The world’s largest car maker, Toyota Motor is again set to do something that has been jeered at and disbelieved by the others. The pioneer of the hybrid cars, Toyota is all set to launch its Fuel Cell Vehicle in the mass market next year, despite major skepticism regarding the technology’s feasibility. Moreover, the lack of the hydrogen refueling infrastructure has been another major drawback in the path of the hydrogen powered vehicles. However, Toyota is going to negate all these negative thoughts and come up with its FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) in the year 2015.
Toyota Motor had ventured to produce the first hybrid car ever, a technology that was also majorly heckled at. However, Prius, Toyota’s pioneer hybrid vehicle has gone ahead crossing many sales milestones and becoming the most successful and popular hybrid vehicle in the world. The Hydrogen powered Fuel Cell technology is also avoided by most of the car makers of the world. However, some of the global auto behemoths, including Toyota, Honda and Hyundai have taken the decision to tread the path of this still doubted technology. While Hyundai has already launched its lease only hydrogen powered Tucson in the US market, Toyota and Honda are getting ready with their respective fuel cell cars to be released in 2015.
Toyota will be launching its much talked about compact sedan based on the FCV concept in the mass market next year. The Japanese car maker has been showcasing its dazzling blue hydrogen sedan that looks really futuristic in its water droplet shape and design. The stylish car has great flowing design and attractive body lines accentuating its looks. The Toyota FCV sedan has been showcased at many auto shows including the Tokyo Motor Show and the Detroit Auto Show. The concept has been garnering much appreciation for its innovative technology as well as design concept.
Toyota had a close to production prototype model of the FCV sedan at the recently concluded North American International Auto Show held in Detroit, while it was also displayed at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that was held in Las Vegas towards the beginning of this month.
The sedan already looks snazzy enough to grab attention, and people are hoping that Toyota will make look even more attractive when it actually hits the market, along with a great alluring name as well.
Toyota has already revealed that the first batch of the fuel cell vehicles will be comparatively smaller in number consisting of about 10,000 vehicles, and will be costing between $50,000 and $100,000, with the company emphasizing on the lower price slab. These cars will be mostly sold in California initially, where the hydrogen fuel pumps are more available and growing in number.
Toyota has stressed on the fact that the next batch of the FCVs will cost considerably lesser. The company said that its FCV is good to cover around 500 km on full tank and takes merely few minutes to refuel its hydrogen tanks to the fullest.
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