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AUGUST 13, 2014

Morgan Auto Conference in New York, Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales (USA) Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations said that the company in spending an average of more than $1 million an hour this year on R&D. Carter noted that Toyota has reduced the cost of the fuel cell powertrain by 95% , and is confident it can reduce the cost further.

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MARCH 5, 2018

Eleven companies, including automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Honda Motor, have jointly formed Japan H2 Mobility, LLC (JHyM), aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCV) in Japan. Toyota Tsusho Corporation; and Development Bank of Japan Inc. Iwatani Corporation; Tokyo Gas Co.,

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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APRIL 3, 2019

FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. FirstElement Fuel’s retail hydrogen network is the largest in the world today.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota Motor Corporation hybrids reached 10.05 Toyota said that this milestone demonstrates the staying power of a technology that is now emerging as a mainstream solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. Toyota Motor hybrid vehicle sales. thousand vs. 266.2 thousand.).

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MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 19, 2016

At the 2015 CES, Toyota announced royalty-free use of approximately 5,680 fuel-cell-related patents held globally, including critical technologies developed for the Mirai fuel cell vehicle. Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS). The 2016 paper by Hasegawa et al. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Hasegawa et al.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Construction has started on the first public hydrogen station in Belgium, to be operated by Air Liquide. As part of the SWARM project, the station has received funding from the European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen-Joint Undertaking, a private/public partnership in support of the development of hydrogen related applications.

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JULY 13, 2018

Servco) has completed Oahu’s first publicly accessible hydrogen station, located at Servco’s corporate offices in Mapunapuna. Later this month, Servco will begin to lease the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV). Our hydrogen station will help show Hawaii residents how FCVs can make a real impact on our sustainability goals.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

However, transportation and energy storage are showing strength as emerging sectors for hydrogen and fuel cells with approximately 62,000 fuel cells and 500 MW in fuel cell power shipped worldwide in 2016— more than double the capacity of shipments in megawatts compared to 2014. billion in 2016 alone. and Denmark.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Air Liquide expects to invest more than US$150 million to build a liquid hydrogen plant in the western United States, with construction to begin in early 2019. The plant will have a capacity of nearly 30 tons of hydrogen per day—an amount that can fuel 35,000 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs).

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

The Nikkei reports that Toyota will invest about ¥20 billion yen ($165 million) to triple production capacity in Japan for its new Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) to meet what it describes as strong corporate and public-sector demand. Equipment will also be upgraded at another Aichi site that handles vehicle assembly.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Toyota opened the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a strong affirmation of the benefits of and potential for hydrogen fuel cell technology. “ Toyota opened the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a strong affirmation of the benefits of and potential for hydrogen fuel cell technology. “ We love batteries.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Fuel from True Zero ’s hydrogen-fueling stations during 2016 powered more than 3.7 To help car owners and others understand the benefits of driving on hydrogen, True Zero will post labels at its hydrogen charging stations showing the societal-impacts of driving a hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has selected 15 new main hydrogen retail station projects for up to $31.7 Among the program requirements are that each station dispense a minimum of at least 33% renewable hydrogen (per kilogram). Toyota is supporting hydrogen infrastructure development through a number of collaborations.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada predicted in remarks before the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Toyota offers more types of hybrids than any other manufacturer. Today I wish to call on the industry to sell 5 million hybrids in the US by the end of 2016. That’s what it takes. —Takeshi Uchiyamada.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Major corporate and public sector partners in Japan are launching an effort to test a full carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. The four private sector participants are Iwatani Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Turbine and Systems Inc.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Norway-based Hexagon Composites’ subsidiary Hexagon Lincoln has completed the development and initial deliveries of storage tanks for a Toyota heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell truck. Toyota Motor North America Research and Development (TMNA R&D) has received the first hydrogen tanks to be used in the project. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. Earlier post.) DOE and H 2.

