Toyota makes it difficult – if not impossible – for others to make hydrogen cars, say the people behind a new lawsuit that accuses the brand of a monopoly on the hydrogen car.
Toyota takes a monopoly on the hydrogen car.
At least that's what the people behind a new lawsuit filed in the US legal system think.
Specifically, a number of citizens in the state of California are so angry that Toyota sets a number of standards for hydrogen stations that make it impossible to keep more publicly available hydrogen stations open in the state.
Carscoops writes that.
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The hydrogen stations otherwise meet all other standards, requirements, laws and regulations of the state of California. But not Toyota's.
And it is monopoly-like conditions that make it difficult for e.g. owners of the Toyota Mirai hydrogen car to find places to refuel their cars. So in California.
Toyota has, the plaintiffs say, used the car brand's influence to have the hydrogen station removed from the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership website. Something that had to be driven by public funds. But which, according to the lawsuit, is actually driven by Toyota.
It is not the first time that the Japanese car brand has angered motorists. In fact, it's not even the first time that Mirai owners have taken Toyota to court. Read more about it here .
Here at home, the hydrogen car is as good as dead. In any case, it is impossible to keep current. Last year, the remaining hydrogen stations shut down completely. Something that i.a. leaving just over 100 taxis and 19 private cars without the possibility to refuel. Read more about it here .
The latest figures from the car importers' interest organization also show that year to date (i.e. in the course of 2024, ed.) not a single new hydrogen car has been sold in Denmark. The selection is otherwise very limited. In fact, only Toyota is still holding on to the hydrogen car on Danish soil.
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