14 Mar 2008
Toyota moves forward with fuel cell development
The head of Toyota has spoken of the automobile manufacturer's aims to bring fuel cell technology to consumer vehicles.
Katsuaki Watanebe, president of the company, revealed that it is busy designing a next-generation car powered by fuel cells.
Toyota tested a prototype last year, driving the vehicle 350 miles on one filling. At the end of the test, the car still contained 30 per cent of its hydrogen.
Mr Watanebe told Agence France-Presse that the firm's ambition is to "make a car that can actually clean the air, so that the longer it runs the cleaner the air becomes".
However, he did advise that it will be some time before its fuel cell technology makes it into the showroom.
He said that it may be difficult to have such vehicles ready for commercial use by 2010, but added that Toyota hopes to have hybrids loaded with chargeable lithium-ion batteries by that date.
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Katsuaki Watanebe, president of the company, revealed that it is busy designing a next-generation car powered by fuel cells.
Toyota tested a prototype last year, driving the vehicle 350 miles on one filling. At the end of the test, the car still contained 30 per cent of its hydrogen.
Mr Watanebe told Agence France-Presse that the firm's ambition is to "make a car that can actually clean the air, so that the longer it runs the cleaner the air becomes".
However, he did advise that it will be some time before its fuel cell technology makes it into the showroom.
He said that it may be difficult to have such vehicles ready for commercial use by 2010, but added that Toyota hopes to have hybrids loaded with chargeable lithium-ion batteries by that date.
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