Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Toyota is knocking plug-in cars at CARB and in the press and touting impossible to deliver near-term hydrogen fuel cell commercialization. Toyota Motor Corp is considering working with affiliate Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd to develop its electric vehicles," according to Mainichi newspaper as reported by Reuters. Source: Reuters.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

Toyota plans to introduce a hydrogen fuel cell car by 2015, according to comments made by vice president Masatami Takimoto in response to a question during a shareholders’ meeting at Toyota headquarters. Toyota is also applying its fuel cell technology in buses, material handling equipment, and residential co-generation systems.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Hino Motors Ltd. SSSKK) plan to begin trials on 1 July of a diesel-electric hybrid transit bus fueled by a mixture of Fischer-Tropsch diesel (FTD)—specifically, Shell’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuel—and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), a type of renewable diesel offering similar characteristics to FTD.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

TMC is continuing development of a sedan-type fuel-cell hybrid vehicle (FCHV), with sales aimed to start in around 2015 in Japan, theUS and Europe—markets in which hydrogen supply infrastructure is expected to develop. Tags: Brief. Fuel Cell Vehicles.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 7, 2009

In the wake of Secretary Chu's defunding hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles, Toyota continues its assault on the inevitable plug. Irv Miller of Toyota says of plug-ins "this dog won't hunt." Tags: irv miller steven chu toyota bill reinert plug-in car. They don't want to be rushed into it.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

The HyNor Partnership and StatoilHydro held the official opening of the Norwegian hydrogen highway, HyNor ( earlier post ), on 11 May 2009 at StatoilHydro’s new hydrogen station at Økern in Oslo. The starting group in the rally included 14 hydrogen vehicles, two plug-in hybrids and 14 battery electric vehicles.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Much has been made of late of Toyota and other automakers claims they will commercialize hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2015. In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. I don't think so. In 5 years.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2010

The most successful hybrid car manufacturer, Toyota, has revealed its looking to become the leading producer of fuel cell vehicles, after it said that it may be able to retail its first hydrogen-powered car for US$50,000 (around £34,000). Tags: Toyota cost development fuel cell hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Hino Motors Ltd. SSSKK) plan to begin trials on 1 July of a diesel-electric hybrid transit bus fueled by a mixture of Fischer-Tropsch diesel (FTD)—specifically, Shell’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuel—and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), a type of renewable diesel offering similar characteristics to FTD.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2010

the joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp. that produces battery packs for Toyota’s hybrids plans to boost output capacity at a hybrid battery plant in Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture. The joint venture this month started mass production of nickel-hydrogen batteries at the Miyagi site. Tags: Brief. Panasonic EV Energy Co.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, the alliance Renault SA and Nissan Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation— issued a joint a Letter of Understanding (LoU) regarding the development and market introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols met with US Energy Secretary Steven Chu in May and followed up that meeting with a letter, urging the continuation of funding to support research, development and deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Source: DOE Hydrogen Program & Vehicle Technologies Program, 2009 Merit Review.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 3, 2007

Toyota released (and EVworld.com reprints ) President Watanabe's New Year's letter to employees. Not a word about hydrogen or fuel cells. Not a word about hydrogen or fuel cells. Tags: ethanol plug-in hybrid brazil ffv watanabe toyota environment.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

It might sound like a verse of ‘A Partridge in a Pear Tree’ but Toyota, the world’s biggest car maker, has genuinely revealed plans to produce 11 hybrid models and an iQ EV, by 2012, as part of its plans to develop a next-generation of eco-cars. Tags: Toyota annouce electric ev fuel cell hybrid hydrogen iQ plans.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell prototype is set to make its UK debut this week as it is confirmed as an entrant to the RAC’s Future Car Challenge. Tags: Toyota FCHV fuel cell hydrogen RAC Future Car Challenge.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 14, 2007

Ellick and Don Sherman's moronic and facile hydrogen vehicles video shot in the New Jersey field where the Hindenberg met its firey demise. The Future of Hydrogen: Once a Pariah, Now an Alternative.) Not a mention of where the hydrogen is meant to come from, nor problems with storage. Especially as displayed in Adam B.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 5, 2008

Is NRDC drinking the hydrogen kool-aid? Imagine for a moment that the world had rejected wind and solar energy, and instead decided to wait for a hydrogen fusion research program to reach fruition. Fortunately for the world, wind and solar are growing rapidly, while hydrogen fusion research remains speculative at best.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

The SX4-FCV uses an 80 kW GM fuel cell stack, fueled by hydrogen from a 70 MPa tank to power a 68 kW motor. Tags: Brief. When the battery runs low, an engine of a kind usually used in minivehicles (i.e., about 660 cc) powers a generator that charges the battery. Supercapacitors capture energy from regenerative braking. Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

