer muchos kilómetros: Según “Mundotaxi” en Madrid recorren algo más de 200 km. Un dato clave.Segundo: No necesitas mucha potencia, pues la mayor parte de la potencia se emplea en vencer la resistencia al aire y si no pasas de 50 km/h, limite habitual en una ciudad, no vas a requerir muchos caballos. Aunque vayas a la ciudad desde las afueras, tampoco podrás correr mucho en las vías de circunvalación. Tercero: el tipo de uso. Porque en un coche térmico lo que gatas para poner el coche a 50 km/h no lo recuperas cuando paras en el siguiente semáforo. En un eléctrico, o en un híbrido, sí. Pero es que además el rendimiento energético de un motor, es decir, la parte de la energía que se emplea en mover el coche, se acerca al 90 por ciento y con un motor térmico no supera el 25 por ciento. Y cuarto: Suma de todo ello, un coche eléctrico urbano puede llevar baterías ligeras y pequeñas. Como consecuencia, puede ser un coche relativamente ligero, verdadero “Talón de Aquiles” de los eléctricos. No os descubro nada si os digo que vivimos en un Mundo global. Así que si eres de los que piensa que no te importa nada la victoria de “Tramp”, o “Trump” como decís muchos Hispanoamericanos… pues es que no te enteras. Soy un ecologista convencido y para mí el calentamiento global es un hecho… pero Europa no lo puede hacer frente por su cuenta. Os doy datos de la propia UE: La Unión Europea emite en su conjunto 3.222 millones de toneladas de C02… una barbaridad. Pero es que nos supera India, los USA casi la duplican y China emite… agarraos… 15.944 millones de toneladas de CO2, cerca de 5 veces más que nosotros. Europa debe liderar la protección al medio ambiente, pero liderarla no es ponerse una soga al cuello. La estrategia de la movilidad eléctrica perjudica a Europa y beneficia, justamente, al mayor emisor de C02… ¡tócate las narices! Por no decir otra cosa. Y “Tramp” o Trump ha decidido perforar… se podría traducir “pinchar”, más en los USA, aunque sea con el peligroso método del “Fracking” para bajar el precio del petróleo, lo que hará más competitivo a los modelos tradicionales de motor térmico y a los híbridos. Seguimos con la geopolítica y vamos a hablar de materias primas. Y con datos provenientes de una fuente fiable, la Agencia Internacional de la Energía o AIE, que nos cuenta que no hay materias primas para tanto coche eléctrico. El coche eléctrico es un consumidor brutal de recursos, como las famosas tierras raras. Según la AIE para conseguir el objetivo de emisiones fijado para 2050 tendríamos que tener la bonita cifra de 2.000 millones de coches eléctricos… sencillamente, hoy por hoy, las materias primas no paran de subir… lo que hará que los eléctricos, a medio plazo suban de precio y no bajen. He metido este asunto en geopolítica porque a lo mejor esto te abre los ojos sobre el repentino interés de Trump en Groenlandia. Hablemos ahora de motivos comerciales para que los coches eléctricos no sean el futuro. Hablemos de subvenciones. Noruega ya eliminó las ayudas a la compra de coches eléctricos, ahora lo harán previsiblemente los USA y otros muchos vendrán detrás. Sin ayudas, los coches eléctricos se venderán menos… en realidad menos aún. En España según los propios fabricantes, apenas llegan el 5 por ciento del total. Pero hay algo más grave: Según un estudio elaborado por la consultora McKinsey & Company uno de cada tres compradores de coche eléctricos lo cambiaría por uno híbrido o térmico en su próxima compra. Dato que contrasta con que alrededor de un 25 por ciento de usuarios de coches térmicos cambiaria su coche por un eléctrico… Y esto con ayudas… ¿Y sin ayudas? En realidad, dejo para el final la mejor noticia y es que los coches con la llamada “pila de combustible” son ya una realidad. Primero, os explico cómo son. La reacción del hidrogeno con el oxígeno tiene como resultado energía eléctrica y vapor de agua. Con esa electricidad mueves el motor y tienes una batería relativamente pequeña para el coche funcione como un hibrido, recuperando energía en las frenadas y retenciones y para guardar la energía que te pueda sobrar, como hace ahora mismo ya los híbridos de Renault cuando le sobre potencia a su motor térmico y carga las baterías. El resultado es que el coche solo emite vapor de agua, es decir, emisiones contaminantes cero. Como un eléctrico. Pero con una diferencia: Si utilizas el llamado “Hidrogeno Verde” que se consigue con energías renovables o se extrae directamente, el coche de hidrogeno no contamina nada. BMW, Hyundai y Toyota tienen muy adelantados estos trabajos y de hecho te puedes comprar mañana mismo un Toyota Mirai o un Hyundai Nexo movidos por hidrogeno. Así las cosas, el presente son los coches urbanos eléctricos y los híbridos, a ser posible enchufables, para todo uso. Alucino los consumos que en ciudad consigue mi pareja con un simple Renault Clio Híbrido, en torno a los 4 litros a los 100 km… Los grandes y caros coches eléctricos no son hoy por hoy una opción que seduzca. Y por mucho que avance la infraestructura y la técnica, el tema de la recarga no tiene fácil solución. El futuro está claro: Eléctricos en ciudad o cortos recorridos, combustible sintético para determinados modelos deportivos o clásicos, algún hibrido de gasolina o gas e hidrogeno para el resto.

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This week Brad and Aaron discuss some big-money Ferrari collector cars that will sell at Monterey Car Week. Also the world's most unusual use for a Toyota Mirai. Is Big Brother watching your driving? Some fun tire talk and Tom Petty's Mustang. VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.shiftandsteer.com/ FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @ShiftSteerMedia @Bradley_Fanshaw @Motorator @AaronHagar

Dans le cadre des JO, Toyota, le géant automobile japonais, a annoncé le déploiement de plus de 500 véhicules à hydrogène. Présentée comme une avancée écologique, cette initiative est désormais au cœur d'une controverse. Une lettre ouverte, signée par 120 scientifiques, dont David Cebon de l'Université de Cambridge, interpelle le Comité International Olympique et Anne Hidalgo sur la pertinence environnementale de ce choix. Selon ces experts, l'hydrogène pourrait paradoxalement augmenter le bilan carbone de l'événement.Les chercheurs s'appuient sur les conclusions du GIEC, affirmant que « les véhicules électriques à batterie sont le moyen le plus efficace de décarboner le transport de passagers ». Ils soulignent l'inefficacité énergétique des véhicules à hydrogène, nécessitant trois fois plus d'électricité renouvelable que leurs homologues électriques. « L'utilisation de l'hydrogène pour le transport routier détourne l'attention des solutions réelles disponibles aujourd'hui, retardant leur mise en œuvre », déclarent-ils. Toyota défend son projet en précisant que l'hydrogène utilisé sera d'origine renouvelable, fourni par Air Liquide. Les scientifiques, toutefois, maintiennent leur position : même avec de l'hydrogène « vert », l'impact environnemental et financier serait supérieur. Ils citent l'Agence internationale de l'énergie (AIE), qui indique que l'hydrogène à faibles émissions représente seulement 0,6 % de la demande totale.Les tentatives antérieures d'utilisation de l'hydrogène, notamment lors des JO de Tokyo 2020, ont échoué. Les chercheurs rappellent les difficultés rencontrées par plusieurs pays, dont les États-Unis, l'Allemagne et le Royaume-Uni, face aux coûts élevés et à la disponibilité limitée de l'infrastructure hydrogène. Toyota elle-même admet la faible popularité de sa Toyota Mirai et ne prévoit pas de transition significative vers l'hydrogène d'ici la fin de la décennie. David Cebon accuse Toyota de retarder la transition vers les véhicules électriques, qualifiant leur stratégie de « dilatoire et cynique ». Les chercheurs exhortent le CIO à imposer à Toyota de remplacer toute la flotte des Jeux par des véhicules électriques à batterie. Une demande ambitieuse, à moins de deux semaines du début des JO. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Toyota verwacht dat de verbrandingsmotor nog minstens 40 procent zuiniger kan. Toyota is niet echt een koploper op het gebied van de EV. Ze hebben ons natuurlijk wel de rijdende zetpil geschonken. De Prius was toch de eerste succesvolle hybride. Maar volledig elektrisch? Ze doen het wel, maar het gaat niet echt van harte. Komt ook omdat ze potentie blijven zien in de verbrandingsmotor. Sterker nog, ze denken dat die nog 40 procent zuiniger kan. Volgens de CTO van Toyota komt dat door de lessen die ze hebben geleerd van de Toyota Mirai, hun waterstofauto.  Verder in deze auto-update:  Duitsers zijn even klaar met de EV Fiat gaat de 500 weer met verbrandingsmotor leveren Het Chinese Hongqi komt met tweede model, een sedan De nieuwe Formule 1 auto wordt korter, smaller en lichter    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With new hydrogen FCEV's coming to market soon, the question of whether hydrogen vehicles will revolutionise electric mobility is top of mind for many EV drivers who have already chosen the battery electric route. Rusty and Nadine explore both sides of the coin, discovering that there isn't a simple answer. To test the Hydrogen vs. Battery argument, they speak with David Dorall, CEO of electric aviation company Dovetail, which is pushing both technologies to new heights. Dorall discusses his company's technology, the current capabilities of batteries in an aviation setting, and how hydrogen fuel cells may come into play. Adjunct Professor Gail Broadbent from UTS then delves deeper into hydrogen fuel cells and the economics of hydrogen production. While it seems hydrogen is best suited to heavy vehicles and mass transport in the short term, Rusty and Nadine remain curious. They take a virtual drive in the Toyota Mirai to experience firsthand how a FCEV looks, feels, and drives.   To watch the carsales review on the Toyota Mirai, head to the carsales youtube channel here.  To read more about the Mirai's 1360km run, click here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Man muss nicht drum herumreden. Aktuell ist es noch immer so, dass der Güterverkehr auf der Straße nicht gerade gut für die Umwelt ist. Der Versuch, dem mit Elektro-LKW gegenzusteuern führt zu einem anderen Problem. Schwere Batterien reduzieren die mögliche Nutzlast und bisher auch noch die Reichweite. Eine praktikable Lösung wären Brennstoffzellen-LKW. Und die sind bereits europaweit testweise unterwegs! Darum geht es diesmal!Alle reden von alternativen Antriebsformen bei Automobilen, doch häufig wird dabei eine wichtige Quelle übersehen. Wasserstoff, die Grundlage für Brennstoffzellenantriebe, hat viele Vorteile, insbesondere kurze Tankzeiten. Während batteriebetriebene Elektrofahrzeuge noch immer sehr lange Ladezeiten haben, können Wasserstoff-Brennstoffzellen-Fahrzeuge – wie Benzin- oder Dieselfahrzeuge - in weniger als fünf Minuten betankt werden. Ralph Müller, Pressesprecher Technik bei Toyota Deutschland:     Ralph Müller:Neben der kurzen Tankzeit ist die Reichweite bei PKW und auch bei Nutzfahrzeugen extrem wichtig. Je schwerer ein Fahrzeug, desto kürzer ist in der Regel seine Reichweite. Dank des geringen Gewichts von Wasserstoff können leichtere Brennstoffzellenfahrzeuge im Vergleich zu anderen emissionsfreien Alternativen wie Fahrzeugen mit schweren Batterien höhere Nutz- und Anhängelasten erreichen. 2023 hat Toyota beispielsweise einen wasserstoffbetriebenen Prototypen auf Basis des Pick-ups Hilux vorgestellt.   Wasserstoff-PKWs wie der Toyota Mirai haben eine Reichweite von 650 Kilometern, vergleichbare Vorteile ergeben sich logischerweise auch bei Nutzfahrzeugen. Auch diese sieht man bei dem japanischen Automobilhersteller und hat daher den Fokus nicht nur auf leichte Nutzfahrzeuge, sondern auch auf den Schwerlastverkehr ausgeweitet, um den Ausbau einer tragfähigen Wasserstoffinfrastruktur zu unterstützen.   ##PIC_5# Ralph Müller: Mit unserem Brennstoffzellen-System sind wir in den wasserstoffbetriebenen Lkw des französischen Herstellers Hyliko und der niederländischen VDL Groep in den strategischen Lkw-Markt in Europa eingestiegen. Dabei nutzen wir die schweren Nutzfahrzeuge unter anderem für die Dekarbonisierung unserer eigenen Logistik. In einer Partnerschaft mit Corvus in Norwegen arbeiten wir daran, diese Antriebstechnologie auch verstärkt in der Schifffahrt einzusetzen.   Aktuell entwickelt Toyota bereits die dritte Generation des Brennstoffzellensystems, das voraussichtlich 2026 auf den Markt kommt. Ralph Müller: Damit werden wir auf jeden Fall eine höhere Leistungsdichte und eine Reichweitensteigerung um ca. 20 Prozent haben. Dank technischer Fortschritte und höherer Produktionsmengen werden wir so Kostensenkungen von fast einem Drittel erzielen.  Daneben forschen wir weiter an skalierbaren Brennstoffzellen-Stacks mit unterschiedlicher Leistung und komplexer geformtem Wasserstofftanks, die mit Fahrzeugen unterschiedlicher Größe kompatibel sind. Da man in Europa langfristig großes Vertrauen in Wasserstoff zeigt, wird es bis zum Jahr 2030 zu einem der weltweit größten Märkte für diese Technik werden und die Wasserstofftechnik so zur Dekarbonisierung im Straßenverkehr beitragen. Alle Fotos: © Toyota Deutschland GmbH   Diesen Beitrag können Sie nachhören oder downloaden unter:

