Toyota wants to develop the Mirai and plans a second generation of his fuel cell cars, This was announced by the chairman of the board at a conference.
September 26, 2019, 7:41 am,
Michael Linden
Toyota Mirai
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Toyota plans to launch a second generation of the fuel cell car Mirai next year. This was announced by the chairman of the board Takeshi Uchiyamada according to the News Agency Reuters With. The statement is said to have fallen at an international ministerial meeting on hydrogen energy in Tokyo.
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Toyota launched the Mirai (“Future”) at the end of 2014 as the first hydrogen fuel cell car in the mass market. It is the first series hydrogen vehicle of the Japanese manufacturer. Previously, the company had presented in 2013 with the FCV, the pre-series version of the current Mirai. The demand for the fuel cell car exceeded the expectations of the manufacturer,
Toyota Mirai (Image: Toyota)
Toyota’s domestic competition Honda already has a comparably large fuel cell car in the range with the FCX Clarity, which however was manufactured in small numbers and only offered as a leasing vehicle in a few countries. The successor Honda FCV came on the market in 2016.
Gas should be in Japan the Energy carrier of the future become. This is the goal of the Basic Hydrogen Strategy, which the government under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proclaimed. It is to be implemented in close cooperation with industry. Involved are some of the big companies like JX Nippon Oil & Energy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), Panasonic and Toyota.
In three phases, the country is to be converted over the next two decades. The year 2020 is considered the first major step on the way to implementation by the government. By then, 40,000 fuel cell cars will be on the road, by 2030 even 800,000. There will be 160 hydrogen filling stations available by the time of the Olympic Games.
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