Yamaha Motor has already advanced the development of hydrogen engines for cars and off-roaders, and now it is trying to start the program to burn hydrogen in water.
Marine products run through water and are thus subjected to water resistance, requiring significantly more energy for propulsion than land vehicles. Additionally, the performance and engineering requirements for marine products can vary widely depending on the usage environment-such as the ocean, rivers, or lakes-as well as the usage itself, from commercial fishing to recreation. In order to achieve carbon neutrality with marine products while facing such challenges, the Company is promoting a multi-directional development approach, looking to other new energy sources and technologies in addition to its electrification efforts.
Yamaha has no plans of ignoring all-electric solutions but will pursue them as part of its greater multi-pronged approached that will also include carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, fuel cells and hydrogen engines. We've seen more movement in fuel cell-electric powertrains when it comes to hydrogen's marine applications, but Yamaha is accelerating the development of hydrogen-combustion outboards, a prototype of which it will premiere at the Miami show in February. Like Yamaha's land-based hydrogen engine counterparts, the H2 outboard will create motive combustion without CO2 emissions while allowing Yamaha to apply technologies it's mastered over decades of gasoline and diesel engine design.
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