Toyota reaches new milestone with fuel-cells

dannyboy2 submitted on 09/28/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 11:36 AM
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Toyota has reached a new milestone with the unveiling of an upgraded version of its fuel-cell prototype claimed to be 25% more fuel efficient than the current model. The car also has the added benefit of using less electricity to power its onboard equipment than previous versions. Read Article

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farabira1 - 9/28/2007 1:04:13 PM

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great for toyota, but GM and Mercedes are catching up quite fast.

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ceric - 9/28/2007 1:12:15 PM

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Well, is it better than the one from Honda's FCX, though. FCX is one good looking (futuristic, at least) vehicle.

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jon21 - 9/28/2007 1:23:48 PM

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Sweet milages!!!

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Designer1 - 9/28/2007 2:03:14 PM

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480 miles is good but I don't see it that good as far as for the fuel-cell technology claims to produce, as far as distance goes. My V8 can go on a full tang 400 miles. I think more should be expected from the fuel-cell, considering its cost, etc... To be a true future fuel, it should really have incredible numbers, otherwise it will just be another hybrid technology that is expensive and doesn't really help much in distance wise.

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enthusiastx11 - 9/28/2007 3:09:40 PM

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excellent! build it!

the hydrogen 7 from BMW is far too expensive for most. hopefully, this one will be affordable.

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LexusKindaGuy12 - 9/28/2007 5:21:07 PM

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still probably costs north of 500K

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huu76 - 9/29/2007 12:50:21 AM

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No, a gimmick would be putting gas tanks in your hydrogen car. Or having a hydrogen range of 125 miles while the gas range is 300.

Honda is serious because they have 2 production models and is actually trying to workout the infrastructure.
VW is serious because atleast they're planning on a pure hydrogen car by 2020.
Toyota is testing hydrogen in their volume models.

BMW is putting lables on their cars and only making hydrogen optional. What's the point of having a hydrogen car where they don't sell hydrogen? All you're doing is towing aroudnd dead weight. I'm sure it adds to the handling somehow.

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