Toyota to bring fuel-cell concept car to CES

December 19, 2013

Toyota will use January’s CES to unveil its fuel-cell concept car for the first time in North America. The world’s biggest automaker will disclose its plans for fuel-cell vehicles in a news conference scheduled to take place alongside CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 6. Toyota’s fuel-cell concept vehicle, called the FCV, will also be on show at the event. The prototype FCV uses a fuel cell that converts hydrogen to electricity. Unveiled first at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, the FCV is the kind of car Toyota hopes to put on the market in 2015. The company is aiming the produce a car with a range of at least 500 kilometers (311 miles) and a refueling time of about three minutes—close to the amount of time it takes to refuel a gasoline vehicle. One of the advantages of such a technology is that it relies on a readily available fuel source, hydrogen, and produces only water as a by-product. The liquid hydrogen fuel is manufactured using electricity. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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