MARCH 8, 2010

Toyota has teamed up with the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) to help deliver hydrogen-fuelled transport systems in Europe. The Japanese carmaker has become the new international auto partner for the partnership and will supply five Toyota FCHV-adv fuel cell hybrid vehicles in Germany by 2011.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

The 24 NiMH batteries in my Toyota RAV4 EV take the car 120 miles without gasoline. Toyota could deliver a plug-in hybrid highlander, get 20 miles all-electric and 75 mpg using NiMH today! Tags: highlander hybrid electric cars plug-in hybrid fuel cell toyota Lithium NiMH. Would a Lithium-ion battery be better?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 9, 2009

Japanese automaker Toyota may be renowned for its petrol-electric hybrid vehicles, but now it can celebrate a significant achievement with a fuel cell hybrid. Its Toyota Highlander Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Advanced achieved an estimated range of 431 miles on a single full tank of compressed hydrogen gas.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 4, 2007

On March 29, Pogue blogged about The Future of Hydrogen Cars. Now in his recent blog entry he all but swallows whole BMW's solo voyage down the liquid hydrogen hypeway. Sooner or later, hydrogen, or something like it, is all we’ll have to work with. He's got cred. Automotive technology is clearly not his balliwick. Guess what?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Central Research Institute, Inc.; NEDO also has underway a FY2007 - FY2011 project to develop high-performance batteries for next-generation vehicles within its hydrogen and fuel cell vehicle portfolio. Tags: Brief. Asafa Corporation, Inc.; Nissan Motor Co., Hitachi Maxell Ltd.;

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Toyota has long been one of the leading carmakers in the world of green cars. The first manufacturer to produce a full production hybrid, in the form of the iconic Prius, Toyota has also made significant advancements in the development of electric, hydrogen and alternative fuel vehicles. But what about hydrogen fuel cells?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda has revealed that the company plans to mass produce electric vehicles in 2012 and produce fuel cell cars in the US by 2015. According to Yokoyama, the design of the fuel cell and hydrogen storage system will play a critical role in achieving the cost reduction.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Last week we told you that Toyota was holding a ‘Nations Challenge’ as part of its entry into the energy efficiency challenge from Brighton to London (see story). Tags: Toyota Auris challenge FCHV fuel cell Future Car Challenge Highlander hybrid hydrogen RAC.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Korean car manufacturer Kia is the latest carmaker to add their weight behind a joint ‘Letter of Understanding’ being sent out to governments, energy companies and other organisations to develop accessible hydrogen infrastructure for future fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Toyota and GM are continuing down their differing hybrid paths. Honda, the quintessential internal combustion company, is lobbing criticism at hybrids, a market Toyota exploited better than Honda. Tags: joseph white honda nissan GM electric car Takeo Fukui plug-in hybrid tokyo motor show toyota. Hybrid or All-Electric?

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. And these advocates have successfully prodded Toyota to dangle a concept PHEV before our eyes. To take one example, batteries.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 5, 2008

The expense and impracticality of hydrogen fuel cell powered cars is beginning to dawn on the major automakers. The Wall Street Journal reports GM, Toyota Doubtful on Fuel Cells' Mass Use. and Toyota Motor Corp. Tags: honda electric car california air resources board fuel cell CARB BEV battery electric car.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 19, 2010

Tags: Fuel Cells Honda Hydrogen fuel Nissan Peugeot The Green Piece Toyota Revolve Technologies. The North American International Auto Show has marked the debut of a host of exciting new green car concepts, but few were as eagerly anticipated as Honda’s new CR-Z hybrid, dubbed the world’s first hybrid sports car.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Terry Tamminen, Arnold's green guru, showed up at the Santa Monica AltCar Show in a BMW Hydrogen 7. But of course he's been hydrogen's biggest booster, despite its inefficiencies and impracticalities. Despite an advertising budget that rivals available models, the Hydrogen 7 is not for sale. Tags: BMW terry tamminen.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics. We’ve tested most of those.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 19, 2007

The investor class, self-interested corporations and the major environmental organization have fallen in love with biofuels and hydrogen and shoved the logic of electricity from discussions about solutions to global warming and petroleum dependency. Tags: google.org electric car plug-in hybrid.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

On the ground at the LA Auto Show, and on the air (Honda here and BMW here ) automakers tout hydrogen & fuel cell vehicles disingenuously as "ready for the world when the world is ready." Tags: sherry boschert CARB. I look forward to CARB's response.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world. The vehicles received rave reviews.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

California’s ZEV mandate put EVs into consumers’ hands, only to be eviscerated by automaker and oil lobbying, federal intervention, and CARB’s capitulation to well-funded hydrogen hype. Energy Secretary Chu’s decision to defund hydrogen fuel cell vehicle programs was an unexpected and welcome decision. Such as the $1.1

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