Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan
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Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are rolling out to California buyers in small numbers with two models on the market, and hydrogen stations slowly expanding outside a narrow slice of Los Angeles. The Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle first went on sale in California at the end of 2016, and 2018 models just arrived. The Toyota Mirai has also been available in California since 2016, giving California buyers a choice of zero-emissions fuel-cell cars. Hyundai, too, offered a fuel-cell version of its previous Tucson SUV until recently, albeit only for lease. DON'T MISS: 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Name For Fuel-Cell Sedan; Hydrogen Station Funds Coming For Northeast (Video)
The hydrogen fuel-cell sedan that goes on sale in North America roughly a year from now will be known as the 2016 Toyota Mirai, the company announced today. The model name--confirming a rumor that had circulated for several months--was announced by Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda in a video released this...
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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Questions: Toyota, Honda & Hyundai Respond (Part 3)
This coming week will bring news of at least two new hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles from major global manufacturers. They'll be offered only in small numbers for the next few years--far smaller than plug-in electric vehicle sales over the same period--but Toyota, Hyundai, and Honda fully intend to...
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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Questions: Toyota, Honda & Hyundai Respond (Part 2)
Questions around the prospects, desirability, technology, and practicality of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will likely get a lot of attention in coming months. At the Los Angeles Auto Show next week, more details on the Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan--which may gain a new model name (rumored to be...
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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Questions: Toyota, Honda & Hyundai Respond (Part 1)
Next week, the Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan will be introduced in detail at the Los Angeles Auto Show, possibly with a new model name (rumored to be Mirai). Small numbers of Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell crossovers are now on the road, and Honda will launch its next-generation hydrogen fuel-cell car within...
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Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan 'Featured' At Rally Course In Japan
The Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan made an appearance at the final round of the 2014 Japanese Rally Championship.
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Toyota will give away one of its hydrogen fuel-cell cars to support the not-for-profit Environmental Media Association.
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Toyota Fuel-Cell Ad Asks: Are You 'The Bold Few' Or A 'Handbrake'?
The piano music is somber, the announcer's voice well modulated and filled with gentle concern. Over the next year, we'll be faced with a decision to support, oppose, or even ignore the future of hydrogen-fueled propulsion. Indeed, and most likely the discussion--whether it's a flat decision is...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Sedan Photographed Testing In Southern California
Pity the poor automotive spy photographer. She spends months in Death Valley with an expensive camera, only for her paying clients to be swamped with cellphone shots snapped by eager readers and sent in for free or posted on social media. Which is (more or less) how we come to see our first shots...
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Will The 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Sedan Target The Tesla Model S?
Imagine a smooth, quiet, comfortable largish sedan that emits nothing, with a range of 250 miles or more--one that pegs its driver as a person in the vanguard of advanced technology vehicles. The Tesla Model S electric car, you say? No, no, no: That would be Toyota's upcoming hydrogen fuel-cell...
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First Element Expects To Make Money Selling Hydrogen Fuel In 5 Years
Could hydrogen fuel go from almost non-existent to profitable in the space of five years? First Element Fuels--the hydrogen fuel provider presently operating using funding provided by Toyota and the state of California--expects it might be, despite the huge challenges that lay ahead of it. Speaking...
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Toyota Needs Safety Rule Exemption To Sell Fuel-Cell Car In U.S.
Cars sold in the U.S. have to meet certain safety regulations in order to ensure their legality on U.S. roads. Unfortunately for Toyota, one of those safety regulations for electric vehicles would prevent its upcoming fuel-cell sedan from driving after even a small fender-bender--so the company is...
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Toyota has said for many years that it plans to build and sell a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, and now the company has trickled out some more information on that car. Specifically, it provided images of the final production version's exterior design--little changed from the concept it showed at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2013--along with on-sale dates and the price in Japan. DON'T MISS: Toyota Exec Stresses Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Future, Slams Critics The Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan will be launched "before April 2015" in its home market of Japan, and the company is preparing to introduce the car...