BP’s Supercharger bailout, Trump’s Big Oil bet, big batteries in fuel cell trucks: Automotive news today

Trump reportedly suggested eliminating electric vehicle-friendly EPA emissions rules. BP looks to rescue stranded Supercharger stations as Tesla’s charging plan fails And does using a very large battery pack with no charging port make sense in fuel cell pickup trucks and even Even pickup trucks? Toyota thinks so. This and more, at Green Car Reports.

Although big batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are often seen as two opposing ways to electrify trucks with no tailpipe emissions, Toyota is reworking the formula in its hydrogen fuel cell offering to include includes both. With one Super large battery pack but no plug-in capability, Toyota produces more fuel cell technology. Maybe, look for the same formula in future pickup trucks.

Former President and current Presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly tried to collect $1 billion in donations from top oil executives at Mar-a-Lago over the promise that Trump would eliminate the EPA’s stricter emissions regulations predicted to boost electric vehicle sales. Although for many of these companies the so-called greener, diversified “energy companies,” added pollution may not be the image they are seeking.

And in a strange turn of events, the oil giant BP could rescue Tesla Supercharger sites fell into stagnation after Tesla’s still puzzling decision to cut the Supercharger program. BP plans to spend $1 billion by 2030, with half of that investment to be made over the next two to three years. That would include 3,000 US chargers, with some large-scale sites with 12 or more chargers, called Gigahubs.