![]() Most of them are commercial vehicles,” he said. “We are promoting external sales of fuel cells using the Mirai’s hydrogen units and have received offers for external sales of 100,000 units by 2030. Hydrogen Factory president Mitsumasa Yamagata said that the hydrogen markets in Europe, China, and North America will be by far the largest in 2030 and the fuel-cell market is expected to expand rapidly toward that point “reaching the level of 5 trillion yen ($A53b) per year.” The national roadshow coincides with Toyota Motor Corporation’s ‘Let’s Change the Future of Cars’ announcement that outlined a variety of new technologies to support the car-maker’s transformation into a mobility company.Īs part of the transformation, Toyota in May established a BEV Factory and will, from July 1, open a Hydrogen Factory. ![]() ![]() Mr Willis said expansion of hydrogen outlets to refuel FCEVs was continuing, now with stations in Brisbane, Canberra and Altona (Toyota headquarters) and development in Brisbane and Geelong. However the development of fuelling infrastructure is holding back any sale of Toyota’s hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) range – currently the Mirai sedan, HiAce and Coaster bus. Toyota has more than 20 Mirai cars in operation in Australia, all leased from Toyota and most of those used by Fortescue Future Industries – part of Fortescue Metals Group that is building a hydrogen hub in WA’s Pilbara and Gladstone in Queensland. Those options are now hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and fuel-cell.” “Toyota sees its role to match the product to the customers’ needs. “There are different solutions to different needs, all based on vehicle size and distance travelled,” he said. Toyota Motor Company Australia’s carbon policy manager Andrew Willis told GoAutoNews Premium that the company did not see one solution to future low and zero emission mobility. ![]() But it says despite this carrot, Toyota continues to work on a whole range of different fuel options. The spread of hydrogen fuel-cell products aligns with the prediction by Toyota in Japan that the global fuel-cell market will be worth $A53 billion a year by 2030. In terms of cost, Toyota expects its next-generation hydrogen system will achieve a 37 per cent cost reduction through technological progress, volume efficiency, and localisation.īy 2030, based on sales of 200,000 units, the company says it will be able to reduce the cost by 50 per cent and still generate a solid profit. Toyota has also partnered with truck-maker PACCAR to develop a hydrogen fuel-cell prime mover now in use to move containers around a port in the US.Īll use Toyota fuel-cell units similar to that in the latest Mirai. ![]()
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