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Audi says its hydrogen A7 is both sporty and efficient.
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2016 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car: First Photos From Test Drive
The 2016 Toyota Mirai is getting a major launch just before this week's Los Angeles Auto Show. It's clear Toyota considers this a vehicle every bit as seminal as its very first Prius hybrid of 1997. The Prius comparisons came regularly during a day of presentations yesterday, and then again this...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Power-Out Jack Could Run Your Home In Emergencies
It may be hidden behind a fuzzy grey triangular panel in the trunk, but the 2016 Toyota Mirai fuel-cell car offers a novel and innovative feature that could let it power your home for a day or two in the event of an emergency. Toyota executives say they haven't decided whether to offer the...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Priced At $57,500, With $499 Monthly Lease
The 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle will carry a sticker price of $57,500 when it launches in the U.S. late next year, Toyota said today. But while the company will offer the Mirai for sale, it expects nine out of 10 buyers to take advantage of a $499 monthly lease rate instead...
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Can Fuel-Cell Cars Boost Hyundai's Technology Leadership Image?
Hyundai hopes its fuel-cell crossovers will boost its image.
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DoE Offers $1 Million Prize For Advances In Small-Scale Hydrogen Fueling For Homes
The Department of Energy hopes to spur development of hydrogen-fueling technology with a two-year contest.
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A revised version of Honda's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle debuted in Japan today. The Honda FCV Concept offers more hints as to what the five-passenger mid-size sedan will look like when it appears on Japanese roads in early 2016, powered only by hydrogen. DON'T MISS: Honda FCEV Concept Previews Next-Gen Production Fuel Cell Car: Live Photos (Nov 2013) In its press release, Honda promised to make an announcement at this year's Los Angeles show about its commitment to assist in expanding California's nascent network of hydrogen fueling stations. That news will likely come this Wednesday, the...
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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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Mercedes-Benz Concept G-Code: Tiny Crossover For LA Auto Show
The Mercedes-Benz G-Code is a subcompact crossover concept unveiled at the brand's Beijing R&D center.
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The Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan made an appearance at the final round of the 2014 Japanese Rally Championship.
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Plug-In Hybrids Are The Best Competitors To Fuel-Cell Vehicles: Here's Why
With the imminent unveiling of the Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle, and the Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell already on sale, you can expect to hear a lot more about hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in the coming months. Initially they will be offered only in very low numbers, and restricted to Southern California...
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Want A Toyota Fuel-Cell Vehicle A Year From Now? Bid For It!
Toyota will give away one of its hydrogen fuel-cell cars to support the not-for-profit Environmental Media Association.
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Lesson Learned In Last Round Of Hydrogen Fueling: Fund Operations Too
Funding construction alone won't be enough to build a successful hydrogen infrastructure.
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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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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 vehicle, on sale next year. DON'T MISS: Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars To Come From Toyota, Hyundai, Honda Today, the dedicated sedan model is known only as the "Fuel Cell Sedan." Many years in development, it will be sold in North America, Japan, and Europe, with the company projecting volumes of perhaps...
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Why Green Car Reports Writes About Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars
It would seem pretty obvious that a site called Green Car Reports would cover zero-emission vehicles that will soon go on sale from major global automakers. But cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells turn out to be as controversial as plug-in electric cars, albeit for different reasons--and among...
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To Get Hydrogen Competitive With Gasoline: $1 Billion, Cheap Natural Gas Needed
While battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars have had much of the spotlight to themselves for the past four years, we're going to be hearing a lot more about hydrogen fuel-cell cars over the next few. And a new study just released by the University of California--Davis suggests that we are...
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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars: $50 For 300 Miles--Or Free To Fill Up?
Electric cars are far cheaper to run than gasoline cars on a per-mile basis--and depending on the assumptions, they can be cheaper over their entire life too. And gasoline and diesel vehicles will get steadily more fuel-efficient through 2025 under a variety of global regulations. But what about...
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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, Honda, Hyundai Fuel-Cell Cars: How Many Will Be Sold?
With almost 250,000 plug-in electric cars on U.S. roads--and double that number globally--electric vehicles are starting to establish a small foothold in the market. More than 10,000 a month were sold this past May, June, and July. But with hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles now offered by Hyundai, and...
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