Natürlich würden die meisten Autofahrer gerne emissionsfrei unterwegs sein, ein Punkt, der für die Elektromobilität spricht. Dagegen spricht für viele potentielle E-Autokäufer eine häufig noch zu geringe Reichweite, die auch noch mit langen Ladezeiten erkauft wird. Dabei gibt es längst eine Lösung für große Reichweiten und schnellen Tankvorgängen. Brennstoffzellenfahrzeuge, die mit Wasserstoff betankt werden. Wir schauen uns die Vorteile einmal an. Darum geht es diesmal! Schaut man sich aktuell bei den Antrieben von Automobilen um, dann hat man es bei einer Kaufentscheidung nicht gerade leicht. Will ich einen klassischen Verbrenner, also Benzin, Diesel oder gegebenenfalls Gas?  Denke ich an einen klassischen Hybriden oder einen Plug-in-Hybriden oder soll es eine Antriebsform ohne die Unterstützung durch einen Verbrennungsmotor sein? Ralph Müller, Pressesprecher Technik bei Toyota Deutschland.    Ralph Müller:  Bei alternativen Antrieben denkt man vermutlich zunächst an rein batterieelektrische Pkw, doch man muss auch an Brennstoffzellen-Pkw wie den Toyota Mirai denken.  Ein Fahrzeug, das Toyota bereits in der zweiten Modellgeneration anbietet. Wasserstoff-Elektrofahrzeuge haben viele Vorteile. Sie haben eine große Reichweite, aber im Gegensatz zu rein batterieelektrischen Fahrzeugen kurze Tankzeiten. Der Toyota Mirai kommt pro Tankfüllung bis zu 650 Kilometer weit und eignet sich somit auch für lange Strecken und Dauereinsatz. Ein hocheffizientes Antriebsystem also. Man hat allerdings den Eindruck, als ob die deutschen Hersteller gerade den Brennstoffzellenantrieb für ihre PKW nicht allzu intensiv weiterentwickeln. Wie lässt sich das erklären? Ralph Müller:Ich kann natürlich nicht für die deutschen Hersteller sprechen – augenscheinlich liegt der Schwerpunkt dort bei rein batterieelektrischen Pkw und Plug-In-Hybriden. Dennoch hält man die Tür mit einem Fuß offen. Deutlichstes Beispiel ist die BMW IX5 Pilotflotte – übrigens in Kooperation mit Toyota. Für uns gilt seit jeher eine mehrsäulige Antriebsstrategie – „und” statt “oder”: Das ist der Kern unserer Multi-Pathway-Strategie. Nur mit allen Technologien zusammen lassen sich die Dekarboniserungsziele erreichen. Wir sind überzeugt davon, dass nicht nur ein Weg, sondern viele verschiedene Lösungsansätze zur schnelleren Dekarbonisierung im Straßenverkehr beitragen. In Berlin läuft gerade ein auf zwei Jahre angelegter Pilotversuch mit bis zu 200 Toyota-Wasserstoff-Fahrzeugen, bei den Olympischen und Paralympischen Spielen 2024 in Paris kommen sogar 500 Toyota Mirai zum Einsatz. Zu berücksichtigen ist aber, dass unterschiedliche Märkte unterschiedliche Anforderungen, Bedingungen und Wünsche und auch ein unterschiedliches Tempo haben.     Ralph Müller:In Europa will Toyota bereits 2040 CO2-Neutralität erreichen und damit zehn Jahre früher als weltweit vorgesehen! Und wasserstoffbasierte Anwendungen spielen dabei eine entscheidende Rolle. Unsere Aufgabe ist es, für all diese Märkte ein passendes Angebot zu machen. Dieses Angebot bezieht sich natürlich nicht nur auf PKW, sondern auch auf den Nutzfahrzeugbereich. Darauf gehen wir in Kürze noch einmal gesondert ein. Alle Fotos: © Toyota Deutschland GmbH   Diesen Beitrag können Sie nachhören oder downloaden unter:

En el programa de hoy hacemos un viaje hacia atrás y hacia delante en el tiempo para repasar la evolución de la automoción y los vehículos que marcarán nuestro futuro. Con Jesús Callejo nos retrotraemos hasta la invención de la rueda y del ferrocarril, dos de los grandes hitos de la evolución del transporte no exentos de polémicas a lo largo de la Historia. Sergio Cordero nos recuerda grandes modelos como el Ford T (el que se considera el primer vehículo construido a gran escala), el Mercedes-Benz 260D (el primer gran ejemplo de coche con motor diésel), y el General Motors EV1 (el primer proyecto de coche eléctrico en la actual etapa). Además, miramos al futuro a través de dos modelos que ya son realidad: los motores impulsados por hidrógeno, como el Toyota Mirai, o el Cibertruck de Tesla, la apuesta más ambiciosa (y más fea) de la compañía de Elon Musk.Alberto Espinosa y Francisco Izuzquiza, mientras tanto, se pelean porque no se puede grabar un podcast que habla del futuro de la tecnología con una conexión a Internet peor que la época de los 56K. ¿O sí se puede?Lo que va más rápido que la conexión de Fran son vuestras escuchas, y gracias a ellas podemos conseguir ingresos que destinamos a acciones benéficas. En este trimestre vamos a conseguir que muchos niños reciban regalos de Papá Noel y los Reyes Magos, algo que es posible con vuestro apoyo semana tras semana. ¡Gracias por hacerlo posible! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Jill Trotta is a veteran of the automotive industry, having spent 9 years with Repair Pal before embarking on a 9-month long search for her next move. With her extensive experience, Jill brings a wealth of knowledge to the automotive industry and continues to seek out new challenges and opportunities. In this episode of Parts Girl Podcast, Kaylee Felio interviews Jill Trotta, a former Repair Pal employee who now works with Torqata. Jill discusses her career journey, her passion for educating consumers about tire safety and replacements, and the importance of offering tire services in the automotive industry. She also shares her thoughts on hydrogen technology and her experience with owning a Toyota Mirai hydrogen vehicle. The tire industry can be lucrative if businesses prioritize offering tire services as part of their vehicle maintenance and repair offerings. Jill emphasized the importance of educating consumers on tire safety and replacement. She shared her own experience of not prioritizing tire safety when she was younger, which led to a car accident. This underscores the critical need to raise awareness about the significance of maintaining tires and the potential danger of driving on expired or worn-out tires. Finally, Jill shared her thoughts on hydrogen technology and her experience of owning a Toyota Mirai hydrogen vehicle. Hydrogen technology has the potential to revolutionize the automotive industry, but infrastructure and supply chain issues must be addressed for its wider adoption. Overall, the episode provides valuable insights for businesses in the automotive industry and for consumers who prioritize vehicle safety. By offering tire services and educating consumers, businesses can increase their profits while promoting road safety. Connect Jill Trotta LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gwrenchgal Website: www.torqata.com Kaylee Felio LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gotopartsgirl Website: www.partsedge.com Takeaways Tire safety should be a top priority for all consumers. Offering tire services can be a great customer retention tool. Create different revenue streams. Quote“I once thought that selling tires wasn't a profitable business. But, my opinion has definitely changed." -Jill Trotta --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepartsgirl/message

The zero-emission, green-energy-powered Energy Observer (EO) has docked in Cape Town for a visit of just more than a week. The vessel, which acts as an on-the-water laboratory able to test various forms of environmentally friendly energy, is covered in 202 m2 of solar panels. It also has two small sails, built to minimise shade on the solar-panel-covered deck. The EO's other main energy source is hydrogen, with the vessel able to produce hydrogen onboard from seawater. In order to propel the ship with the hydrogen – especially at night – the EO utilises fuel cells that have been adapted from the Toyota Mirai fuel-cell sedan. Toyota is also a technology partner in the EO project, along with industrial gas specialist Air Liquide. The chemical process to create electricity from seawater also produces hot water and heat for the crew's use, explains EO technical director Didier Bouix. “The vessel is completely autonomous in terms of energy.” The France-based EO, acting as an advocate for the expanded implementation of green power worldwide, has already sailed more than 50 000 nautical miles since 2017, with Cape Town its eightieth port-of-call. The EO's journey is scheduled to come to an end next year. It is envisioned that the EO's successor, the EO II, will use liquid hydrogen, as opposed to hydrogen gas. This is because the EO II, at 150 m long and 24 m wide, will be a cargo vessel able to carry 1 100 containers. (In contrast to this, the much smaller EO has a 31-m repurposed catamaran as its base, with its functioning more recreational in nature.) “When we require a lot of energy, like a big ship, we want to use liquid hydrogen, as this is more efficient when powering large vessels,” notes Bouix. It is hoped that construction of the EO II will start next year, says EO captain and founder Victorien Erussard. “The EO II will be the world's lowest-carbon cargo ship.” As a former merchant navy officer, Erussard says he has witnessed firsthand the damage caused by the global fleet of tankers, bulk carriers, ferries and cruise ships to the marine ecosystem. He says there are roughly 100 000 merchant vessels in the world, carrying 10.7-billion tons of freight year. Most of these vessels operate using heavy fuel oil, which has an extremely negative ecological footprint. This is especially problematic as it is envisioned that maritime traffic could quadruple by 2050.

Een overzicht van het belangrijkste mobiliteitsnieuws met aandacht voor een waterstoftruck, die Toyota Motor Europe en het Nederlandse VDL Groep samen ontwikkelen, FlixBus dat met de Flixtrein naar Nederland komt en ondernemers willen in de toekomst meer inzetten op deelmobiliteit. VDL ontwikkelt samen met Toyota vrachtwagens, die op waterstof kunnen rijden. Ze willen samen de brandstofceltechnologie, die we kennen van de Toyota Mirai, geschikt maken voor zero-emission vrachtwagens. Volgens Toyota gaan vrachtwagens op waterstof een belangrijke rol spelen in het emissievrij maken van de logistiek in Europa. Verder in deze update: Siemens test een waterstoftrein FlixBus wil nu ook met de FlixTrain naar Nederland Ondernemers zien toekomst in deelmobiliteit Rijkswaterstaat strooide ruim 91 miljoen kilo zoutSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Mirai”這個字其實是源自於日文”未來”的音譯，Toyota在氫能車及氫燃料電池的研發上一直在領先的地位，而Mirai就是該計畫下的市售車！而這次來台參展的Mirai就是一台真真實實的市售車，有趣的是在展出現場竟然出現聯華氣體加氫設備的展出，這…是氫能車要在台灣生根了嗎？聯華氣體在這之間又扮演什麼角色，請聽本集詳盡的說明！

¡No hay que tirar la toalla! Y es que, a día de hoy, no está claro que prospere la prohibición de vender en Europa coches con motor térmico a partir de 2035. Hay mucho que contar de esto, y lo haremos, pero para abrir boca, ¿qué te parece más sensato? ¿Cambiar todos los coches y toda la infraestructura de repostaje? ¿O, sencillamente, el combustible…? ¿A qué llamo “Ecopostureo”? Muy sencillo, a tratar de demostrar que eres “ecológico” aunque en realidad seas “eco-ilógico”… tratar de parecer lo que no eres y ser cortoplacista. Para empezar, os digo una cosa: No se puede simplificar. Los problemas complejos, como es la contaminación y el cambio climático, no tienen soluciones sencillas ni inmediatas… ¡no hay fórmulas mágicas! Aunque este es un tema aparentemente europeo, por desgracia, el medio ambiente es cosa de todos… por eso, por mucho que hagamos los europeos, mientras China, India, USA y otros países no hagan nada… no servirá de mucho. En lo relativo a los coches las prohibiciones inspiradas por la agenda 2030 se ha incurrido en errores en cadena, uno tras otro, que vale la pena repasar. Se han encarecido los coches, según los propios fabricantes, más de un 40 por ciento. Es decir, no es una norma que va en contra de los coches que contaminan, es una norma que va en contra de los coches y de todo lo que significan: Libertad, proximidad, intercambio cultural, puestos de trabajo y fomento de la economía. Si sumamos al encarecimiento de los coches, la incertidumbre acerca del futuro y las dudas acerca de que coche me compro, tenemos la “tormenta perfecta” y se produce un frenazo en la venta de coches… y el parque envejece. ¿Sabéis que se podría decir que en bolsa sólo Tesla vale lo mismo que todas las marcas europeas untas? ¿Y sabéis de quién es la culpa? Pues de la propia Unión Europea que prácticamente ha sentenciado a su propia industria frente a la de otros países como India y sobre todo China. Curiosamente, debido a la falta de materia primas en Europa, la agenda 2030 “castiga” a la economía europea y “premia” por ejemplo a la China, el país más contaminante junto con EE.UU… La ley se contradice y este punto de vista no es mío, sino de algunos juristas. Confieso que no sé con exactitud como está redactada la norma, pero muchos expertos comentan que, tal y como está, dice que no se pueden vender coches que supongan emisiones de CO2… pero no lo centra exclusivamente de su uso. ¿Y esto que quiere decir? Sencillo que, aunque tu coche sea eléctrico, emite CO2, no a lo mejor donde lo usas, pero sí donde se produce la electricidad… salvo que sea de fuentes renovables, que no es el caso. Si el parque de coches eléctricos creciese tal y como quieren nuestros políticos, la demanda de energía eléctrica no se podría cubrir con energía renovable… Al final tendríamos coches eléctricos en las ciudades y centrales térmicas con combustibles fósiles, ¡incluso carbón! y centrales nucleares… ¿Ha llegado la cordura? No me atrevo a decir tanto… pero lo cierto es que con Alemania como abanderada, seis países, la citada Alemania más Bulgaria, Eslovaquia, Italia, Portugal y Rumania ha propuesto posponer esta agenda al menos hasta 2040… Y es que lo decíamos al comenzar: ¿No sería más fácil cambiar solo UN combustible en vez de TODOS los coches y TODA la infraestructura de repostaje? Porque otro error de los políticos ha sido el decir a la industria lo que debe hacer, no lo que debe conseguir… Una es el combustible sintético. Otra los coches de hidrógeno que son ya una realidad. Puedes comprarte uno si quieres, un Honda FCX Clarity o un Toyota Mirai… son caros y en toda España hay solo seis puntos de repostaje. El funcionamiento es perfecto: Un coche cuyo tubo de escape solo emite vapor de agua. Por otra parte los híbridos enchufables son, en este momento, la mejor solución para quien necesite un coche para todo. En ciudad pueden ser prácticamente cien por cien eléctricos, pero luego puedes viajar y son eficientes… ¿Y los eléctricos? Lo he dicho mil veces, lo volveré a decir y lo mantengo: Los eléctricos son una parte importante de la solución… pero una parte. Sobre todo, los pequeños y más ligeros, de vocación urbana y periurbana. Esos son eficientes y, además lo digo siempre, en el tema de emisiones importa el cuánto y el dónde y en este sentido el coche eléctrico, en ciudad, es el rey. La conclusión es que espero que nuestros políticos se “pongan las pilas”, nunca mejor dicho, y se dejen aconsejar por quienes de verdad saben. Coche del día Voy a elegir el Seat Ibiza 1.0 TFSI. ¿El motivo? Cuesta poco y gasta menos, sólo 5 L/100 km. Un coche asequible, divertido y honesto… y que con la idea inicial inspirada en la “agenda 2030” en el años 2035 coches como estos, están destinado a desaparecer.

