The Toyota Mirai Hydrogen FCV has already taken Toyota by surprise in Japan with order vastly exceeding expectations, and the USA is set to do the same. [nggallery id=1891 template=customlinks] It’s only been a little over a month since the Toyota Mirai Hydrogen FCV went on the market in Japan, but Toyota is already having to […]
Toyota Mirai Hydrogen FCV production increased to deal with unexpected demand
Following Toyota’s recent announcement that orders for the hydrogen-powered Mira FCV exceed expectations, production is being increased. [nggallery id=1891 template=customlinks] Toyota’s expectations for sale of the Mirai – their new hydrogen-powered FCV saloon car – were understandably conservative. But they’ve been caught on the hop in Japan, where the Mirai is already on sale, with […]
Toyota Mirai Hydrogen FCV selling like hot cakes
The Toyota Mirai – Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell car – went on sale in Japan a month ago and has already sold 1500 units, almost four times the target for 2015. [nggallery id=1891 template=customlinks] The Toyota Mira FCV officially went on sale in the middle of December in Japan (when we got more details on […]
Toyota makes Hydrogen Fuel Cell patents FREE
Toyota has decided to open up its hydrogen fuel cell patents to rival car makers fro free in an effort to advance fuel cell technology in the mainstream. Just recently, Elon Musk announced that Tesla would free up its electric vehicle patents to allow car manufacturers to make quicker, and cheaper, advances in their own […]
Toyota Mirai FCV – more details, performance figures & video
The Toyota Mirai FCV – Toyota’s new hydrogen-powered car – arrives on video revealing more details of the car and details of its performance. [nggallery id=1891 template=customlinks] Toyota properly revealed their hydrogen fuel cell car last month, and gave it a name – the Toyota Mirai, appropriately Japanese for The Future – promising a car […]
Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro – a look at Audi’s hydrogen future
The Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro has been revealed as a plug-in hybrid hydrogen concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show with 4WD and 228bhp. Just as it was with the start of production hybrid cars, we’re seeing the first hydrogen-powered production cars arriving at the more prosaic end of the car scale, with stuff like the […]
New Honda FCV Concept revealed
A new Honda FCV Concept – a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric car – has been previewed as Honda reveal it is a close look at its production FCV due in 2016. [nggallery id=1984 template=customlinks] It’s a bit of a hydrogen car news day, with the Toyota FCV getting a proper name – the Toyota Mirai […]
Toyota Mirai OFFICIALLY the name of Toyota’s new FCV (+video)
Toyota has announced that the name of its production hydrogen fuel cell saloon will be the Toyota Mirai, ahead of its official launch in Japan tomorrow. [nggallery id=1891 template=customlinks] Back in July, we reported that the new production hydrogen fuel cell car from Toyota would be called the Toyota Mirai, and today – ahead of […]
Toyota FCV Hydrogen Fuel Cell car going rallying – sort of
Toyota has fitted out its FCV hydrogen fuel cell car with a hefty dose of rally kit and are planning to have it run at the final installment of this year’s Japanese Rally Championship. We’re not for a moment suggesting that a hydrogen fuel cell car couldn’t be competitive on the world rally stage, but without much […]
First SUPERMARKET Hydrogen fuel station at Sainsbury’s
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is planning to open the first hydrogen filling station by the end of 2014 at its store in Hendon, London as hydrogen cars start to arrive in the UK. Part of the shopping ritual for many is topping up the petrol tank with sensibly priced fuel at supermarkets’ low price petrol stations, and […]