Toyota has made the hybrid work with the Prius. You can pick at the details like the battery and the tree hugger image but they did a pretty good job, all things considered.
Now it's hydrogen and Toyota is smart enough not to bet on a dud. For a daily driver this new vehicle might be a solution as soon as the infrastructure and the economy of scale take effect.
If Toyota can make a reliable vehicle out of this I'd imagine that the cost of maintenance would have to be a whole lot cheaper. Such a vehicle might make 500K miles look reasonable and we could be looking at a million mile vehicle. On top of that Toyota would not have to pull a VW to pass smog.
Now it's hydrogen and Toyota is smart enough not to bet on a dud. For a daily driver this new vehicle might be a solution as soon as the infrastructure and the economy of scale take effect.
If Toyota can make a reliable vehicle out of this I'd imagine that the cost of maintenance would have to be a whole lot cheaper. Such a vehicle might make 500K miles look reasonable and we could be looking at a million mile vehicle. On top of that Toyota would not have to pull a VW to pass smog.