I think it's also a little bit of racism at play too, they hate the idea of being reliant on China who produce most of the worlds lithium-ion batteries. I think they have the fear similar to white conservatives - we treated these people like shit for centuries so if we give them the chance then obviously they will do the same to us.
Nah almost certainly the reason is that hydrogen cars can function similar to current cars so while there might a change in the infrastructure it shouldn't be too hard because natural gas cars already exist. This is basicaly trying to succeed with the least amount of effort required. Conservative businesses love that.
EVs on the other hand require a completely radically different infrastructure and business model with regards to batteries, swapping, warranty etcs.
Japanese business are weird in that while some companies are very high tech innovative the business practices tend to be very hard to change because of the culture.
They have been betting on hydrogen for decades and absolutely refuse to acknowledge that it just ain’t happening.
The sunk cost must be massive at this point
I think it's also a little bit of racism at play too, they hate the idea of being reliant on China who produce most of the worlds lithium-ion batteries. I think they have the fear similar to white conservatives - we treated these people like shit for centuries so if we give them the chance then obviously they will do the same to us.
Nah almost certainly the reason is that hydrogen cars can function similar to current cars so while there might a change in the infrastructure it shouldn't be too hard because natural gas cars already exist. This is basicaly trying to succeed with the least amount of effort required. Conservative businesses love that.
EVs on the other hand require a completely radically different infrastructure and business model with regards to batteries, swapping, warranty etcs.
Japanese business are weird in that while some companies are very high tech innovative the business practices tend to be very hard to change because of the culture.