The Beijing Winter Olympics are being held in full swing, and the world is focusing on China. In this Winter Olympic Games, in addition to the exciting competitions, the practice of the concept of "green Olympics" at the Beijing Winter Olympics has also become the focus of attention. For example, in the winter Olympic village to provide traffic protection of the event service car, in addition to the market often have pure trams and hybrid models, more advanced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are also put into use in large quantities. This not only enables the Winter Olympics to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, but also accumulates experience for the development of the enterprise and hydrogen energy automotive industry. Do you think that after the end of the Winter Olympics, hydrogen energy vehicles can become the mainstream?
With a large amount of investment, Toyota demonstrated hydrogen energy technology at the Winter Olympics
According to official data, the Winter Olympics use more than 1,000 hydrogen energy vehicles for transportation between venues and are equipped with more than 30 hydrogen refueling stations. From the quantitative point of view, the number of hydrogen energy vehicles invested in the Beijing Winter Olympics is indeed very large, and the construction of more than 30 hydrogen refueling stations not only guarantees the fuel replenishment of the cars used in this event, but also can become a conventional hydrogen refueling station after the meeting, and the hydrogen energy vehicles are replenished daily.
The more than 1,000 hydrogen energy vehicles put into use are mainly commercial buses, and Foton, Toyota, Yutong, Geely and other brands are provided. In terms of passenger cars, Toyota has contributed the most as a global partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Toyota delivered a total of 2,205 vehicles, most of which are FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota on sale. Among them, the most interesting are 140 MIRAI and 105 hydrogen energy-powered models such as Costa (hydrogen engine). And a large part of the 515 hydrogen energy buses provided by Foton Ouhui Bus is Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell system. This Winter Olympics Toyota showed everyone a wave of hydrogen energy technology.
Develop a brand of hydrogen energy vehicles
Compared with chemical fuel cells, the hydrogen energy produced by electrolyzed water is more environmentally friendly, and the emissions of hydrogen energy vehicles are basically only water, so it is more environmentally zero pollution, so hydrogen energy has also become a major direction for the development of new energy vehicles. So which brands are currently involved in hydrogen energy vehicles? In addition to the aforementioned Toyota Mira, Hyundai NEXO is also mass-producing overseas.
The SAIC Maxus EUNIQ 7, which is on sale in China, is positioned as a medium and large MPV and is the world's first MPV model to use hydrogen fuel cells.
At the 6th International Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Vehicle Conference last year, hydrogen energy vehicles such as Hongqi H5-FCEV and Changan CS75 FCV were also unveiled. In addition, Great Wall Motors and GAC Group have also made a layout in hydrogen energy, and we are also looking forward to seeing real vehicles as soon as possible.
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We can see that many brands are involved in hydrogen energy, but due to the high cost of hydrogen production, and the transportation cost of hydrogen fuel and the safety requirements of hydrogen refueling stations are also higher, the cost of upfront investment will be higher, and the cost of consumers to buy and use hydrogen energy vehicles will also be higher. Therefore, it will take some time for hydrogen energy vehicles to become popular. However, it is believed that with the further maturity of technology, cost reduction, safety improvement, and perfect related supporting facilities, hydrogen energy will become one of the mainstream energy sources of automobiles in the future. What are your thoughts on hydrogen energy vehicles? Welcome to leave a message to share.
(Text/Shen Chen; Trial/Lingyun Sentient Beings)