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Toyota joins London Hydrogen Partnership

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Toyota Motors has joined the London Hydrogen Partnership (LHP), the first major automaker to do so. The LHP was set up in 2002 to develop a network of hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) stakeholders in the capital and help develop HFC technologies in London. —Graham Smith, Managing Director, Toyota Motor Europe, London Office.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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At CES, Toyota revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre (0.71 —Akio Toyoda, president, Toyota Motor Corporation. For the design of Woven City, Toyota has commissioned Danish architect, Bjarke Ingels, CEO, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). km 2 ) site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan.

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Transport for London in first group of customers for Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle in UK

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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. —Boris Johnson.

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Toyota and Hyundai EV ads face ban from UK advertising watchdog

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Toyota and Hyundai’s electric vehicle ads have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising watchdog. In Toyota’s case, the Japanese carmaker ran a campaign on its website for its bZ4X all-electric crossover. No locations were listed for Northern Ireland.

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Two Foton Mobility Hydrogen City buses arrive for Transit Systems Australia

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The hydrogen buses are equipped with the fuel cell system jointly developed by SinoHytec and Toyota. Transit Systems is part of Kelsian Group, Australia’s largest integrated multi-modal transport provider and tourism operator, with established urban bus operations in Singapore and London. Earlier post.).

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Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet acquires Lyft’s Level 5 Division to accelerate software innovation for automated driving; ~$550M deal

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a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, has agreed to acquire Level 5, the self-driving division of Lyft, Inc. The deal will bring together world-class scientists and software engineers from Level 5, Woven Planet, and researchers from Toyota Research Institute, Inc. Woven Planet Holdings, Inc.,

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Launch of first London HyFive hydrogen refueling station

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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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