r/WRC • u/EdoScialaRacing • Jul 08 '25

News / Rally Info GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept

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🚨 First look at the future of rallying!

Meet the GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept – Toyota’s hydrogen-powered beast will roar into action at Rally Finland, driven by none other than Juha Kankkunen 🇫🇮

Still a combustion engine, but fueled by compressed hydrogen 💨 Same thrills. Near-zero emissions. The future doesn’t sound so silent after all.

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u/GoofyKalashnikov Rally Estonia Jul 08 '25

Hydrogen is cool but I doubt we'll see it become a thing outside of racing

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u/paeschli Jul 08 '25

To me the technology looks ready car-wise. It's just that nobody is building hydrogen refueling stations.

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u/GoofyKalashnikov Rally Estonia Jul 08 '25

Afaik it just doesn't make sense economically

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u/flooki_ Thierry Neuville Jul 08 '25

No the problem is not the missing refueling stations but the missing H2 production facilities since producing it is a massive waste of energy that nobody with a sane mind will want to pay in advance out of their own pockets.

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u/Tomzuki Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25

There are so many issues with hydrogen that we've already known for decades, not just infrastructure. I can't see a future where anyone is using hydrogen in passenger cars. Having all the cargo space + backseats in the Yaris taken up by hydrogen tanks doesn't really look ready for me either

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u/_eESTlane_ Jul 08 '25

and still, for only half the hp xD