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Welcome to the forum. It is a nice car you have. Infotainment in Lexus has never been the best so if you have some problems with it, I can understand it. Lexus make great harware but their software could be better. Navigation is better from any smartphone. Whatever special problem you have I am sure that some with a similar car can help you.

Do you have a truck in your trunk?

In CT it is more than 5L. Last a long time though, with or without headlights on. Natural mineral water is good enough for me to drink so it is good enough to wash windows in. And it is cheaper than the funny smelling stuff that is sold as washer fluid.

A new car with problems should be taken care of by Lexus. And that free of charge. Unless of course if you have been using it to drive Paris - Dakar rally.

And many other places. Most cars than can be converted to LNG (liquid natural gas) can be converted to run on hydrogen. But: here is something to enjoy: Pure water to moisten our wrinkled faces, plus emission from hydrogen powered machines to swim in, where there is enough of it.

The Future of Aviation Industry Why Hydrogen is the First Pick for the Industry By ANGELA LINDERS https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/angelal2289/ Aviation Industry Aims for Net Zero Emissions by 2050 The aviation industry is under increasing pressure to reduce its growing carbon footprint and combat climate change. With billions of passengers traveling each year and millions of planes taking off annually, the industry is responsible for 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. In recognition of this, industry leaders have agreed to work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Why Hydrogen? The Reasons Might be Surprising Most industry professionals agree on this: The future of air travel will be powered by hydrogen, a clean and abundant energy source that will revolutionize the aviation industry. Next-generation battery technology remains unsuitable for use in airplanes as batteries are too heavy and do not meet the necessary performance requirements. On the other hand, hydrogen offers a compelling alternative. Hydrogen has the highest energy per mass of any fuel and is about three to four times lighter than jet fuel on an equivalent energy basis, making it a promising alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Hydrogen also does not release any emissions and hydrogen is already used as fuel in space launches. Major players in the aviation industry, such as Airbus, are exploring the technology and some successful flights have already taken place, albeit on small regional aircraft. A zero-emission plane that could compete with jet-fuelled aircraft is within reach and could represent a giant leap forward for sustainable air travel. A Huge Opportunity for Market Growth and Climate Change Solutions With the aviation market predicted to grow rapidly, hydrogen-powered aviation offers a significant opportunity for market growth and climate change solutions. The current aviation market represents a $1.5 trillion industry that is in urgent need of transformation. The growth rates of the aviation industry are amongst the highest of all transportation types. Fortunately, all the necessary technology to use hydrogen as a solution is now available. H2 Aviation History Hydrogen has a rich history as an aviation fuel, with past experimentation dating back to several decades ago. In the late 1950s, hydrogen-powered aircraft were explored by the Department of Defense, and in 1988 the Soviets successfully flew an airliner, the Tupolev 155, powered by hydrogen. A few smaller aircraft were also powered by fuel cells using hydrogen in the early 2000s, marking a significant step towards the usage of hydrogen as an aviation fuel. Despite the technical challenges that hydrogen-powered aircraft pose, the progress made over the years highlights the potential for hydrogen as a sustainable aviation fuel. Green Hydrogen: Cheaper than Jet Fuel with Renewable Energy and Tax Credits Thanks to renewable energy and tax credit incentives, green hydrogen has the potential to be cheaper than conventional jet fuels over time. While fossil fuels are dependent on increasingly expensive extraction methods, green hydrogen is produced from renewable electricity – essentially creating a zero marginal cost. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in the summer of 2022, provides renewable energy and clean hydrogen plants with tax credits of up to 2.6 cents per kilowatt hour and $3 per kilogram of hydrogen through 2032. Taking these incentives and escalating oil prices into consideration, green hydrogen is already superior to jet fuel in terms of cost. Even without subsidies and oil price shocks, renewable electricity prices are expected to continue to fall, resulting in cost parity between green hydrogen and jet fuel. Keeping Up: Major Milestones in Hydrogen Aviation Airbus is developing hybrid-hydrogen aircraft through modified gas turbine engines, with all three concepts of the ZEROe program utilizing this technology to power their aircraft using liquid hydrogen combustion. The goal of reducing emissions by more than 20%. ZeroAvia is a UK-based hydrogen electric aircraft startup which has partnered with United, American, British Airways, Alaska Airlines, and Shell to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion technology. Just recently announcing their project with Alaska Airlines to develop the world’s largest zero emissions aircraft. Universal Hydrogen, founded in 2020 and based in California, is another upstart developing hydrogen planes. It has raised $100 million and is aiming to bring a 10 to 20 seat aircrafts to market by 2025 with plans for 70 seat aircrafts after that. Also they tested the largest airplane ever to run on hydrogen fuel cells and plan on releasing their conversion kit in late 2025. Technical challenges associated with hydrogen technology in aviation. Despite the great potential that hydrogen-powered airplanes offer as a green aviation solution, their development is not without challenges. Among these challenges is the storage of hydrogen, which requires large volumes if stored as a gas, or extremely low temperatures (-425°F) if stored as a liquid. Additionally, fuel cells utilized for hydrogen-powered airplanes must stay humidified during aircraft tilts and rolls, presenting further technical obstacles. Nevertheless, several companies are currently experimenting with hydrogen technology, indicating that the industry is continuously working to overcome these challenges. In conclusion, the potential benefits of green hydrogen as a sustainable aviation fuel are enormous and could revolutionize the aviation industry. Thanks to incentives such as tax credits and the increasing availability of renewable energy sources, green hydrogen has the potential to become cheaper than traditional fossil fuels, reducing the cost of air travel and contributing to sustainable development.

