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There is the safety risk of the pressurized hydrogen tank being damaged in an accident.

Two solutions to this potential problem:

• Toyota’s demonstration car stored the hydrogen in hydrides – compounds that can store the hydrogen in a safe, but heavy and cumbersome form

• Daimler-Benz are exploring a technique for the hydrogen as needed by breaking down a fuel such as methanol

Scientific American 1996

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There is the safety risk of the pressurized hydrogen tank being damaged in an accident.

Two solutions to this potential problem:

• Toyota’s demonstration car stored the hydrogen in hydrides – compounds that can store the hydrogen in a safe, but heavy and cumbersome form

• Daimler-Benz are exploring a technique for the hydrogen as needed by breaking down a fuel such as methanol