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APRIL 8, 2016

BOC, the UK’s largest supplier of industrial gases, signed an agreement with ITM Power to provide infrastructure for ITM Power’s new electrolyzer-based hydrogen refueling stations for passenger cars. The announcement underpins ITM Power’s ongoing plans to build a network of hydrogen refueling stations in the UK.

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MAY 19, 2017

Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, Honda Motor, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy, Idemitsu Kosan, Iwatani, Tokyo Gas, Toho Gas, Air Liquide Japan, Toyota Tsusho and Development Bank of Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration toward the large-scale construction of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCVs).

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Retail hydrogen-station operator True Zero reported that it has powered more than 1,000,000 zero-emission miles by fuel-cell vehicles. The achievement of a million miles comes as a result of automakers, including Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz expanding their fuel-cell-vehicle programs.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a result of discussions that began in May 2017, eleven companies in Japan have signed an agreement to form a new company in the spring of 2018 aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen recharging stations (HRS) for fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The initial partners include Toyota Motor Corporation; Nissan Motor Co., Toho Gas Co.,

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MARCH 30, 2016

Toyota will launch the Mirai fuel cell vehicle in Sweden and Norway this summer, following other European countries that have introduced the Toyota Mirai in 2015 (UK, Germany and Denmark) or early 2016 (Belgium). In Sweden, hydrogen is locally produced 100% based on renewable energy, just as in Denmark.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Ballard Power Systems has signed a distribution agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC), a member of the Toyota Group. The scope of our business interests offers a range of promising opportunities for hydrogen fuel cell technology. billion) in its latest fiscal year, ended March 2016.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Seeking to expand California’s public hydrogen refueling station network as a means to support the wider introduction of fuel-cell vehicles, Honda will provide $13.8 million in financial assistance to FirstElement Fuel to build additional hydrogen refueling stations around the state. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2014

Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. kW/L—twice as high as that of its previous FCV, the Toyota FCHV-adv (earlier post). Toyota’s view of hydrogen. —Yoshikazu Tanaka.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

The first five production Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicles ( earlier post ) for Europe were unloaded in Bristol, UK and Zeebrugge, Belgium, respectively on 8 and 10 August. Already sold in Japan since last December, the Toyota Mirai will be launched in Europe from September in the UK, Denmark and Germany.

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MAY 11, 2016

ITM Power officially launched its first public-access hydrogen refueling station in London at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. The station was opened to the public by Andrew Jones MP, Transport Minister at Department for Transport, and was supported by the automotive OEMs Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and Renault partner Symbio FCell.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation will increase production of the Mirai fuel cell sedan, which launched in Japan on 15 December 2014. The new plan calls for production to increase from the 2015 level of 700 units to approximately 2,000 units in 2016 and approximately 3,000 units in 2017.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The Hydrogen Station Equipment Performance device ( HyStEP ) ( earlier post ), developed by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), could reduce the time to commission new hydrogen refueling stations from months to just one week. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible. Ever better cars.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) is now officially on sale in California; more than 300 new owners— representing each of the dealership locations in Southern and Northern California— received ceremonial keys at a Mirai premiere event in Torrance.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

Transport for London is in the first group of UK customers for the Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle, together with private car service Greentomatocars and hydrogen energy system manufacturer ITM Power. It is fantastic that London will benefit from these new state-of-the-art hydrogen vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will establish an in-house venture company responsible for developing electric vehicles (EVs). The venture company, which initially will be a virtual organization comprising four people—one each from Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin Seiki Co., —TMC President Akio Toyoda.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Fröhlich noted that at least until 2025 costs will remain too high and the hydrogen infrastructure too sparse to allow broad-based market penetration. BMW’s latest hydrogen fuel-cell demonstrator and research vehicle is derived from the BMW Group’s modular electrification toolkit.

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JULY 1, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., have agreed on key details of their joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan. 100 hydrogen stations will be constructed initially, with a gradual increase expected thereafter. Raising public awareness about FCVs and hydrogen.

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