Fuel Cell
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Manga are comics created in Japan, conforming to a style set more than 100 years ago and still very much a part of popular culture. While they may look like no more than light entertainment, they're widely read by people of all ages—and sometimes used to market commercial products. A year ago, one was even used to explain the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car before it was launched in its home market of Japan. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Mirai: First Drive Of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Sedan (Dec 2014) The excerpts you see here come from Japanese auto aficionado magazine Motorfan: New Model...
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Hydrogen for fuel-cell vehicles made from wind energy in Japanese testToyota is experimenting with hydrogen made using wind power.
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Two-Thirds Of 2030 Hondas Will Be Electrified Or Zero Emission: CEO
Fifteen years is a short time in the life of the auto industry, just two complete product cycles for the average high-volume vehicle. But by "around 2030," according to Honda's CEO, his company will "strive" to make fully two-thirds of its cars electrified in some way--including hybrids, plug-in...
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Less Likely Than Electric Cars: Daimler CEO Zetsche
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche believes battery-electric cars have a better chance of succeeding than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
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Riversimple Rasa: New Details On Super-Light Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car
Riversimple hopes to put its revised hydrogen fuel-cell car on sale by 2018.
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Is This Tata The Smallest Roadworthy Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle In The World?
The Ziva is a hydrogen fuel-cell version of the Tata Magic Iris small commercial van.
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Honda says it will begin leasing the Clarity Fuel Cell in California later this year.
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Hydrogen-Powered Mercedes GLC To Launch In 2017
A Mercedes-Benz production fuel-cell vehicle will launch in 2017.
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Honda, GM To Build Factory For Fuel-Cell Production By 2025
The cost of developing advanced zero-emission powertrains for future vehicles is substantial, even for the world's largest carmakers. Especially in hydrogen fuel-cell research, the biggest auto companies are doubling and tripling up to share the costs. Honda and GM said in July 2013 that they would...
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Audi h-Tron Quattro Concept Swaps In Hydrogen Fuel Cell For e-Tron's Battery
Hot on the heels of the all-electric Audi e-Tron Quattro Concept it revealed last fall, VW Group's luxury brand Audi has released a second iteration of the same concept. This one still has all four wheels powered by electric motors, but the electricity to run them comes not from a large battery...
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Toyota Asks Some Of CA's 8 Mirai Dealers To Hold Off Deliveries
Toyota is asking some California dealers to stop Mirai deliveries until more fueling stations open.
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Tax Credit For Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Extended By Budget Deal
A tax credit for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles was extended as part of the recent Congressional budget deal.
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Hyundai's next fuel-cell vehicle will be a dedicated model, a new report says.
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U.K. Extends Green-Car Grants To Double Buyers By 2018
The U.K. government will extend a grant program for green cars by about two years.
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Portable Hydrogen Fuelers Go To Six Toyota Mirai Dealers As Stations Lag
With Toyota having delivered a total of 57 Mirai sedan in October and November, the drivers of those hydrogen fuel-cell cars will be looking for stations at which to fuel their new zero-emission vehicles. But the state of California's ambitious program to install dozens of hydrogen stations is...
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Hyundai Supplies Five Tucson Fuel Cell Taxis To Paris Fleet
Five Hyundai fuel-cell vehicles will enter taxi service in Paris.
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Japan's Ambitious Hydrogen-Vehicle Plans Stumble, With Bureaucracy To Blame
Japanese regulators are dragging their feet with rules for a new type of fueling station.
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2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell At LA Auto Show: Video
The 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell made its North American debut at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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General Motors and the U.S. Army are building a hydrogen-powered Chevrolet Colorado prototype.
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First 2016 Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car Delivered in California
The first 2016 Toyota Mirai for the U.S. was delivered in California earlier this month.
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Honda Clarity On Sale Late In 2016; Plug-In Hybrid To Get 40 Miles Of Range
The 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell will go on sale in the U.S. in late 2016.
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All Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Are Compliance Cars, For Now
When the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids launched in 1999 and 2000, expectations for their sales were low. And hybrids indeed logged annual sales in the low thousands until the second-generation Prius came along for 2004. But the sales numbers for the earliest hybrids look...
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Nissan And Fuel Cells: 'Not In A Hurry' Because 'Too Early,' CEO Ghosn Says
Nissan will launch a fuel-cell car, but it's not in a hurry.
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2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan: Live Photos, More Details From Tokyo
The 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell as unveiled at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show.
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