It is good to be happy with what we have.

One among many H2 projects for Toyota! So why don't we just wait in line? How long time is a fuel-cell supposed to last? According to Toyota will the fuel-cells in a Mirai last the lifetime of the car, and when speaking of lifetime of cars from one of the more reliable car manufacturers in the world it is quite a long time; much longer than a battery normally will last with decent capacity. What to do with all the cars that are powered from batteries when battery no longer is up to what is expected of it? The electric motors in the car and the computer circuits will still be able to be reused. While the electric motors can be used without modification, the computer may not be possible to use without modification. Remember it is not just Toyota that is working on H2. And not only fuel-cells. Here we go again: The hydrogen fuel variant of the internal combustion engines (ICE) is according to Westport, a technology that will be critical to the transition to zero-carbon emissions over the next couple of decades. Not one company is interested in letting their expensive truck be disposed of. A truck is usually bought with the expectation of being able to last 1.000.000 km or in many cases about 30 years. The HPDI system makes it possible for existing ICE architecture to operate on a number of alternative fuel options. Among them are natural gas (another fossil fuel), renewable natural gas (biomethane), syngas, and H2. Each of these is gaining notable attention as a diesel alternative option, though it is H2 that has been taking the spotlight since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The hydrogen fuel system allows existing vehicles and manufacturing infrastructures to be leveraged. An ICE with the HPDI system and that is fuelled with H2 is able to achieve a CO2 level at near zero, according to the company. At the same time, it still allows the vehicle to provide peak performance spanning power, torque and efficiency. IMPORTANT: H2 is today not solely produced from renewable power sources, so it is not entirely clean. That is a fact! - But – exactly the same is the case with all other “GREEN” power sources. Batteries are filled with electricity from various fuels and not many of these can be called really green. Worse is it that power put into batteries is self-discharging and that batteries have a relatively short life before no longer being able to store promised amount of power. So now that some of the problems with internal combustion engines are being worked on and it is no longer needed to throw away the truck fleet what is happening with transport in air? German Airport Soars with Hydrogen Fuel and SAF Investment By JAKE BANKS https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/jake-2-2-2-2/ The Hamburg Airport is making moves toward sustainable aviation with more than one option. The Hamburg Airport in Germany is keeping up its investments into sustainable aviation with a fresh focus on projects that have to do with hydrogen fuel and SAF powered aircraft. The airport is moving ahead in this effort through a partnership it has made with Lufthansa Technik. Hamburg Airport has partnered with aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider Lufthansa Technik. That company conducts commercial aircraft conversions into special mission and VIP aircraft. It explained that its collaboration with the airport would mean that the aviation industry in Germany would become suitable for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). That said, this focus on hydrogen fuel and SAF has arrived at a time when the airport has already been developing a reputation for using renewable diesel for all its diesel-powered ground vehicles. Lufthansa Technik will conduct a range of tests on hydrogen fuel technology handling. According to the company, it is going to be testing a number of processes throughout the next couple of years, in order to observe the way H2 tech is handled. In addition to the Hamburg Airport, Lufthansa Technik is also working with the Centre for Applied Aeronautical Research and the “German Aerospace Center” in order to facilitate the testing process. The funds for the project were provided by the city of Hamburg. The tests will take place in a unique laboratory, said the company. “For this purpose, an aircraft of the Airbus A320 family will be converted into a stationary laboratory at Lufthansa Technik’s base in Hamburg,” said a statement from the company. “Within this lab, the partners want to test the effects of Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) on maintenance and ground processes.” The Lab The laboratory is called the Hydrogen Aviation Lab, and it is built into a thirty-year-old aircraft. It will be equipped with a full range of testing systems, a liquid hydrogen fuel tank, and a fuel cell which will be paired with supporting ground-based H2 infrastructure. By using this lab, the partners will be able to handle and maintain aircraft using H2, which are slated to begin service in the mid-2030s.