Podcasten er blevet til med vores samarbejdspartner GF Forsikring. Afsnit 91 er publiceret d. 13. marts, 2023. Husk I kan støtte op om Bilklubben ved at kigge ind i vores webshop!Inden vi går i gang med dagens problem, skal vi da lige slå et slag for vores event i denne uge: Vi tager nemlig til klubaften hos Classic Car House d. 16. marts - skal du med? Der er et MEGET begrænset antal pladser, så skynd dig at tilmelde dig via linket her!Grau er mysteriske årsager fraværende i dagens afsnit, men frygt ej! Resten af holdet har nemlig sørget for at stable et fremragende afsnit Bilklubben på benene. Men hvad kan du forvente af dagens afsnit?NP kører Toyota Mirai (dog et år for sent...) og kan ikke få armene ned.NP's kamp med Motorstyrelsen er stadig ikke slut, og den kan godt fortsætte et stykke tid endnu.I nyhederne skal vi kigge på en særlig udgave af VW ID. Buzz og snakker om hvad en elbil fra Rolls-Royce skal koste?Vi tager en snak med vores æresmedlem, Seppo fra Seaside Garage.OG så skal vores viden om Fiat Panda sættes på prøve, når NP overtager quizzen!Rigtig go' fornøjelse!

These guys went and did it again: an accidental "oops, all Toyota!" edition of the Unnamed Automotive Podcast flies out of the web and into your ears this week. First, Ben drives the 2023 Toyota Mirai so he can discuss the feasability of the hydrogen powered future that Toyota is harping on. With sleek styling, and harsh limitations and middling performance, is this really what Toyota sees as the future? Then the guys talk about the brands unwavering position against ZEV mandates, and whether they're just sour about being on the wrong side of the "EVs vs everything" fight. Finally, Sami talks about his recent experience in Europe and talks about the coolest Toyota vehicles he saw at their TWO museums in Cologne, Germany. Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe and get in touch with us through the website or social media. And if you had fun this week, consider leaving us a tip on Ko-Fi!

Thema heute:   Toyota Collection: Technik-Tag feiert die große Vielfalt innovativer Antriebe bei Toyota  Die Toyota Collection  /  Foto: Toyota Deutschland GmbH Seit Dezember 2017 ist an jedem ersten Samstag im Monat Toyota Collection Tag, um es mal flapsig zu formulieren. Denn immer von 10 bis 14 Uhr können Interessierte die einzigartige Fahrzeugsammlung auf dem Gelände von Toyota Deutschland in Köln besuchen. Und das absolut kostenfrei und im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Fahrzeugausstellungen heißt es hier: „Einsteigen erlaubt!“.Toyota Mirai / Foto: Toyota Deutschland GmbH Abwechselnde Schwerpunkt- und Motto-Tage sorgen für Abwechslung.  Am kommenden Samstag, 4. Februar, heißt es: Bühne frei für eine neue Ausgabe des beliebten Technik-Tags. Im Mittelpunkt des Public Openings steht diesmal der Multi-Technologieansatz, mit dem Toyota auf dem Weg in eine emissionsfreie Mobilität für alle ist. Neben einer Elektrifizierung der breiten Modellpalette, die Hybrid-, Plug-in-Hybrid-, Elektro- und Brennstoffzellenfahrzeuge umfasst, bietet Toyota auch Benzin- und Diesel-Modelle an und arbeitet an alternativen Kraftstoffen. Wer wissen will, welche umweltfreundliche Antriebsart am besten zum persönlichen Nutzungsverhalten passt, erfährt alle Einzelheiten in einem der beiden Experten-Vorträge um 11.00 Uhr oder um 12.30 Uhr. Auch der Eintritt zum Technik-Tag ist natürlich kostenfrei. TOYOTA BZ4X / Foto: Toyota Deutschland GmbH Damit keine Fragen offenbleiben, werden in den Experten-Vorträgen nicht nur die unterschiedlichen Vorteile der vielfältigen Antriebsplattformen bei Toyota klar erläutert, mit denen der Mobilitätskonzern in die Klimaneutralität bis zum Jahr 2050 unterwegs ist. Die Gäste des Public Openings erfahren auch, welcher Antrieb zu ihrem Fahrprofil passt, welche Förderungen es für die Antriebsarten gibt, wichtige Informationen über Wartungs- und Unterhaltskosten und wie es um die Zuverlässigkeit und um die Zukunftsfähigkeit der unterschiedlichen Antriebsaggregate bestellt ist. Spannende Schnittmodelle von Toyota Hybrid- und Brennstoffzellenfahrzeugen ermöglichen zudem anschauliche Einblicke in technische Details. Direkt im Anschluss an die Vorträge gibt es außerdem die Gelegenheit für individuelle Fragen an den Toyota Technik-Experten. Ergänzend zu den Schnittmodellen gastieren beim Technik-Tag in der Ausstellungshalle der Collection verschiedene visionäre Modelle mit hocheffizienten Antrieben aus dem aktuellen Fahrzeugprogramm. Zu erleben sind auch der revolutionäre Toyota Mirai mit Wasserstoffantrieb und der Toyota bZ4X als erstes eigenständiges Elektrofahrzeug von Toyota und erstes Mitglied der neuen Markenfamilie „bZ“.  Diesen Beitrag können Sie nachhören oder downloaden unter:

Charlie and Chris are back in the mitten state and are excited to tell you all about their great driving experiences in Southern California! Cars included are the Toyota GR Corolla, Toyota Mirai, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche 911 Carrera T, Porsche GT4 RS, Maserati MC20, Rivian R1T, Mercedes-AMG EQS, Mercedes-AMG SL63, and Lamborghini Huracan STO, as well as bonus appearances from the Huracan Technica, Porsche Taycan Turbo, Porshce 911 Turbo S, Honda Monkey, Trail 125, Super Cub, Grom, and Navi. As well as some great CoPart cars at the end. Enjoy this long one!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/daily-motor-podcast/donations

Rodrigo Guendelman conversó con Nicolás Vicuña, director ejecutivo de la Fundación Parque Tricao. Además, junto a Ignacio Funes, director de Toyota comentaron sobre el primer vehículo que funciona con una pila de hidrógeno.

It's the last time Charlie and Chris will speak to you before they head to Southern California for two weeks! While there, they'll be driving the Toyota GR Corolla, Toyota Mirai, Porsche Cayenne, Porsche 911 Carrera T, Porsche GT4 RS, Maserati MC20, Rivian R1T, Mercedes-AMG EQS, Mercedes-AMG SL63, and Lamborghini Huracan STO. Yeah, they're pretty pumped. And they're excited to get away from their recent slew of crossovers, which this last week consisted of the 2023 Infiniti QX80 and the 2023 Hyundai Palisade. Although they still managed to have some strong feelings on these SUVs. Enjoy!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/daily-motor-podcast/donations

Après deux ans d’absence, le Salon de l’auto de Montréal revient du 20 au 29 janvier 2023. Plus modeste, mais toujours pertinent, nous recevons le Vice-Président exécutif du Salon Denis Dessureault qui nous parle de cette édition 2023. En essai routier Alain a pris quelques jours au volant de la Toyota Mirai et Benoit nous parle du nouveau Kia Niro 2023. Voir https://www.cogecomedia.com/vie-privee/fr/ pour notre politique de vie privée

Electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town. Heat pumps mandatory in new homes in Washington State. Indoor hydroponic wheat produces 6 crops per year on the same land. LaGuardia Airport will host a pilot project that uses a flywheel to speed up EV charging. SpaceX buys ads on Twitter. Could Tesla be next? Battery espionage in Canada by China.  Tesla proposes a North American charging standard. Should ICE trucks pay highway tolls? New study could show how batteries can have 20% more life cycles (and therefore lower prices). Half the world's fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036. The price of hydrogen at the pump in California has risen 33%. We compare gas and electric alternatives. Tony Seba has our Tweet of the Week: Percision fermentation land area to replace all the cows. Thanks for listening to our show! Consider rating The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to our show. Follow us on TikTok! @cleanenergypod Check out our YouTube Channel! @CleanEnergyShow Follow us on Twitter! @CleanEnergyPod Your hosts: James Whittingham https://twitter.com/jewhittingham Brian Stockton: https://twitter.com/brianstockton Email us at cleanenergyshow@gmail.com Leave us an online voicemail at http://speakpipe.com/cleanenergyshow Transcript Hello, and welcome to Episode 139 of the Clean Energy Show. I'm Brian Stockton. I'm James Whittingham. This week, an indoor wheat experiment is a big success. A new crop is harvested six times a year. Wish my hair did that. Heat pumps are now mandatory in new homes in Washington state. Also mandatory cheering for the Seattle Kraken electric truck stops will need more power than a small town. What about the same amount of meth? LaGuardia Airport will host a pilot project that uses a flywheel to speed up EV charging. This partnership makes perfect sense, because if there's one thing LaGuardia is known for, its speed. All that and more on this week's edition of The Clean Energy Show. Welcome, everyone, to what I think is the best podcast on the Internet everywhere. It's objectively true. Objectively true. I think so. Right now, this is a particular moment. And also on this week's show, Brian, we also have stuff about SpaceX. It's buying ads on Twitter because it's CEO bought Twitter. And we wonder if Tesla could be next, because Tesla has never advertised near her SpaceX. So maybe this could break ground for that. We'll see. The first case of battery espionage has been discovered in Canada. Hydrogen pump prices are going up 33% in California, half the world's fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036. So keep that in mind when investing today. How are you? I'm good. So just an update on my house. So I applied for the Greener Homes grant here in Canada to do energy upgrades to my house. All right. Hoping to put in an air source heat pump, get rid of my natural gas. And so the first step of that is the blower door test and kind of home energy evaluation. And that all happened today. So that was fun. They put the big blower in the door. They test the air tightness of the house. So they got this doorshaped mass that goes all over the door with a hole for the blower. And the blower only, right? Yeah. And it blows air in or out, I can't remember. And then they could also go around the house with the sort of infrared camera thing and with the blower on, kind of show you where the leaks are in the house. It's wintertime now. It's super cold out. Oh, well, then it will be sucking. It will be sucking it. And the air will be coming in through the window cracks and things like that. Yeah. So did they go around with a smoker? No smoker. Just this infrared thing. Maybe they use a smoker more in the summer. Okay, well, they didn't use a smoker on mine, and they didn't do that on mine. They didn't go around. So what did you find out? Not too much yet. They have to sort of crunch all the numbers because they do a volumetric assessment of the house where they calculate the interior volume of the house. So then they have to go and take the measurements that they got from the blower door, do some calculations, figure it out, and you get kind of like an Energy Star rating for your home. And we did this about ten years ago when we did some upgrades. It was a similar program. So they give you a number, I think it's out of 100 of what your energy efficiency is, and then as you make improvements, you hope to they do the blower door test again when you're all done, and you hope to increase the sort of Energy Star rating of your house. This is mostly for air ceiling, right? Yeah, and we could see that a little bit with the infrared camera. But we will hopefully do some more upgrades. It's the main thing we want to do is the air source heat pump, and we should get the grant for that kind of regardless of what the blower door result is. I told you last week there's a TV series shooting across the street from me, and they were actually outdoors shooting today, so I was worried the blower would they come knock on our door. Because you're a film, you know, the film community. Old man stalked and wanting money to shut down his blowers so we could continue our production, because people do that on the streets. They'll run their muscle cars and have to get paid off get paid off to shut it down because the film crew needs quiet. And I watched The Godfather yesterday, which I hadn't seen in many, many years. Let me guess. Blue Ray, 4k? Exactly. It's this restored version. It's quite cool. They did extensive restoration, but a lot of that movie is ADR. I sort of didn't remember that, but ADR being dialogue replacement, where a lot of the dialogue was replaced in post production. Like, a lot of it, like, way more than half, I think. Wow. So it was a low budget film, more or less, wasn't it? Yeah, I guess that would be the reason. Like, lots of location shooting and lots of extraneous noises. But yeah, that was sort of the surprise on that one for me. Did you just notice it more this time, or what? Yes, I haven't seen it in 2030 years. You were just a child then, really. I mean, you naive. You accepted everything as reality. Yes. I wish I was that. It's a fascinating if you're interested, on the Bluray, and there's these special features about how they had to restore it because the film, when it came out in 72, was just wildly more popular than anybody expected. And whenever that happens, they have to run more prints so that they have to make more prints of the film. So the original negative, even though it's only 50 years old, I ended up getting totally ruined. And the restoration that they had to do was to the point where they were going and taking outtakes they were taking outtakes and cutting them back into the film because certain shots were damaged. And with the approval of the director, you can do that kind of weird thing. Oh, wow. I don't know how I feel about that. You get used to a film that would stand out to you. It shouldn't be in any way that you notice it's like literally like just a shot of somebody walking down the hallway or okay, that's different. It's nothing important. You know, my childhood home has been destroyed. There was an explosion in Regina. That was your childhood home. No, it wasn't, but it was built next to my childhood home. And when I say childhood home, I mean I lived there for three months with great eight. My brother lived there, and I left home in grade eight and went and lived with him and found out he had a girlfriend who became his wife, who eventually became his ex wife. That building, which is a brick, three story apartment building with, I think, you know, twelve suites, and it was, has to be demolished now because the house next door blew out. Well, it was kind of like an apartment building that they were building right when I was living there, I think. And it's like a four suite housing, but nobody was living there. The whole thing blew up, rain off the ground, boom. And the only person who was injured was somebody who didn't live there, who lived somewhere. That window broke. But this is a story. Kids at Natural Gas caused this explosion with solar and wind have never caused an explosion. You know, I had my first clean energy show dream the other night, and it was a paraphrase in the first one. Brian, I was in the backseat of your Tesla. You got out and I was concerned. Did he hit the brake? You got in front of the car and the car ran over you. And I think I was watching Breaking Bad because I'm just now watching Breaking Bad, and there was a scene of a car running over somebody. So the same crunch for Breaking Bad was there, and I didn't think it went well for you. There's another part of the dream. For some reason, I was in this giant mansion with all kinds of celebrities around people, and I was ready to record my end of the podcast. And we couldn't find you. It was just not to be found. Like I said earlier, SpaceX, as a guest, has bought a package to advertise its Starlink Internet service on Twitter. Now, SpaceX has never advertised before. Starlink has never advertised before. Tesla famously does not advertise because its CEO has always said that the car sells itself. Until this point, it continues to do so. But I wonder, Brian, I wonder if either to prop up the company he bought, or could this be the first time that Tesla actually buys advertising on Twitter? Could that happen one of these days. Well, the explanation I heard was that he wanted to test the efficacy of advertising on Twitter. So they also bought ads on, like, Facebook and Instagram at the same time to kind of see how the Twitter kind of advertising scheme works. But it is a sort of demand lever that Tesla could employ. They still have a big backlog of orders, so demand is super strong. But if demand ever starts to slip, once they start producing more and more vehicles, they could start advertising to if the demand ever does start to slip, I guess the first thing they would probably do is lower prices because they've been raising prices because the demand has been too high. The first thing they would do is back off in those price increases and maybe go even a bit further if they had to. I imagine they're going to I mean, they've got three factories around the world which are going to hit their stride pretty soon, right? Or is it more than 03:00 a.m. I counting wrong, I guess technically four, if you count three months. Yeah. And there was an Arranium, what people think is an Iranians report that Tesla was going to sell the Chinese made cars in the United States. Some of them. I've long predicted that ever since I saw what's his name? Sandy Monroe. Sandy Monroe live his channel. Yeah, he said that from what he understood and he has expertise in Chinese manufacturing and has consulted with automakers over there that 20% less is what the Tesla can make in China. Like, they'll save 20% on the price of the car. And it turns out that the Chinese manufacturing is really good because they're bringing the Chinese manufacturing people over to the States to say, why can't we be as productive as you? Did you ever see that documentary called what was it called? I don't know. It was a factory. It was produced by Obama, and it was about Chinese companies that decided to take advantage of tax breaks in Ohio or somewhere to bring back an automotive factory or a factory that was in an automotive town in, I don't want to say Ohio, somewhere like that. And they just could not get the productivity. They couldn't understand it, but they couldn't no matter what they did, they finally threw in the towel, I think, and went home, and they visited the factory in China and man, what a different culture. What a different work culture. Everything is like calisthenics and unanimity and one team. I don't like that. I wouldn't want to work there. But as a manufacturer, it seems like quite an advantage, and it seems to be effective. Yeah. Well, the Tesla Shanghai factory is now operating at a run rate of about a million vehicles a year, so it is likely the largest car factory in the world. And they've gotten there in pretty short time. It's only been a couple of years that they've been producing cars. And it's true that demand in China is down a little bit, and they did cut the prices in Japan a little bit, or sorry, in China a little bit too, because the demand is slipping. But yeah, and they export those cars currently to Europe, but the Germany factory is going to start filling those orders. So those Chinese cars, if there's too many of them for the Chinese market, will have to go somewhere. I don't think it would be North America, because the Texas factory will start filling that in, but more cars to go to Australia or Japan or wherever. But on the other hand, Brian, you've got the Cyber truck coming and the Tesla semi. So maybe you could take one of those lines and start spitting out Model YS or something from China. Or maybe you make the X and the S, which are lower volume. It's more likely, like the next model that's coming, like they'll eventually be a lower cost model. So I assume they're planning for that in China, and they could start making more variants, too, like longer range variants as well. Sure. So, from Bloomberg, a 35 year old Hydro Quebec employee who worked on battery materials research has been charged with espionage for allegedly obtaining trade secrets for China. Well, he's in Kandiac, Quebec. He has a Chinese sounding name. So I don't know if he was originally from China or if he's an immigrant worker or what his nationality is for sure, but he was arrested following an investigation that they get in August. I'm concerned about the Chinese government. They have no shame when it comes to these things. There's some car companies in China accused of duplicating Tesla's, blatantly copying them, and a lot, even down to the software, this is the first time this happened. But it seems like they'll do anything to be competitive. And as we've mentioned before so Hydro Quebec, that's the electricity utility in Quebec, the provincially owned utility, but they've done a lot of research into batteries and battery materials, and they own a lot of patents in that. So I guess whatever they own there at Hydro Quebec was valuable enough to be espionaged. And it's a highly competitive batteries are highly competitive. But if they have, who knows what hasn't been caught? Because it seems like there's been more and more instances of this. And of course there's computer espionage and all that sort of thing. That's a concern for all countries, it seems like you have to put a lot of money into that. What do you think? This is why I asked, Brian. What do you think about things that I don't know what to think about? So, Brian Tesla has proposed a North American charging standard. Now, those of you who are new to the game, there is basically two charging ports in North America, CCS and Tesla. Tesla has its own charging network, which is the largest and most consistent, but it's got a different connector, so that's a problem. But it's amazing how great that connector is, right? Because it's small. If you compare it side by side to what everybody else is using for all the other cars, my car included, it's like half the size, but it's basically when you charge your car, you can do DC Direct, fast current fast charging at public charging stations, or you can AC charge at home. But what I didn't realize until today is they only have two pins on there that does both. So that's why it's lighter and smaller. They've figured out a way to do both now and the connector, it's more like a quarter the size of the CCS connector. So I think it'd be a fantastic idea. It's definitely the better standard of the two. So if North America were to standardize on the Tesla charging socket, I think that would be fantastic. Question is it might be a bit too late. Like Tesla could have maybe released this a couple of years ago, a couple of years ago, five years ago. A better chance at this. Yeah. So disappointing. Too little, too late, because it's probably not going to happen now. Probably not. But what Tesla said in their press release was that some of the, they've been talking already to the companies that make the charging networks, the chargers for the third party networks that normally are CCS. And it sounds like they have some plans already to incorporate the Tesla connector onto those. So, I don't know, there is some hope, but it's probably too late. And CCS will likely be two standards in North America, CCS and Tesla. Part of this is the federal government in the United States is giving a lot of money to expand the charging networks. But when you do that, you have to have more than one charging standard, more than one car company that uses it. So if just one car company, any car company that sells maybe ten cars a year adopted Tesla's in the clear, they don't have to make the GCs ones, and they could get all the government subsidies for just making their charges that they already make. Now the government could go and tweak that fine print. Okay, so here's another one for you. This is a clean technical op ed. It says Tolling the highway to green trucking. Should tolls be implemented on combustion semi trailers once EVs are on the road. Do you think that would be an effective way to do it? Well, I don't think you'll have to. It's kind of like the cost of running a combustion truck will already be more expensive, so there's already a kind of a penalty just for using one. So an extra toll probably not needed. I mean, what's needed is faster production of the electric trucks and get those on the road. That's the thing. This is assuming price parity, that the cost of ownership is going to be the same, right? Well, charging lithium ion cells at different rates boost the lifetime of battery packs for electric vehicles. So says yet another Stanford study. We have so many Stanford studies on the show. According to the study, batteries managed with this new technology could handle at least 20% more charge discharge cycles, even with frequent fast charging, which puts an extra strain on the battery. So basically they're saying don't charge each of the individual cells at the same rate all the time. And that actually gives you 20% longer life. And 20% longer life if you're talking about a fleet of cars of a million cars and a robotxis, or storage for the electrical grid that lasts twelve years instead of ten, the costs on those greatly changes with doing this basically a software tweak. So that seems quite to me, it seems like it's got a lot of potential if it works, yes. That's exciting. There's a lot that can be done with software. It isn't just the hardware components of a battery or the chemistry's, or the chemistry is where you can improve the life. Yeah, the software can have a big benefit. So Ford is officially the number two electric vehicle seller in the United States. And if you extrapolate out the twelve months of a year, based on what they had in October, ford would achieve 75,000 EV sales. Which is what's, Tesla right now? Close to a million. Close to a million. So that's not much, but that's what your number two is. A lot of people wouldn't have picked for it to be number two right now. They would have took GM or more likely Volkswagen. And that points back to our previous conversations about the connectors. Standardizing on the Tesla connector has a fighting chance just because Tesla vehicles are so ubiquitous in North America in terms of EVs. Another thing I wanted to talk about is electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town. So as Tesla rose out, it's semi next month, hopefully, I think December 1 is when they're having the release. Are you looking forward to that one? Yeah. Do you think something special could roll out of the back of that truck? I hadn't thought of that. The tesla ebike. The robotic musk. I don't know. I do. Social media platform and we'll roll out the back of the truck. Yeah. So it's adding pressure on the truck industry to go green. But the grid upgrades must start now if the new era is to last. This is from Bloomberg, and sometimes these stories make me wonder if that is all accurate. But a sweeping new study. This is another study of highway charging requirements conducted by utility company National Grid Plc. Researchers found that by 2030 electrifying, a typical highway gas station will require as much power as a professional sports stadium. And I would think sports stadiums use less now with all the Led lighting, but it's probably better. But I know our city built a new football stadium a few years ago, and I don't know if you noticed, but they're all kinds of electrical transformer boxes outside the stadium. They hid them in the park. There's a park next to the stadium and they had to try and hide all of these electrical transformer boxes. And there's a lot of them. And the power used to go out on the old stadium we had here. This is a stadium we have for the Canadian Football League, by the way. Okay, so this is just for electrified passenger vehicles. As more electric trucks hit the road, the projected power needs for a big truck stop by 2035 will equal that of a small town. And they think that lots of wiring will have to be done. Nobody really knows how this is going to play out with trucks. Like, is there going to be specialized newly built truck stops? Because truck stops are a thing. You have a shower, you park the truck for a while. It's a truck resting stop as well. So I don't know. How do you think that will play out, if you had to guess? Well, there's usually a decent amount of space at existing truck stops, so I assume there's enough room at the existing truck stops to kind of transform them and have both fuel and electric. Hopefully they have started working on that already. Now, just to tag onto that, I want to skip ahead to the story about LaGuardia Airport. Sure. Because I think it sort of makes me think of the same issue. So there's a story here from Electrac about zoo's power that's got this machine with a flywheel. And this is being installed at LaGuardia Airport to facilitate fast charging of cars, rental cars particularly. And yeah, I bring it up because the reason this machine exists is that the power available in certain locations can be limited. Right. Like if these truck stops are going to need all the power of a small town, well, you don't necessarily have the grid infrastructure where you need it. I don't think this does an enormous amount. Like, it's not going to triple or quadruple the amount of power available. But the idea behind this zoos flywheel machine is that it literally uses flywheels. And we talked about this before. Some power plants use flywheels as well. It's literally just the momentum of a spinning wheel to help kind of even the power output of your hydroelectric dam or whatever. Anyway, so I guess the idea being that you take a limited amount of power that might be available in a parking lot at an airport, and then you use this flywheel machine. And some by spinning up the flywheels, you can increase the amount of power available. It's sort of similar to having batteries on site. I would think that's going to be the more normal solution. Like at these truck stops, would be to put a big battery pack, a grid storage battery pack at a truck stop. But this is a kind of a smaller and cheaper way to add just a bit more power to what's available for your fast chargers. So with hertz ordering a couple of hundred thousand electric vehicles from Tesla and GM, I wonder how the infrastructure at airports is going to go. I mean, nobody is panicking about that, but I mean that's going to have to be built up presumably, and larger airports will have a lot of cars sitting there with batteries. You would have the chance in the low demand because most flights happen 06:00 a.m. To midnight or whatever. You could have 6 hours to when people aren't taking those cars, maybe to charge off the batteries for the next day. And that would yeah, I can see that being an important thing unless they have some off site, like just off the airport type of parking spaces for charging. Yeah, and like our parking spaces here in Canada at our airports, a lot of them are probably already electrified where we live because it's super cold in the winter and so you have plugins for block heaters. So at least there's power running to these parking lots. Whereas of course, in many places there would be no power running there at all. Half the world's fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in a net zero transition. So says an article in the Guardian that I read. $11 Trillion in Fossil Fuel Asset Crash could Cause a 2008 financial crisis, warrants a new study. I don't care. Yeah, that's my hot. Take it. Yeah. It's something I really wonder about and think about. Like, obviously these assets are going to become stranded and worthless at some point or at least the value start crashing at some point. But what point does that start to happen? Is it two years from now? Is it six years from now? Is it 20 years from now? It's hard to say, but I wouldn't want to be holding a lot of fossil fuel investments longer than the next couple of years, that's for sure. I think the big question is when will EVs really take off where there's not a battery constraint? And it sure seems like it's going to be within five years. It could be two years, it could be five years, but somewhere in that period I think it's really going to grab momentum. Yeah, but also too, like, as we've discussed, like last week and other weeks, there's not a lot of new money being spent on new oil exploration because they can kind of foresee, okay, there's not really going to be the demand. It's not worth it to spend this money building. So that does mean that the supply of oil will be kind of naturally constrained if the system doesn't expand. So it could be that as the oil industry shrinks, the production shrinks and if the production shrinks enough, then the price stays up. So countries that are slow to decarbonise will suffer, but early movers will profit. This is something we say on the show all the time. You have to move now. And our jurisdiction is not great where we live. We live in fossil fuel country with a mentality thereof and our country as a whole starting to make some moves. But we're basically a fossil fuel country in Canada and even the United States to some extent. But it finds that renewables that are freed up investment will more than make up for the losses of the global economy. You're freeing up a whole lack of investment that was going into fossil fuels that can go into other things and expand the economy that way. And just the renewables themselves will save money, of course. So it highlights the risk of producing far more oil and gas than required for future demand, which is estimated to leave 11 trillion to 14 trillion in stranded assets, which is a lot of stranded assets. Brian. Also, as we always say, we predict that