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Toyota is being bullish about how our cars will be powered in the future. It won"t sell pure petrol or diesel cars by 2050, and it sees hydrogen as the ideal solution."Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the ultimate eco car," Kiyotaka Ise, Toyota"s engineering boss, told Top Gear. "But an improvement in infrastructure is a must."Toyota currently produces 3,000 fuel cells a year the Mirai saloon being its key hydrogen car but it wants that number to be ten times as large by the early 2020s. Cost will be a big factor, with the Mirai currently around 66,000 in the UK. But Ise tells us that by 2025, a hydrogen car will be the same price as a hybrid. That means the Mirai will match the Prius, which is 25,000 in today"s money.But that doesn"t mean hybrids or pure electric cars are being replaced. "Hydrogen and EV will co-exist," Ise says. "An EV is a better option in compact cars, while fuel cells work for larger cars." Electric cars will also major in countries short on hydrogen filling stations, he says. Toyota used the Tokyo motor show to reveal not only a fuel-cell people carrier, but a bus, which is ready for production and will transport people at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Date written: 1 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9789
Toyota is being bullish about how our cars will be powered in the future. It won"t sell pure petrol or diesel cars by 2050, and it sees hydrogen as the ideal solution."Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the ultimate eco car," Kiyotaka Ise, Toyota"s engineering boss, told Top Gear. "But an improvement in infrastructure is a must."Toyota currently produces 3,000 fuel cells a year the Mirai saloon being its key hydrogen car but it wants that number to be ten times as large by the early 2020s. Cost will be a big factor, with the Mirai currently around 66,000 in the UK. But Ise tells us that by 2025, a hydrogen car will be the same price as a hybrid. That means the Mirai will match the Prius, which is 25,000 in today"s money.But that doesn"t mean hybrids or pure electric cars are being replaced. "Hydrogen and EV will co-exist," Ise says. "An EV is a better option in compact cars, while fuel cells work for larger cars." Electric cars will also major in countries short on hydrogen filling stations, he says. Toyota used the Tokyo motor show to reveal not only a fuel-cell people carrier, but a bus, which is ready for production and will transport people at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Date written: 1 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9789