Is this too big to rebadge to LS700? Not a problem, something will come that will fit you with the right fuel Malcolm. Now that heavy land transport is going in the right direction, sea- and air-transport will be next. We poor ones with private cars will wait patiently till it is our turn to be lucky. Just read that this is one of many projects from Toyota with H2 fuel. Toyota and VDL Groep to convert heavy-duty vehicles into hydrogen fuel cell trucks By ALICIA MOORE https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/alicia-2-2-2-2/ The companies have partnered to speed up the decarbonization of the road logistics sector. Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and Dutch VDL Groep have teamed up to covert VDL’s existing heavy-duty trucks into hydrogen fuel cell trucks using Toyota’s fuel cell modules, with a goal to accelerate decarbonizing the road logistics sector while also breaking into Europe’s zero-emission heavy duty H2 trucks market. Toyota sees significant potential in using H2 trucks to decarbonize its logistic routes. Toyota Motor Europe seeks to achieve its full carbon-neutral strategy by 2040, and speeding up the decarbonization of the road logistics sector with hydrogen fuel cell trucks is an important factor in achieving this goal. H2 trucks can be quickly refuelled – as fast as diesel – and hydrogen systems have a lower mass, which allows for a heavier payload. This can make them essential for transport with high utilization and key contributors in evolving sustainable infrastructures around key routes in Europe. “We are excited to begin this project with VDL Groep, as it will allow us to further decarbonise the long-haul transport of our components, vehicles and service parts,” said Leon Van Der Merwe, VP Supply Chain Toyota Motor Europe, in a recent TME news release. The first of the hydrogen fuel cell trucks will be ready by summer 2023. VDL Special Vehicles (a part of VDL Groep), a specialist in the field of battery electric and hydrogen solutions for on- and off-road vehicles, will build the first hydrogen truck by this summer. Following this first fuel cell truck, the companies will produce and assess more hydrogen fuel cell trucks on TME logistics routes in the fall. The project will combine knowledge on how to deploy fuel cell trucks. This will further support the company’s long-term goal of lowering Toyota’s carbon footprint and decarbonizing logistics with vehicles other than passenger EVs. “Heavy-duty trucks will remain an important pillar within our multimodal strategy, and the introduction of zero-emission trucks, equipped with our Toyota fuel cell modules, will have a strong impact on the overall carbon reduction of our logistics,” added Van Der Merwe. This new truck project is one among many H2 projects for Toyota. The hydrogen fuel cell trucks project Toyota has in partnership with VDL Groep is only one of many H2 projects that the automaker has put into place with multiple partners. Other projects Toyota has in the works for the purpose of speeding up the transition toward a hydrogen economy include those for light commercial vehicles, buses, trains, and boats. Toyota believes that fuel cell trucks have a key role to play in the growth of the wider European H2 ecosystem. These trucks can strongly support the decarbonization of transport as well as an ecological energy transition.

It could be easier to understand the need for having a man walking in front of the noiseless electric powered cars to warn that something is coming, than in front of a probably not noiseless combustion engine car in 1965.

Do not worry. They are not able to.

Greed, corruption, availability of fuel that was easier to handle. Same reasons as the battery EV power that stupid politician's thought was easier to roll out as they believed the net was there already, had power enough and did not need them to start thinking.