governments are going to have to, and therefore you and I are going to have to pay for the clean up of some of these wells as well. So the most vulnerable assets are those in remote regions are technically challenging environments. Most exposed are Canadian tar sands in northern Alberta, us shale and the Russian Arctic, followed by deep offshore wells in Brazil and elsewhere. And North Sea oil is also relatively expensive to extract and it's going to be hit when demand falls. I'm worried about this because it could affect us as being an oil part of the world, it says. In contrast, current oil, gas and coal importers such as the EU, japan, India and South Korea will reap hefty economic dividends from the transition because they will be able to use the money they save on spending those places, spending gobs of money. We get our gas cheap here in North America, but they're spending gobs of money on fuel purchases and they'll be able to use that money to invest in their own economies. The lead author of the report said in the worst case scenario, people will keep investing in fossil fuels until suddenly the man they expected does not materialize and they realize that what they own is worthless. And we could see a financial crisis on the scale of 2008. Houston Detroit could have the same phase detroit did in the car industry collapsed earlier in this century. So yeah, it's got to be carefully managed. If you don't accept that all this is going to happen like people around here, yeah, it's going to be a problem. That's what I have to say about that. Yeah. And when your oil is expensive to extract like it is in the Alberta oil sands, that stuff will be the first to go because you won't be able to sell it at. A profit. So you've got another heat pump story. Heat pumps are the item of the year. I say yes, absolutely. No, it's amazing how even when this podcast started a couple of years ago, it was barely in our vernacular. It was barely in the vernacular. Yes. And now it's everywhere. So yes, electric is reporting heat pumps are now mandatory in Washington State for new homes and apartments as well from July 2023 onward. But the thing that I think is interesting about this, and it's not really mentioned in the story, we talked about the incredible heatwave that happened last summer on the west coast of North America. So Seattle area, Vancouver area, they're just an unprecedented heatwave because of climate change. And so many of those homes and places and businesses and apartments are not cooled. So this is the other benefit of this. So not only do you start heating your homes with electricity, but you also in Washington State now are adding essentially mandatory air conditioning, which, especially if it's low income apartments or something, would be a godsend for people who are hopefully won't. I mean, there was literally thousands of people died from the heat stroke on the west coast last summer. Well, that's an interesting take in a region that doesn't have air conditioning. And yet with climate change, we can see this happening a lot more often and now they'll be prepared. That's an interesting aspect of the story and I have to wonder if it was even part of the planning. No, I'm not sure. I mean, it depends on when they started talking about this. But one of the great benefits is of a heat pump heating and cooling. You get both in the same machine. So why just put in an air conditioner when you can put in an air conditioner that also runs in reverse and can heat your home as well? And for people who are new to the podcast or this type of thing, heat pumps are reverse air conditioners, essentially that transfer heat from one place to another, like inside the house to outside. And air conditioning or outside, even if there's a little bit of energy in that area, it takes it out. And the idea is to use electricity, which instead of natural gas, right, if you're heating, you want to use electricity and this is the most efficient way to do it. Yes, and in a place like Washington State, a lot of homes are already heated with electricity. Like it's not a frigid cold place like here. So there are more like 99% of homes where we live are heated by natural gas because it's so ridiculously cold. But in a milder climate, you might have electric baseboards in a lot of homes. So it is something like 50% already are heated with electricity in Washington state and this will eventually get it up to 100%. Yeah, that's very interesting. And a very interesting side effect of going green using solar and wind and so forth for your heating, that you will actually probably save lives from a government policy in future heatwaves. Who knows when those heat waves will come, but they're going to come more often, those once in a century type heat waves, or once in a thousand years or 500 years, whatever it was. I want to talk about indoor wheat because we live in a heart of wheat country. You can't swing a cat with a wheat chief. It's on symbols for everything. Where we live, we're the breadbasket of Canada. And what was the name of your first feature film? I made a film called Wheat Soup. There you go. It had to be in the title. It had to be. So this is interesting to us because you know how there's hydroponics like indoor gardening, which I'm fascinated with. They do it in containers, they do it in buildings where they're basically using fertilized water and no soil to grow tomatoes or whatever in greenhouse like conditions. And I find that very interesting, especially when they can do it up north. And by the way, I saw another article in Blueberg about the Yukon. The climate changing, and the people are up there growing potatoes and things that they never used to grow before, and wheat as well, which required a lot of cabbage. And things like that require a lot of sunlight when they have 20 hours sunlight days in June. But, you know, it costs a lot to transport fresh food up there. So it's very expensive and very not fresh. Carrots is another thing that they're growing a lot of potatoes and carrots. So that's great. It's great in one sense because there's an advantage to them. But in this case, indoor wheat. Amsterdam based startup In Farm grew wheat without using soil or chemical pesticides, which is nice, and with far less water than conventional farming, which is also nice. So the first indoor farming company to grow a stable staple crop in a milestone for an Asian industry that has attracted venture capital funding on its promise that its technology can help feed the planet if delivered at scale. Growing a staple crop indoors has the potential to become a game changer. Supplies have increasingly been challenged by climate change and logistical issues. So you could grow well, you could grow wheat in Antarctica if you wanted to, right? If you got this technology down. And Infarm says that its first trial shows that projected annual wheat yields of 117 tons a hectare, okay? Now, that compares to the average 2022 yields of 5.6. So let me give you that again. Indoors, 117 tons hectare annually. Outdoors, 5.6. And in the European Union, it's 3.1. So that's in the European Union, it's actually less than the United States, which surprises me. It's only 3.1. Now, part of that reason of the higher yields is they have six crops a year. Okay? But if you times 3.1 times six, you still don't get 117 tons. So it's just a lot more dense and efficient to do it that way. I mean, it's not easy. We're probably decades away from this being a regular thing and getting the efficiencies and the cost down maybe a couple of decades, it's hard to tell. But, you know, it depends on what the need is, too. But this is interesting. It's going to be perfect, right? You don't spread pesticides on it. You're not going to have to worry about weeds. It's just going to be pure indoor stuff and locally delivered. No. And the more things, of course, you can do locally, then the more transportation that you can eliminate. You know, so many things now that, you know, our produce at the grocery stores just shipped in from incredible distances here. But if all that stuff could be grown locally, it would just be so much more efficient and just kind of save all that energy. I mean, theoretically, you could, in the middle of a desert in Africa, start up an operation like this and make flour or make proteins for food. Basically, you would need water, but you wouldn't need as much of it. So if you could use solar to desalinate water, you could put it anywhere. You could put it in there because we transport all of our grain by ship, which goes by train from the center of the continent out to the coasts and then onto ships. I don't think that this is going to completely replace green farming, but it could augment it. Maybe 100 years from now, it could replace it, but in the near term, this is basically saying that it could just fit in, reduce the challenges of supply, and in certain situations, a lot of land will be required to produce this. Wheat cultivation takes more than 216,000,000 land, more than any other crop. So, yeah, wheat takes a lot of land, which we have a lot of land here. A lot of land. Most of our province is filled with wheat fields. It's kind of insane. So, yeah, they would require very large indoor farms exceeding the area of all the wheat in France, I think. But they said it could potentially increase its yield by another 50% in the coming years, thanks to better technology. So it could even be 200 times or 200 tons instead of three tons. So that's interesting. Yeah. Once they learn what they're doing and tweak it and software can play a part, perhaps. Yeah, it could be amazing. Okay, so starting here from Hydrogen Insight, and this is about hydrogen pump prices in California. So this was something I just had never thought about before now. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles do exist. James, take a guess. How many hydrogen fuel cell vehicles do you think there are in California, which is currently one of the main markets for them? 410. There's $10,000. Okay. Which is not bad. It's kind of more than I expected. And there's a series of hydra. They're not all the Toyota Mariah. What are these vehicles? There's a Toyota Mirai there's a Hyundai. That's really nice. I forget the name of it, but there's a big Hyundai SUV. That's a hydrogen vehicle. They've sold a few of those for sure. Okay. But yeah. So there's hydrogen fueling stations in California, not in too many other places. But I just was interested in this because, yes, recently they had to hike up the price at the pump of these hydrogen, up 33% in California. This is a fairly big price jump. So just in terms of the price per mile, I thought this was really interesting. So right now is basically what it costs you to drive a hydrogen vehicle in California, roughly in a gasoline vehicle down to California has the most expensive gasoline in North America. Yeah, well, no, it's probably more expensive here in Canada. Is it? Because I went there, it was pretty damn expensive. That was a few years ago. So $0.22 for gas per mile and for hydrogen. Plus, you spend a whole bunch more money on your hydrogen car than you do a gas car. It's a serious technology. And then if you're driving an EV and you charge it off the grid, you're down to if you have to use a fast charger like a Tesla Supercharger, then you're up to but that's compared to for driving a hydrogen car. So I just wasn't totally clear on that until now. The actual cost of driving a hydrogen vehicle is more than gas, way more than electricity. Now, theoretically, if we were to SuperBuild out the hydrogen infrastructure and kind of get that all pumping again, locality is a key to that. Like, if each city had its own hydrogen plant or whatever, you had even smaller ones at the filling stations, making the hydrogen there, that would reduce costs a lot. But for right now, it's super expensive to fill up with hydrogen. And I don't see that coming down anytime soon. And the days of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is probably numbered. If we had no other option, we would be going full steam ahead with hydrogen and trying to get that that still take a while, but we would be trying to get green hydrogen, and then we'll be trying to get that green hydrogen price down so that it would be cost effective. But since we have an alternative to that called battery electric vehicles, electricity is also expensive in California. So if you compare it to other places, it would be even a larger variation there. And as we said, so obviously the electricity for charging your electric car comes from the grid. And there are certain shortfalls at places, perhaps like truck stops that don't have enough grid infrastructure. So it's far from perfect. But any electrical outlet anywhere in the world can charge an electric vehicle. So that's just an insane advantage over these very rare hydrogen stations. Yeah, they're expensive. And transportation and processing of hydrogen is also an issue. So Amazon is getting heat. We get heat for not talking about ebikes sometimes. Well, Amazon is getting heat for selling kits to override speed limits of ebikes. Now, this is mostly happening in Europe, right? Because there's more restrictions in Europe. Europe has strict electric bike laws that limit electric bicycles to a sluggish 25 km an hour or 15.5 mph. Even an old man like me can go well, I can't go 25, actually. It takes the work to go 25. Yeah, that is kind of cool. But solutions range from an electromagnetic modifications or chipping, quote unquote, that can remove digital speed limits. So people do that with cars sometimes, to hardware hacks to trick the bike speed sensors into thinking it's going slower than it truly is. And I haven't been able to find out exactly how that works. So I'm kind of curious. Yeah, I thought maybe you had done that on your bike where it's like you change the setting and it messes up the speedometer, so it ends up sending you faster than it's what you do is you change the wheel size on your bike. Didn't work for mine. It was supposed to, but my bike manufacturer has been kind of savvy to all the tricks, so by the time I get to them, they've figured it out and have eliminated that. But yeah, if you have like a 29 inch wheel and then you tell that it's a kid's wheel of half that size, then it thinks that one rotation is actually going a shorter distance and yes, and then you won't have a proper speed. And I have that FETO electric folding bike and I looked on the Internet and apparently there is a hack that you can do by pressing a certain combination of buttons on the little kind of remote screen there where you can hack it to go faster. But I haven't tried it. And with mine it was a code. It was like an eight digit code that you could type in at a certain place. And that one also did not work. I was curious, but I think the longevity of James is more important than the thrill of maybe trying out a 50 kilometer an hour. That's probably all my bike could do if it really wanted to. It would take a while to get there too. The important thing to remember in all this is you probably don't need your bike to go any faster. No, but what does my bike do? My bike does 32 instead of 25. So that's the next level. I think that's about what mine does. And that's pretty fast. And like I've said before in the show, I get kind of uncomfortable at that speed, and yet some other bastard on an ebike passes me and I think, I wish I had more speed. I start pedaling, which you can do. Apparently you can pedal and use the Ebike part. Well, anyway, I guess Ebike hot rodding as it's called, is much less common in the United States, where E bikes are permitted to go up to 45 km an hour. That's the United States. You can have guns and fast Ebikes or whatever you want. Tanks, cruise missiles, no. And modifying your car. Take out the pollution controls, although they have been cracking down on that lately. Oh, it's time for the Tweet of the week. This is where we pick a Tweet. And this last week was for Tony Siba. It's going to be for Tony Siba again. Okay, I'm sorry. Tony Siba is kind of one of our main people that we follow on the show here. Now, this was a person who was responding to how 5 million, what Tony calls precision fermentation. This is the future of food. He believes that will be disruptive based on price. This is one of the ways that is like beyond meat, that's one aspect. And then there's cellular meat, which will actually resemble steak and the texture of steak in the future, maybe ten years from now, that will be viable financially. But dairy is the first one that's going to be disrupted because glass of milk is 90% water and 3% of that is protein from the milk. So that's really all you're dealing with is that protein because the rest is fat and sugars, which you can get from other places. It doesn't have to be from a cow. So as they make these things in like brewery like buildings and disrupt milk. He says there are 5 million dairy cows in New Zealand. And so that would require 100 precision fermentation factories to replace all the cows. Less if they're bigger, which they will be. So it's just a matter of time and probably less time than most people expect. And Tony. Steve assisted that tweet. Correct. The total land needed to replace all the cows in New Zealand, 5 million of them, which is more than Canada, by the way. I believe we only have a million cows in Canada. I haven't counted lately, but I'm told that it's around a million. The total land needed would be around 1700 acres. But you compare that with the Auckland airport, it's 3700 acres. So basically half the Auckland airport could replace all the dairy cows the land wise. And then you have all that land. You can put solar on and do other things. This is a huge disruption of the world. Yes. If you think of a cow as basically a type of food technology, well, it can be delicious. It's the least efficient food technology. In fact, I think Tony said that the cow in particular is the least efficient of all of the kind of animal food technologies. So we get a lot of things from a cow, but the resources and the land and everything needed to get that is kind of insane and is ripe for disruption. So, as Tony points out, the first disruption will happen in just a few years. And he thinks that dairy will be bankrupt by 2030. And the reason is 30% of his business is business to business. So if you buy a protein shake, you're buying protein powder. Okay? And if it's cheaper to come from this fake stuff, if you can call it that, fermentation than it is from a real dairy cow, and you're greener people are just going to go, where the cheapest? If you want to buy bulk for a protein bar or a protein shake or whatever, all these things that have chocolate bars and everything and all kinds of foods that are processed will have first that will go and then 30% of dairy's gone. Yeah. No. And he mentioned, too, in his latest video, just the switch, like Coke and Pepsi switched from cane sugar to corn sugar back in the 80s. Basically, their entire product lines switching over to corn as the source for sugar. And while there is probably some taste difference, they was definitely not enough taste difference to stop what they were doing, because they completely four years. Four years. They did it in just both yeah. In four years. Complete switch over. And this is the main ingredient in their products? Yes. That means it's time for the lightning round. A quick look at fast paced energy news and climate news from this past week. Growing EV dem demand helps Volkswagen reach half a million ID deliveries one year early. Brian, that is a good news story, isn't it? Yeah, we talked about that a few weeks ago. They're on track for 500,000 deliveries. That's Volkswagen this year of EVs, and that's a huge number. Volvo debuts its first electric trucks made with fossil free steel. That is steel made with green electricity, and it is also 90% recyclable. So that's cool. Yeah. So Volvo was trying to green their whole lineup of vehicles, and they're doing it partly by switching over to electric, but they're also doing it by going with fossil free steel in their cars, which increasingly more and more manufacturers are going to do. Cough 27 news, 41 signatories have joined the pledge to stop funding fossil fuels by the end of year. But problematically. Brian, four large signatories are not signing. Germany, Italy, the United States and your favorite country in the world, canada. No, I'm sorry. Damn, it just sad. Can't overuse that, can I? Okay, it's time for a CS festival. Toyota has sold 4.7 million Priuses to date. That's no easy feat. Tesla did 3 million. But total yeah, that's to date, over the last ten plus years, 4.7 million Priuses are on the road, but nobody buys them anymore. No. Did you see the stat of, like, at one time they were selling 500,000 Priuses a year and it's down to 86,000? Yeah. People who bought them initially wanted an environmentally friendly car or to save money. Best way to be environmentally friendly or to save money is to buy electric now. Or at least electric hybrid. But anyway, solar power already saved China, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. $34 billion American in potential fossil fuel costs went in the first half of this year. First half of 2022. We're just getting started. That's astonishing. Yeah. I mean, spend your money on solar and then you won't have to spend it on fossil fuels. The US will finance about a third of the $9 billion rooms romania needs to build two nuclear reactors. That's a lot of money. They're getting it from the United States, which seems like a bad investment. I thought I would mention this. Globally up 13%. Okay. That's everywhere in the world. Europe is up 35%. I wonder why. Vladimir, the US is up 15% and China 13%. So this heat pump thing is, whoever makes the most of the best heat pumps, put your money in them because they're going to pay back. No, and I assume that I haven't seen announcements, but I assume that there are heat pump factories being built as we speak. And I don't know, we always hear battery factory announcements and things like that. I don't hear heat pump factory announcements, but presumably it's going on. The demand is huge. Inflation Reduction Act had money for developing better heat pumps, too, so there's going to be some R and D in there. Friend of the show, Greta Thuneburg thoonberg rather. I'm kidding. She's not a friend of the show, but we're working on it slowly. Global Witness found that more than 600 people are at the talks in Egypt at Cop 27. They're linked to fossil fuels. And, Brian, that is more than the combined delegations from the ten most climate impacted countries. Barf, we're at a critical stage now where we got to say no to fossil fuels. Just say no. And we got to stop the green washer, we got to stop the BS right now. Right now. No time left. From Tennessee Valley Authority, that is one of the grids in the southern US. The three giant cooling towers at the retired paradise coal plant in Kentucky came down this morning, was a few mornings ago now as demolition efforts continued at the site. And they say we are striving for a cleaner and more efficient energy future as we are building the energy system of the future. And by God, Brian, we have a clip. Fantastic. Here's the initial charge. The towers are collapsing. They're coming down completely now. And they're gone by the doctor. Goodbye, coal plants. Three cooling towers in Kentucky, a grave risk of winter blackout speaking of nuclear, is happening in France because electricity prices have surged past $1,000 or, pardon me, €1000 per megawatt hour as more nuclear reactors, more are closing in France, as if enough hadn't closed already. What this means, Brian, is, on a cold January day, france needs around 45 gigawatts of nuclear energy, and one day last week, there was only 25 available. Yeah, and there was a lot of reactors down, or at least down partially for repairs. So the amount of electricity from nuclear in France dropped 34% year over year in October. Just less power available from nuclear, which everyone always says it's like reliable base load power. That's one of the reasons it's promoting this is not reliable here. But it's not exactly that. You know, it's the pipes, the cooling pipes that are structurally problematic and cracked, and they realize that they're all bad. So they have this, and it apparently takes a while. They've hired like, 100 contractors to go in and fix this, but it's not that easy. Finally this week, Brian japan's government wants to remotely control private air conditioners to avoid power outages. The Japan Time points out that the government committee is currently working under the concept that the government would only be able to turn down AC units if individual owners have agreed in advance to grant them that authority. This is something we've seen, or, what, the third time now on the show? Yeah. And in Ontario, they're working on this. Here in Canada where remote control california, they do it with text messages where they just tell everybody to stop using so much AC. But this works. And no one really suffers if you shave a degree or two off your air conditioning for an hour and say it's much better than a blackout where you have no air conditioning. So that's not so bad. That is our show for this week. Next week I'll be talking about the new Toyota Prius lineup that will be announced between now and then and what excitement that will be. Because I need a car badly, Brian. Mine's starting to fall apart. My FUS is getting long on the tooth. How disappointed will I be? Tune in to find out. Maybe I should sell you my car. Would you buy my Tesla? Well, the street price for that Tesla, unless there's a murder in it, is not going to be good for me. What if I gave you a really good deal? I'll take two. Why would you want to? It's not the form factor you want, I guess, but I don't care. I would take a Tesla. What would you do for a new car? Buy a why? Yeah, something like that. You think I want to start? What's interesting, what are your interest rates? How quickly do you break legs? We'll sign over. Like making a 20 year loan? Pretty much what it would have to be, I think. Anyway, everyone out there, we thank you for listening. We do appreciate you and we'd love to hear from you. So contact us with anything that's on your mind Cleanenergy show@gmail.com. We are on social media with the handle Clean Energy Pod. We're on TikTok. Check out our TikTok channel. Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel, too, because you know why not? Sometimes you might want to look at things that are shiny. And you can even leave us a voicemail where we get to hear your voice, which is always a thrill for us. Speakpipe.com cleanenergyshow. Remember, subscribe if you're new to the podcast so that you can get new episodes delivered every week. And, Brian, I look forward to next week. you.

