2006-2011 Honda Civic IMA battery repair WITHOUT buying new cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGfQchiLtG8
Its almost like Japanese do it on purpose to push BS Hydrogen.
I think methods used in that video are somewhat dodgy. When dealing with severely unbalanced packs care should be taken when discharging, as unbalanced cells could go below 0V and become damaged by reverse charging. And while cooling them during charging might keep the temperature in check, it probably doesn't completely prevent internal outgassing and pressure buildup. Very long charge at low current would likely be safer option.
Meanwhile, automakers like GM heavily promoted hydrogen initiatives like Project Driveway, generating positive PR while maintaining their core ICE business. These companies knew that the fundamental challenges of hydrogen, including its energy intensive production, lack of infrastructure, and extremely high cost of fuel cells, made it impractical in the near term. Yet they used hydrogen's theoretical promise to argue against investing in more immediately viable technologies like battery electric vehicles.
This created a "vaporware" effect: the industry could claim to be pursuing clean alternatives while avoiding meaningful investment in technologies that could have disrupted their existing business model. The resources and attention diverted to hydrogen could have accelerated battery development and charging infrastructure years earlier. By the time automakers finally embraced EVs in earnest in the late 2010s, they had effectively delayed the transition by 20 years.