William_1991

Well, to give you an example, that Corolla GR that was doing endurance races running on hydrogen? For the driver, it looks like this: And it look like this at the rear: With those 4 big tanks at a higher pressure are needed to give it around the same range at race speed as the Mirai FCEV.

A normal ICE car converted to run on hydrogen would have a really bad range… The hardest part on ICE running on hydrogen is making them in a way that’s similarly powerful (they tend to loose power) and making them run on a poor mixture as much as possible. The Mirai for example, using the same amount of hydrogen in a ICE would give it around 30% the range compared to the fuel cell.

That text refers catalysts (used in fuel cells) and catalicyc converter (used in for emissions control). They’re completely different things.

@Las Palmaseven when running on hydrogen, to comply with regulations a cat must be fitted.

It’s impossible to build a petrol car to comply with current regulation without a cat… If it’s equipped with direct injection you will also need to add GPF (gasoline particle filter), that shouldn’t be such a big problem as the DPF due to working temperatures.

Here is what should be planned for the future: On the motors side, should be like this: That Large/Premium will be an 800V system. By 2025, we're going to get the 2nd generation eAxle, focusing on improving motor efficiency by 10% and we're going to have 3 versions (Small, Medium, Large/Premium). 2nd gen eAxle: The 2025 Electric Sedan (IS BEV?), might use a 2-speed rear motor to improve acceleration and top speed: For the 3rd generation eAxle, TMC is focusing on size and weight reduction, looking for 30% less weight and less than half the size: That 3rd gen eAxle motor prototype was finished in Spring 2022. For example, the RZ450e uses a 1st generation eAxle.

It's on Mag Lexus: " Superior battery design The batteries deployed in the latest Lexus hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles provide practical, all-electric EV driving capability, but are kept compact to avoid penalties of weight, cost and intrusion into the cabin and load space. The same principle is applied to battery electric models, with the smart-sized 71.4 kWh battery in the upcoming RZ 450e SUV set to have segment-leading efficiency of 16.8 kWh per 100 km (approx. 3.7 miles per kWh), giving it an EV range of up to 273 miles (WLTP combined cycle). " Well, I found it a bit sooner than that, but don't have as much time as I would like to post it 🙂

Also, the RZ450e is homologated at 273 miles and 16,8kWh/100km.

Lexus already trademarked RZ300e 🙂

Found this new patents, is a LC F coming after all? It’s a lot closer to the racing prototype that was running the TT V8 and the new LC race car.

Should use the same battery found on the RZ450e, not the one used on the UX300e, giving it a slighter better range than what’s offered now. The battery used in the RZ is considerably better than the one on the UX.

TMC just trademarked RZ300e! Most probably it will only have the 150kW front motor. Maybe that’s the reason behind the delay on the UX300e? It’s not all that more expensive the RZ450e, a bit cheaper RZ300e should make the UX300e.

Well, with production starting next week for the hybrid, I was expecting to know something more by now!

Any news on the 2023 UX300e?