Antoine Joubert et Germain Goyer reviennent le dévoilement des Honda Accord et Pilot 2023. Ils livrent leurs impressions sur les Jaguar F-Type 2023 et Toyota Mirai 2023. Ils discutent avec Jean-François Bourque, propriétaire et passionné de Trabant. Ils répondent aux questions des auditeurs.Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Antoine Joubert et Germain Goyer livrent leurs impressions sur les Jaguar F-Type 2023 et Toyota Mirai 2023 récemment mises à l'essai.Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

2Docs reminisce and take a deep dive into the cult French car movie, C'etait un Rendezvous, a high speed blast across mid 70s Paris. Stevo spot a Lancia Stratos and a Toyota Mirai. Stephan drives the Polestar 2 EV. 2Docs discuss Q3 sales figures. Are hydrogen fuel cell vehicles safer than the Hindenburg?

This is a special episode of our program, created in part to answer a question by Jayce Skellen, one of faithful listeners, about the safety of highly pressurized hydrogen tanks in an hydrogen-powered electric fuel cell car - like the Toyota Mirai.  We also take a look at the growth of hydrogen energy storage facilities and why a number of automakers are developing hydrogen electric fuel cell vehicles. 

We cover this subject at the request of one of our regular listeners - because they wanted to know if a highly pressurized hydrogen tank, like the one onboard the fuel cell powered Toyota Mirai, could blow up if involved in a crash. 

Az adás sorozat 1. része: a hidrogén. Előállítása, tárolása, szállítása, felhasználása – mi az, amit feltétlenül tudni kell?! Alapozó a tüzelőanyag-cellás járművekről, tudnivalók az előnyökről és a hátrányokról, mindarról, amiről rajtunk kívül senki sem beszél! Hogyan áll most a hidrogén előállítás a világon? A hidrogén mindig is a jövő üzemanyaga marad? Mi a helyzet az üzemanyag-cellás, azaz a H2-FCEV személyautók piacán? Használhatóság, hozzáférhetőség, költségek, hatótáv és árazás. És hogyan kapcsolódik ehhez a témához az aszály és az ivóvíz? Mi a helyzet Japánban az energia-függőséggel, hol “terem” a metán-hidrát (CH4-5.75H2O) és miért emlegetjük annyit a Toyota Mirai-t?? Ja és természetesen nem maradhat el “bezzeg a TESLA”! Adatok, információk, válaszok a kérdések és folytatása következik! Adás napló: EMOB009 – Hydrogen & H2-FCEV Basics #1   Kérdésed, vagy észrevételed van az adásainkkal kapcsolatban? Esetleg kritikát fogalmaznál meg a podkasztról? Szeretnél riportalanyainknak kérdeseket feltenni? Vagy van egy jó téma javaslatod? Netán megosztanál velünk és a hallgatókkal egy érdekes történetet? Az elérhetőségeinket itt találod: W: http://Elektromobilitas.Info @: ev@kanadabanda.com P: https://www.patreon.com/KanadaBanda Köszönjük a megtisztelő figyelmet! Bandázz velünk legközelebb is!  

While many automakers are putting out happy talk on the prospects of EVs, Toyota is taking a more sober, reasoned view. In this episode, we bring you our exclusive David Christ, Toyota Group Vice President. He is in charge of the Toyota brand in the U.S., and Host Jack Nerad had a chance to sit down with him for a wide-ranging exclusive interview. We think you'll find what he has to say about electric cars and hydrogen-powered vehicles like the Toyota Mirai a breath of fresh air. In the road test segment Co-Host Chris Teague will examine the pluses and minuses of the 2022 Nissan Altima SR Midnight Edition. The Altima has always been a popular favorite in the midsize sedan category, but does it have the juice to compete with the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry? Chris Teague will have the answers. Also in the road test segment, Host Jack Nerad will take a close look at the 2022 Volvo XC40 T5 AWD Inscription. It's the top-of-the-line conventional XC40, but how does it measure up to the battery-electric XC40 Recharge? We'll let you know in this week's episode. In the news this week, Elon Musk says Tesla Motors will cut 10 percent of its salaried workforce because of an impending recession. We'll have the details and our reactions to that coming up. And also in the news, experts say the nation's electric grid needs a tuneup if we are to see a more significant number of EVs on the road. It's a big issue that isn't getting much attention even as many suggest the need to switch to EVs is critical. All that and more coming up in this week's episode of “America on the Road” brought to you by Mercury Insurance and Driving Today.com.

In today's episode of Talking Cars we explore the Toyota Mirai, a vehicle that has truly made me question the direction of alternative fuel technologies and ask the question, is pure electric really the future? Omar breaks down his experience with the Mirai, exactly how a hydrogen fuel cell works and the potential future of seeing hydrogen has a standard energy source. Check out the Toyota Mirai! Equipment we use: Microphones: Sennheiser AVX MKE2 Interface: Zoom H8 Cases: Peli Products 1510 Protector Case and 1400 Protector Case