Mark Levinson make home audio so good that I will not say if it is as good as or better than Quad (good old UK brand).

There is an ignore possibility in the forum. It does function.

And I thought that 45€ was expensive. Of course now I buy rubber refills for much less. https://www.ebay.de/itm/255489534102

Seems not to be a problem if you want to fill with hydrogen. That is only for diesel there is a problem. https://hydrogen-central.com/luxembourg-gets-first-hydrogen-filling-station/ - September 13, 2022 Luxembourg Gets its First Hydrogen Filling Station OK for both Toyota Mirai and the Hyundai Nexeo and trucks. Probably are filling stations not different when they come to UK. There are currently 7 filling stations with hydrogen supply in Belgium. There are 15 hydrogen filling stations open to the public in the Netherlands.

Good that it is enough to get you to a place to refill before it runs dry.

No reason for different size of fuelling nozzles same hydrogen as pressure is high enough to let it get in fast enough. There are 2 different kinds of nozzles for the 2 different kinds of pressure of hydrogen. H70 is for 10psi and H35 for 5psi. Suppose that in future most will be H70 as making tanks for 10psi is not that much more expensive than for 5psi. Both are high pressure and one of the expensive parts. Mirai is compatible with both. Something little known: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9026090/ Valves in a car running that mixed fuel must be closing close to perfect.

Why should they tell competition how far they are or what they are going to do next? Better to come with something that will get them back in front again.

2008 no info I know of but 2020, yes:

Hi Malcolm, BP is suddenly all over the news. Maybe Ford make it easy for you to point to some BP stations with H2 fuelling possibilities. UK: https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/ford-hydrogen-fuel-vehicles/8558650/?awt_a=1jpsU&awt_l=IFzTR&awt_m=iRViXZ.bWu5DlsU Ford and BP: https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/ford-hydrogen-fuel-vehicles/8558650/?awt_a=1jpsU&awt_l=IFzTR&awt_m=iRViXZ.bWu5DlsU#The_company_is_planning_to_test_a_small_fleet_of_H2-powered_E-Transit_vans_in_the_United_Kingdom Then there is so much talk about the question: Is hydrogen really GREEN? Does it need to be really green in order to be better/cleaner than other fuel or power sources? Answer is NO! Electricity in the net from where we consumers get it are not made from GREEN sources. So why does H2 need to be that? Seeing all the electric mini vans driving around here from Correos (postal service) with "GREEN Powered" written on them is as stupid as believing that the electricity we use for household is all made from GREEN sources.

Toyota claim they will launch one this fall. Toyota sometimes do what they say. ???

If you can charge the 12V battery that would be good. Then the computer should start and activate the hybrid battery that should start the engine. A bit early for the 12V battery to not function as it is not used to anything else than starting the computer. The CT we have is registered October 2016 (they tell me it is a 2017 model) and so far, we have had no problems starting the car. Thought the OEM batteries would last more or less 10 years if car is used regularly.

If wife is used to driving the CT and want a hybrid automatic again, another CT would probably be the best I can think of. Wife was the one that saw a white CT and said she like it, so that is what we drive. She likes to drive it. Lexus did not have a white, so it was a blue we got. Probably easier to not see dirt on. The one we have is doing what it is supposed to and no problems with it. Only tyres and windshield wipers have been replaced on it, so it is difficult to fault the car. Just had new tyres on it and compared to the OEM Pirelli P7, the new Continental UltraContact are a blessing, half the noise inside the car and far better handling and not more expensive than the ones Lexus would have put on them, Yokohama something. Now waiting to see if the B rating for fuel economy is much better than the C rating that the Pirelli tyres have.

You have saintly patience, so do not worry. Seems though, that Canada, China, EU and US (especially California) are investing very much more in H2 than UK, so you’ll probably need to wait a few years before driving the 700 on hydrogen. Funny enough as UK is having water all around the island that can be made into hydrogen along the coasts and the very steady tide can deliver power enough to make the hydrogen really green, while other places tide and water are not that abundant. A few years may also be the time needed to find out how to make the combustion machine completely pollution-free, so you can have the rumble from a big engine instead of a noiseless fuel-cell delivering power to electric 4 x 4 drivetrain. Though I also like the noise from a well-tuned machine, I think that a fuel-cell car will be good enough for our use.