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Title: Toyota to Phase Out Gas-Powered Vehicles, Doubling Down on Hydrogen
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NBC News
URL Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/aut ... doubling-down-hydrogen-n444406
Published: Oct 14, 2015
Author: Paul A. Eisenstein
Post Date: 2015-10-14 18:45:32 by Operation 40
Keywords: Hydrogen, Renewable, Energy
Views: 612
Comments: 2
Toyota Motor Co. wants to virtually eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from its fleet by 2050, and is betting that hydrogen cars, rather than electric vehicles, will be the long-term answer. The Japanese maker recently introduced the Mirai, its first retail fuel-cell vehicle, and though sales have so far been measured in the hundreds, the target is to reach 30,000 annually by 2020, and even higher in the years beyond. A number of other automakers are experimenting with hydrogen power; Hyundai already offers a fuel-cell version of its Tucson SUV, and Honda will launch a retail model next year. While most competitors are focusing on hybrids, with a heavy emphasis on battery-based models, Toyota remains skeptical about the long-term role of electric vehicle technology...snip ...Toyota has been openly skeptical of battery power other than limited use of nickel-metal technology in hybrids. It is grudgingly planning a new version of the Prius plug-in hybrid, primarily to meet California's demanding zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV mandate. But the carmaker has made it clear it does not see a long-term future for plug-ins or pure battery-electric vehicles...snip "You may think 35 years is a long time," Ise said Wednesday. "But for an automaker to envision all combustion engines as gone is pretty extraordinary." Dr. Michio Kaku on Hydrogen Future – 2015 Consumer Electronics Show | Toyota Toyota makes and sells almost 200,000 cars per week. Anyone want to bet against the biggest car manufacturer in the world? 
Not a drop of petrol- the Hydrogen powered Mirai
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/toyota-phase-out-gas-powered-vehicles-doubling-down-hydrogen-n444406
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If they can do it, that's great.
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