Está muy de modo hablar de combustibles alternativos, ya tenemos en este especial El Coche del mañana con Andrés Muñoz un episodio sobre combustibles sintéticos, hoy toca hablar de hidrógeno. Además con una particularidad, hablaremos de hidrógeno hoy y en el siguiente episodio, porque el hidrógeno puede aportar energía en el coche de dos formas. Antes de eso ¿Qué es el hidrógeno , no me digas que vamos a tener problemas de abastecimiento? Creado en las estrellas, el hidrógeno es el elemento más abundante en la tierra, aunque nunca se encuentra en estado puro, sino unido a otras moléculas, habitualmente en forma de agua, que cubre el 70 % del planeta. Es el elemento más simple, formado por un único electrón y protón y es el más ligero, aunque contiene tres veces más energía por kilo que el petróleo. ¿Cuándo y cuándo se comienza a aplicar en automoción? Desde 1990 los principales constructores de automóviles han desarrollado prototipos de vehículos movidos por hidrógeno. Primero utilizándolo como combustible en motores de combustión tradicionales, aunque la idea se descartó rápidamente por problemas de eficiencia. A continuación, la investigación se centró en la pila de combustible, investigación que está actualmente alcanzando la madurez. Hay dos formas de hacer que un coche se mueva con hidrógeno, explícanos primero ¿Qué es eso de la pila de combustible? La pila de hidrógeno instalada en vehículos permite producir energía eléctrica a partir del gas transportado en depósitos relativamente pequeños, ahorrándose el peso de las pesadas baterías necesarias para transportar la misma cantidad de energía en forma eléctrica. Los FCEV combinan la presencia de una pila de combustible con unas baterías relativamente pequeñas. ¿Cómo es la reacción química en la pila de hidrógeno? Esta reacción es extremadamente sencilla. Los electrodos están separados por el electrolito. Las moléculas de hidrógeno atraviesan el electrodo (ánodo) y reaccionan con el recubrimiento catalítico desprendiéndose de electrones y transformándose en iones cargados positivamente. Los electrones son conducidos al circuito eléctrico, alimentándolo, mientras que los iones de hidrógeno atraviesan el electrolito para llegar al otro electrodo, el cátodo, donde reaccionan con el oxígeno para formar vapor de agua. Por lo tanto, el único producto del proceso es agua, junto con la corriente eléctrica que se obtiene al desprenderse el hidrógeno de su electrón y quedar ionizado. En los vehículos de hidrógeno la célula debe calentarse a la temperatura de funcionamiento y el aire utilizado de comburente debe ser comprimido y humidificado. Además, se incluye un circuito para eliminar el agua. Vamos a poner ejemplos concretos de coches actuales que se mueven con hidrógeno en el formato pila de combustible Aunque en la actualidad prácticamente todas las marcas cuentan con al menos un prototipo circulando, detallamos el modelo quizás más conocido: el Toyota Mirai. Con un diseño muy llamativo el Mirai es un coche eléctrico que cuenta con una batería auxiliar que alimenta el sistema eléctrico y que puede respaldar a la pila de combustible en las fases de fuerte aceleración. Esta batería se recarga tanto regenerativamente como a través de la pila de hidrógeno. Algunas versiones de este modelo se venden con toma de corriente, para utilizar la pila como generador eléctrico en caso de necesidad (terremoto o incendio, por ejemplo). Las ventajas principales que aporta son una autonomía y un tiempo de repostaje equivalentes al de los motores térmicos, y muy inferior al de los BEV. Este Mirai es un coche largo, de casi cinco metros de longitud y con unas llamativas grandes tomas de aire delanteras, necesarias para la respiración de la pila. Sin embargo, como también pasaba con los primeros híbridos, el maletero es desproporcionadamente pequeño en relación con la longitud total del vehículo: dos depósitos de hidrógeno de 5 kg y 700 bares de presión tienen la culpa. La batería se sitúa encima del eje trasero, mientras que la pila ocupa el centro condicionando el tamaño del túnel y limitando la capacidad a cuatro pasajeros homologados. Como curiosidad, el Mirai se traga unos 22 m3 de aire cada 100 km y emite 7 litros de agua en la misma distancia. Toyota anuncia unos conservadores 500 km de autonomía. Su gran rival es en la actualidad el Nexo de Hyundai con pila de hidrógeno y con 660 km de autonomía. Mide 4,67 m y cuenta con tres depósitos de 52,2 litros de volumen reforzados con fibra de carbono, que permiten repartirlos mejor por el chasis y aprovechar mejor su espacio. Dos de estos depósitos se encuentran debajo del asiento trasero y el tercero bajo el maletero y tienen una capacidad conjunta de 6,7 kilogramos de hidrógeno. El Nexo cuenta además con una batería de 40 kWh y motor eléctrico de 120 kW (163 CV). El Nexo y el Mirai son dos opciones que parecen razonables, seguramente utilizables a diario si no fuera por el escasísimo número de hidrogeneras disponibles, lo cual limita su utilización a flotas con una base en la que repostar. Además, son vehículos sensiblemente más caros que sus rivales híbridos en potencia y tamaño. ¿Dónde más podemos encontrar ya hidrógeno para el formato pila de combustible? Las aplicaciones FCEV están mucho más extendidas entre autobuses de recorridos urbanos, por las ventajas que representa esta explotación (rutas conocidas en entornos urbanos y estaciones base donde instalar una hidrogenera…). El desarrollo en camiones pesados va retrasada respecto a otras aplicaciones, pero se anuncia un futuro muy interesante. El hidrógeno es un portador de energía con casi emisiones nulas si se obtiene de fuentes renovables, pero no es una fuente de energía. A pesar de ser abundante en la naturaleza, es necesario emplear gran cantidad de energía para producir hidrógeno puro. Se puede almacenar y reutilizar para generar electricidad, pero se calcula que con este paso intermedio se pierde al menos un 30 % de rendimiento (la pila de combustible se estima que tiene un rendimiento de más o menos el 60%). ¿Qué dicen esos políticos Europeos a los que tenemos tanto cariño sobre el uso del hidrógeno? La postura de Europa parece ser la de primar el uso de hidrógeno en vehículos comerciales pesados, cuya huella de carbono parece más difícil de eliminar. Para los vehículos particulares, quizás con la excepción de los más rodadores, la capacidad de las baterías parece suficiente y la mayor eficiencia de esta configuración la hace preferida. No obstante, ambas tecnologías coexistirán y quizás a más largo plazo, el hidrógeno gane la partida, pues tiene la innegable ventaja de ser más rápido de repostar, aunque las hidrogeneras exijan (como también ocurre con las electrolineras cuando de carga rápida se trata) de una comunicación con el coche para repostar de forma segura. 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Son “los coches de los jefes”, los que transportan a reyes y presidentes, pero al mismo tiempo son un escaparate, una tarjeta de presentación de su país. Tienen una alta tecnología y todos, por supuesto, están blindados. Muy blindados… Hablaremos de los coches de Putin, de Biden, del Rey… ¿con cuál te quedarías tú? Obviamente, los países que tienen una industria que defender utilizan coches de su propio país. Pero el rasgo general es que todos son muy modificados o realizados partiendo de cero, muy pesados y en general, bastante feos… aunque hay quienes utilizan coches clásicos o derivados de clásicos, y es otra cosa. 1. Alemania: Mercedes S 680 Guard. Alemania es un país líder en el mundo del motor y por eso el coche de sus jefes de Estado, deben estar a gran altura. Y las marcas se “pelean” porque sean sus modelos. Angela Merkel en su etapa de canciller, usó un Audi A8 L W12 Security, con 5,27 metros de longitud y más de 500 CV. Pero el actual Canciller, Olaf Scholz, estrenó en diciembre de 2021 el enorme y lujoso Mercedes S 680 Guard blindado, uno de los vehículos más seguros del mundo y con el mismo blindaje que el del carro de combate Leopard II. 2. El Vaticano: Toyota Mirai. En un viaje a Japón probó un Toyota Mirai eléctrico de los que fueron fabricados especialmente por el fabricante de automóviles nipón para la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Japón (CBCJ)… lo probó, le gusto, se lo regalaron y se lo trajo al Vaticano. Mi mide 5,1 metros de largo y 2,7 ​​m de alto, provista de un techo especial que permite a su Santidad estar de pie y ser visible para las personas. 3. España: Rolls-Royce Phantom IV. Cómo suponéis, el Rey Felipe VI tiene donde elegir. Pero el vehículo para las grandes ocasiones, como fue en 2014 durante su coronación, el mismo que usó en 1975 su padre, el Rey Juan Carlos I, un precioso Rolls-Royce Phantom IV descapotable, blindado y primorosamente mantenido. 4. España: Audi A8 L Security. Seguimos en España, donde el presidente Pedro Sánchez heredó un Audi A8 L Security de su predecesor: Mariano Rajoy. En esto ha habido mucha transparencia y el Ministerio de Hacienda hizo público tanto el encargo como el precio: Lo encargó a Volkswagen Group Distribución España el 12 de septiembre de 2017, y tuvo un coste de 498.042,04 euros. 5. Estados Unidos: “La Bestia”. Hablamos del coche de Biden que antes fue de Donald Trump, un modelo de la marca Cadillac, fabricado por GM cuyas características técnicas se consideran “secreto de Estado”. Yo las sé y os la contaría, pero luego os tendría que asesinar. Bromas aparte, seguro que todos habéis oído hablar de “La Bestia”, que fue estrenada en 2009 por Barack Obama. Se trata de una carrocería tipo Limusina instalada en un chasis de TT y que pesa nada más y nada menos que 9 toneladas. ¿El motivo? Su sistema de blindaje, con una chapa cuyo grosor se estima en unos 20 centímetros, que puede soportar el impacto de proyectiles de gran calibre y que combina, además del acero, aluminio, titanio, cerámica e incluso kevlar. 6. Francia: DS 7 CROSSBACK. Emmanuel Macron debutó en el cargo en este DS7, un SUV, made in France y de una marca Premium… No hay mucha información sobre el coche, que parece que es muy próximo al de serie, con un color especifico denominado Azul Noche, techo panorámico específico, la imprescindible, insignia Republic y llantas de aleación de 20 pulgadas supuestamente chapadas en oro. Y, por supuesto, blindado. Aunque nunca olvidaremos el DS del General De Gaulle. 7. Italia: Lancia Flaminia 335. El tema de los coches, en Italia, es de primordial importancia. Y en este caso la seguridad, no lo dudéis, pasa a un segundo plano, importa más tener clase y estilo… y lo tienen. El coche que Sergio Mattarella usa en desfiles y actos institucionales en un Lancia Flaminia 335 de 1958… más estilo, imposible. Está basado en el Flaminia Convertible, y es uno de los cuatro modelos “especiales” construido en Turín por Pininfarina. 8. Reino Unido: Bentley State Limousine. En mi opinión el coche de su majestad la Reina no puede rivalizar en estilo y clase con el de Mattarella, pero si en exclusividad. Está hecho a mano en Mulliner, y fue una creación exclusiva de la casa británica por su 50 aniversario en el trono. Se construye en 2002 a partir del Arnage, y comparación con el Arnage estándar, esta limusina tiene una distancia entre ejes más larga, vías más anchas y un techo elevado. Y, como no, está equipado con blindaje y ventanas a prueba de balas. 9. Rusia: Aurus Senat “Зверь” Este coche fabricado por el Centro de Investigación Estatal de la Federación Rusa, NAMI, es el Aurus Senat, pero yo le he bautizado como “La Bestia”… pero en ruso. En esto, como en todo, Vladimir Putin compite con Biden. Pero en este caso pierde. El coche de Putin mide 6,6 metros de longitud, 2,0 de anchura y 1,7 de altura, tiene un motor de 4.4 V8 y 598 CV, alcanza los 190 km/h y pesa “solo” 6,5 toneladas. Es decir, es 2.5 toneladas más ligero que el coche de Biden. Si tuviese que recibir un atentado, prefiero el coche americano. 10. Turquía: Mercedes S 600 LWB. Otro país que no tienen una industria que defender, así que el coche del presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan es un Mercedes muy modificado. Pero muy modificado, es muy modificado, La carrocería es de una aleación especial de titanio de 13 centímetros de grosor. Para evitar ataques químicos, el automóvil está completamente aislado del exterior. Cuentan con un teléfono conectado directamente al satélite Gokturk-1. He leído en vario sitios que el precio de esta preparación fue de unos 150.000 euros. Muy barato me parece. La conclusión está clara, ¡cuánto dinero vale la seguridad! Habéis visto que no hay coches de países sudamericanos… porque volveremos sobre este asunto… Prometido. Coche del día. Después de tanto “coche-tanque”, blindados y mazacotes… vamos a darnos una alegría al cuerpo. El coche del día elegido es el Lancia Flaminia 2.5 GT, precioso, con motor V6 de 2.5 litros y 130 CV para un peso de unos 1.200 kg. Un coche con clase y estilo…

Analizamos el informe publicado por Boldt y Avere donde podemos ver como es la carrera hacia el coche eléctrico de los fabricantes de automóviles que están presentes en Europa. La conclusión del estudio nos habla de que si bien al principio ha habido cierta reticencia a ser el primero, ahora hay una alocada carrera para no ser el último en introducir y promocionar los vehículos eléctricos. La marca alemana Volkswagen España ha convocado a todos sus modelos eléctricos en el ID. House de Madrid. Todos los vehículos que están construidos sobre la plataforma eléctrica MEB de la marca. Aprovechando esta reunión, Volkswagen ha anunciado su hoja de ruta denominada ACCELERATE que aparte de la electrificación completa supone un tremendo cambio hacia la digitalización. El compromiso de la marca alemana con nuestro país está centrado en la Gigafactoría de Sagunto en Valencia que iniciará su producción en 2026. También abordamos el tema de las infraestructuras de carga rápida para coches eléctricos. Además de que la situación mejora día a día, existe un grave problema con muchos puntos de recarga que se encuentran en situaciones poco adecuadas para la carga. Cargadores rotos, que no se conectan, instalaciones con poco mantenimiento... y es que tener una buena red de carga rápida es básico para que los conductores den el paso hacia el coche eléctrico y poder bajar la edad media de trece años del parque automovilístico español. Hablamos sobre la subida de los costes de la energía. Y lo hacemos en todos los sentidos pues hablamos tanto de la electricidad como de los combustibles fósiles. De todas maneras dejaremos claro que recargar un coche eléctrico es más barato que llenar un coche con motor de combustión. Esta situación ya se está reflejando en los carteles de muchas estaciones de servicio. Aquí os dejamos un podcast sobre la situación insostenible de las estaciones de servicio en España: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/85897740 Hablamos también del servicio de taxi de la ciudad de Madrid cuyos coches deben contar con las etiqueta ECO o Cero. Además ya se ha homologado para este servicio el nuevo Toyota Mirai de 182 CV y 300 Nm de par máximo y una autonomía de 650 kilómetros. Veremos si algún valiente se anima a elegir el Toyota Mirai como coche de taxi pues su precio ronda los 65.000 euros y en Madrid falta de infraestructura, pues actualmente solo hay una hidrogenera, situada en Sanchinarro. Te contamos como autonomía y velocidad de recarga son los dos problemas principales que nos encontramos en los coches eléctricos. Y es que las baterías formadas por módulos intercambiable permiten configurar la capacidad de batería para el uso que le vayamos a dar y, además, la recarga casi instantánea resuelven ambos problemas de una sola vez. El gigante Amazon ha registrado en el primer trimestre de 2022 unas pérdidas de 3.844 millones de dólares puesto que es la principal accionista del fabricante de coches eléctricos Rivian. Te contamos porque ha pasado esto y como está la multinacional americana tratando de resolver el fiasco. Analizamos las venas de abril de 2022 que se vendieron en España 1.925 coches eléctricos. Lo que supone un 33% más que el año anterior. Kia fue la marca más vendida, seguida por Citroën e Hyundai, que han colocado a sus e-Niro, ë-C4 e Ioniq 5 entre los eléctricos más vendidos en España. Presenta: Fernando Rivas @rivasportauto Experto EV: David Montero https://twitter.com/Electroshock00 Coordina: Jose Lagunar @JoseLagunar Puedes seguirnos en nuestra web: https://autofm.es/ Twiter: @AutoFmRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autofmradio/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC57czZy-ctfV02t_PeNXCAQ Contacto: info@autofm.es

Hierzulande ist der Toyota Mirai seltener anzutreffen als die meisten Ferrari oder Lamborghini. Doch wie fährt sich ein Auto mit Brennstoffzelle? Ähnlich wie ein Elektroauto oder völlig anders? Das und noch viel mehr finden Peter und Jan im zweiten Teil der Folge 31 heraus. Kleiner Spoiler: Von den versprochenen 650 Kilometern Reichweite ist der Mirai weit entfernt! Für mehr Infos zu unserem Partner und über Echte Autoliebe-Stories findet ihr auch auf dem CosmosDirekt.-Blog unter https://www.cosmosdirekt.de/magazin/autoliebe/. Schütze was du liebst! Mit CosmosDirekt.

Exoten-Alarm: In Deutschland sind aktuell nur zwei Autos mit Brennstoffzelle erhältlich. Nach dem Hyundai Nexo aus Folge 4 haben Peter und Jan den Toyota Mirai getestet. Die zweite Generation des Mirai ist seit 2021 auf dem Markt und im Vergleich zum Vorgänger knapp 15.000 Euro günstiger geworden. Wo gibt es denn sowas? Wie Jan und Peter das Design gefällt und was das große Manko des Mirai ist, hört ihr im ersten Teil der Folge 31! Für mehr Infos zu unserem Partner und über Echte Autoliebe-Stories findet ihr auch auf dem CosmosDirekt.-Blog unter https://www.cosmosdirekt.de/magazin/autoliebe/. Schütze was du liebst! Mit CosmosDirekt.

