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Thu Oct 8, 2015, 06:04 PM Oct 2015

Toyota Fuel Cell Plus Concept Comes From A Future Hydrogen-Based Society

Carscoops.com | Dan Mihalascu | October 8, 2015

With the FCV Plus Concept, Toyota is fast-forwarding to a future where hydrogen fuel cell cars will be as common as vehicles powered by internal combustion engines are today.

Scheduled to have its world debut at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, the Toyota FCV Plus study is said to embody a society in which hydrogen energy is in widespread use. In that society, fuel cell cars will be more than just vehicles that will take people from A to B.



Toyota says clean generation of hydrogen from a wide range of primary energy sources will make local, self-sufficient power generation a global reality, and fuel cell vehicles will take on a new role as power sources within their communities. The automaker’s goal is to turn fuel cell vehicles from eco-cars into energy-cars.


What if every car on the road could produce power?
A parking lot becomes an energy plant.


This is exemplified by the FCV Plus, which can generate electricity directly from hydrogen stored outside the vehicle, in addition to its own hydrogen tank. As a result, the vehicle can be transformed into a stable source of electric power for use at home or away...snip
MORE: http://www.carscoops.com/2015/10/toyota-fcv-plus-concept-comes-from.html



Toyota is the Number 1 Vehicle Manufacturer in the world, building ~10 million cars per year. That's almost 200,000 per week. (192,307)

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