Cette semaine, le ministre de l'Environnement et du Changement Climatique Steven Guilbeault a présenté un plan de réduction des émissions de GES qui concerne aussi l'électrification des transports. Nous allons en discuter avec le président de Mobilité électrique Canada, Daniel Breton. En essai routier, Alain nous parle de la plus récente génération de Toyota Mirai et Benoit a pris le volant de la BMW M3 Compétition. Voir https://www.cogecomedia.com/vie-privee/fr/ pour notre politique de vie privée

Hoy en MOTORK desmontamos las mentiras, los engaños y leyendas urbanas que rondan en torno al coche de Hidrógeno. Vamos a analizar una a una todas las dudas sobre el vehículo eléctrico de pila de combustible de hidrógeno (H2): ¿Qué es un coche de hidrógeno?, ¿cómo funciona un coche de hidrógeno?, ¿los coches de hidrógeno contaminan?, el precio del hidrógeno en España, diferencias entre coches eléctricos de batería y coche eléctrico de hidrógeno, etc... Son tantas las dudas y consultas que nos habéis hecho llegar a raíz de que publicamos la review y prueba de autonomía real con el Toyota Mirai, que hemos intentado contestarlas todas en este podcast.

Hoy en MOTORK tenemos la revisión y prueba de un coche muy especial. Se trata del Toyota Mirai 2021, un vehículo de pila de combustible de hidrógeno FCEV. Teníamos muchas ganas de compartir con todos vosotros. El coche de hidrógenos es un gran desconocido para muchos y lo poco que se sabe, son datos equivocados o erróneos que en este y próximos vídeos vamos a tratar de aclarar y mostraros como funciona un coche de hidrógeno y cuales son sus ventajas en cuanto a su uso y funcionalidad.

Is there any chance of hydrogen-powered vehicles becoming mainstream in the US? Toyota still thinks there's a market for fuel cell vehicles, and with our first impression of the 2022 Mirai, we discuss how the convergence  of hydrogen infrastructure and availability will make or break the Mirai, as well as the fuel cell Hyundai Nexo. We also discuss what role LIDAR mapping plays in Ford's BlueCruise driving assistance feature in the Mustang Mach-E.        ----------------------------------- Subscribe to Talking Cars on Apple Podcasts!   Video version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-cars-hq/id630839767?mt=2   Audio version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-cars-mp3/id630831189?mt=2   Have a question for our experts? Leave a comment on this episode, or reach out to us directly!   From your iOS device, iMessage us at TalkingCars@icloud.com to send a photo, video, or text directly to the Talking Cars team!   We love to feature our viewers on the show, so submit video questions at https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-talking-cars/   Subscribe to Talking Cars on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Jr8wJRJyN9v8T6LC1fQQ6         SHOW NOTES ----------------------------------- 00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - 2022 Toyota Mirai First Impressions 10:57 - Question: What role does LIDAR mapping play in Ford's BlueCruise?       ----------------------------------   Preview: 2021 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/2021-toyota-mirai-fuel-cell-vehicle-review-a6180665724/   2022 Toyota Mirai https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/toyota/mirai/2022/overview/   Futuristic 2019 Hyundai Nexo Showcases the Company's Technological Prowess https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/futuristic-2019-hyundai-nexo-showcases-companys-technological-prowess/   Ford BlueCruise Rivals GM's Super Cruise for Balancing Automation and Driver Monitoring https://www.consumerreports.org/driver-assistance-systems/ford-bluecruise-active-driving-assistance-system-review-a5728630415/   Driver Monitoring Systems Can Help You Be Safer on the Road https://www.consumerreports.org/car-safety/driver-monitoring-systems-ford-gm-earn-points-in-cr-tests-a6530426322/   BONUS: Driver Monitoring Systems to Be Awarded Extra Points in CR Scoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcDo_iWCh-g   Tesla's and Ford's Driver Monitoring Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goVKAtqKGqM   How We Tested Tesla's and Ford's Driver Monitoring Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmTuamHeedA   Guide to Car Safety https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-guide-to-car-safety/       ----------------------------------- Check out http://www.ConsumerReports.org for the latest reviews, tips, and recommendations and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/1Nlb1Ez    Follow Us on Social: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1IQ2w5q Twitter: http://bit.ly/1Yf5Fh2 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1P37mM9 Instagram: http://bit.ly/1I49Bzo Google+: http://bit.ly/1Md3gfQ

Is there any chance of hydrogen-powered vehicles becoming mainstream in the US? Toyota still thinks there's a market for fuel cell vehicles, and with our first impression of the 2022 Mirai, we discuss how the convergence  of hydrogen infrastructure and availability will make or break the Mirai, as well as the fuel cell Hyundai Nexo. We also discuss what role LIDAR mapping plays in Ford's BlueCruise driving assistance feature in the Mustang Mach-E.        ----------------------------------- Subscribe to Talking Cars on Apple Podcasts!   Video version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-cars-hq/id630839767?mt=2   Audio version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-cars-mp3/id630831189?mt=2   Have a question for our experts? Leave a comment on this episode, or reach out to us directly!   From your iOS device, iMessage us at TalkingCars@icloud.com to send a photo, video, or text directly to the Talking Cars team!   We love to feature our viewers on the show, so submit video questions at https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-talking-cars/   Subscribe to Talking Cars on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Jr8wJRJyN9v8T6LC1fQQ6         SHOW NOTES ----------------------------------- 00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - 2022 Toyota Mirai First Impressions 10:57 - Question: What role does LIDAR mapping play in Ford's BlueCruise?       ----------------------------------   Preview: 2021 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/2021-toyota-mirai-fuel-cell-vehicle-review-a6180665724/   2022 Toyota Mirai https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/toyota/mirai/2022/overview/   Futuristic 2019 Hyundai Nexo Showcases the Company's Technological Prowess https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/futuristic-2019-hyundai-nexo-showcases-companys-technological-prowess/   Ford BlueCruise Rivals GM's Super Cruise for Balancing Automation and Driver Monitoring https://www.consumerreports.org/driver-assistance-systems/ford-bluecruise-active-driving-assistance-system-review-a5728630415/   Driver Monitoring Systems Can Help You Be Safer on the Road https://www.consumerreports.org/car-safety/driver-monitoring-systems-ford-gm-earn-points-in-cr-tests-a6530426322/   BONUS: Driver Monitoring Systems to Be Awarded Extra Points in CR Scoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcDo_iWCh-g   Tesla's and Ford's Driver Monitoring Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goVKAtqKGqM   How We Tested Tesla's and Ford's Driver Monitoring Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmTuamHeedA   Guide to Car Safety https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-guide-to-car-safety/       ----------------------------------- Check out http://www.ConsumerReports.org for the latest reviews, tips, and recommendations and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/1Nlb1Ez    Follow Us on Social: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1IQ2w5q Twitter: http://bit.ly/1Yf5Fh2 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1P37mM9 Instagram: http://bit.ly/1I49Bzo Google+: http://bit.ly/1Md3gfQ

In this episode we travel to Encinitas, California to learn about the new electrification era at Toyota with Vice President Vehicle Marketing & Communications, Michael Tripp. We also talk to Wayne Gerdes about his newest Guinness World Record with the 2021 hydrogen fuel cell electric Toyota Mirai.

Episode discussion topics We're on the hunt for solutions and having access to safe, abundant, and sustainable fuels for creating electricity is absolutely critical to the survival of our modern society. Humanity isn't necessarily going extinct - albeit we'd lose many and the remainder may live off the land. Coming out of that digression, we can see the value in alternative fuels including getting back to basics with hydrogen power. We simply didn't cover wind power or hydroelectric in this episode because they don't seem to have a clear path towards long-term resiliency or as viable replacements for fossil fuels. Wind-generated power is too inconsistent and now also hydroelectric generation (water moving downhill turning giant turbines): All the dams built by FDR are starting to shut down due to drought conditions across the western U.S. An ideal fuel has a steady and stable supply that can scale to meet demand and sustain shocks to the system from climate and espionage events. Enter stage center: Hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cells! Cars that fill up at a pump, can go 1,000 miles on a tank, and only spit water out their tailpipe! Oh yeah! We'll carry on under the call to action up ahead. We have another honorable mention... Don't call it a come-back, Airships've been here for years!  According to ForeignPolicy.com, "For decades, the Goodyear fleet of blimps have been the only working airships most people had a chance of seeing in real life. But a handful of companies are looking to bring back the spectacular dirigibles. [...]  The cruise company OceanSky is forging ahead with plans to send a passenger airship to the Arctic, using a ship originally designed under the U.S. military's surveillance program, with a planned voyage in 2023." These ships use helium, not hydrogen, so just honorable mentions in the sustainable travel options category. Call to Action: Learn more about  Fuel Cell technology. We have made many advances in safety technologies in relation to hydrogen's volitile properties in a high oxygen (approx. 20%) environment in our atmosphere. Every technology has its risks. Buy a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle if you can afford it. MVP's statements about only being able to lease a  Hyperion Motors XP-1 or Toyota Mirai were FLASE! You can buy these vehicles now (Hyperion Motors) and they're worth your attention. What vehicles did we miss? Let us know! Go solar if you can and perhaps add wind too (link to a nerdy new device at EcoHome). Combining these technologies at a small scale coupled with a central battery system and you start to create a mitochondrial power plant for your household cell. Might as well get paid for selling extra power to the grid when you don't need it. Keep an eye out to support congressional bills that put our dollars on the chips of future technologies - not the old killer ones: According to Bloomberg, "Biden's infrastructure plan calls for billions of dollars in spending on demonstration projects that include hydrogen." Sorry, this is behind a paywall. Your hosts: Michael V. Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr. More info "...EPA Concludes Environmental Racism Is Real. A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency finds that people of color are much more likely to live near polluters and breathe polluted air—even as the agency seeks to roll back regulations on pollution." By Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic; Feb. 2018). Fun Fact: Our evidence indicates that there is more hydrogen in the universe than any other element—it's been estimated that approximately 90 percent of all atoms are hydrogen. Boom! Plus we already produce approximately 70 million metric tons of hydrogen globally every year for various industrial uses. Hydrogen as a source for energy generation comes in color codes: Grey - fossil fuels are used in their production Blue - less polluting process Green - no pollution, water is the byproduct (which we could collect) A McKinsey study estimated that by 2030, the U.S. hydrogen economy could generate $140 billion and support 700,000 jobs. A worthy investment for our future if you ask me! - If Europe and China don't beat us to it. Germany is beginning to heavily subsidize key areas to stimulate developments in Green Hydrogen specifically and ween off its reliance on Russian gas. Please feel free to share your thoughts through our Contact Us page or on Facebook. Learn more and reach out Head to Citizens Prerogative for additional information and log in or sign up to leave a comment. Don't forget to join our free newsletter and get 10% off at our shop! Go the extra mile by supporting us through Patreon. Please contact us with any questions or suggestions. Special thanks Our ongoing supporters, thank you! Our sponsor CitizenDoGood.com. Graphic design by SergeShop.com. Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org. Other music provided royalty-free through Fesliyan Studios Inc. 

We're on location at the LA Auto Show where we discuss three of the big trends we saw on the show floor — the continuation of all-electric debuts, including the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Mercedes-Benz EQC, and the Audi e-tron Sportback; The explosion of all-new small and compact SUVs, like the Kia Seltos, Mazda CX-30, and Chevrolet Trailblazer; and the changing perception of what's considered a performance car, with examples such as the Audi RS6 Avant, Toyota Avalon TRD, and the Tesla Model 3. We also give our impressions of the updated fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai, Land Rover Defender, Nissan Sentra, and choose our personal favorites of the show. ————————————————— Subscribe to Talking Cars on Apple Podcasts! Video version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-cars-hq/id630839767?mt=2 Audio version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-cars-mp3/id630831189?mt=2 Have a question for our experts? Leave a comment on this episode, or reach out to us directly! From your iOS device, iMessage us at TalkingCars@icloud.com to send a photo, video, or text directly to the Talking Cars team! We love to feature our viewers on the show, so submit video questions at https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-talking-cars/ Subscribe to Talking Cars on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Jr8wJRJyN9v8T6LC1fQQ6 Check out http://www.ConsumerReports.org for the latest reviews, tips, and recommendations and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/1Nlb1Ez  Follow Us on Social: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1IQ2w5q Twitter: http://bit.ly/1Yf5Fh2 Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1P37mM9 Instagram: http://bit.ly/1I49Bzo Google+: http://bit.ly/1Md3gfQ  SHOW NOTES ----------------------------------- 0:33 - Electric Vehicle debuts 0:43 - Ford Mustang Mach-E 3:19 - Mercedes-Benz EQC 4:28 - Audi E-Tron Sportback 7:03 - Toyota RAV4 Prime 7:38 - Toyota Mirai 10:00 - What makes a modern performance car 11:30 - Audi RS6 Avant 11:43 - Toyota Avalon TRD 12:28 - Lando Rover Defender 14:46 - Nissan Sentra 16:06 - Small SUV takeover 17:30 - We share our favorites!

What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them all about electric cars? This week we're going through the many different kinds of electric vehicles, with all of their pros and cons. From Tesla to Toyota, from hybrids to hydrogen cells, we take you through everything you need to know about electric vehicles; how they work, and which type is right for you. Watch it on YouTube! ----more---- WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE? Battery Electric Cars (BEV) The pure electric car, with rechargeable batteries and no gas engine. Some examples are the Nissan leaf, and Tesla X. “Standard” Hybrid Electric Cars (HEV) Composed of two engines - a conventional combustion engine with an electric propulsion system. These kinds of hybrids don't plug in, the electric component comes from regenerative braking. Examples include the Toyota Prius Hybrid and the Honda Civic Hybrid. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) PHEVs are hybrids that can recharge the battery through both regenerative braking and plugging into an external source of electrical power. The Chevy Volt and Fiat 500e are both PHEV's. Extended Range Electric Cars (E-REV) Very similar to PHEVs, but rather than using both engine types to power the vehicle, E-REVs rely exclusively on the electric propulsion system. The electric motor always drives the wheels, with the internal combustion engine acting as a generator to recharge the battery when it is depleted. Examples of E-REVs include the Vauxhall Ampera and Chevrolet Volt. Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Completely different to all the cars above, but definitely worth discussing. FCEVs are powered by an electric motor, which is charged-up by combining hydrogen and oxygen to create a chemical reaction. There are only 3 available on the UK market, and they are the Hyundai's ix35, the Toyota Mirai and the Honda FCV Clarity.     Read more: Choosing the Right Type of Electric Car Electric car FAQs A Beginners Guide to Fuel Cells 5 Reasons to Install an EV Home Charging Point   Low-emission vehicles eligible for a plug-in grant Electric vehicle charging grants