Filed under: Hydrogen, Toyota, Tokyo Motor Show



Toyota has been teasing its upcoming hydrogen fuel cell sedan - due in 2015, maybe, see below - for years. The information we've heard is that the car will have a 300-mile range and cost between $50,000 and $100,000, but the one thing we haven't had is a glimpse of what it will look like. That changes now.

Pictured above is the hydrogen-powered Toyota FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) Concept, the precursor to the vehicle that Toyota firmly believes will become the next Prius. The actual vehicle will be on display at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, but we can see here that the H2-drinking concept melds the swoopy sides of recent Hyundai sedans, the front end from an exaggerated Ford and the bottom rear triangle from the Chevy Volt. We like the interesting line that looks like an exposed speaker stretching from the headlights to the A-pillar and the Hybrid Synergy Drive-like logo on the back side. Overall, it looks futuristic yet reasonable and is much closer to the car that we'll see on the road in a few years than the FCV-R concept from 2011.

In the accompanying press release (available below), we learn a few new tidbits about the four-seat FCV concept. The fuel cell stack uses two 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen tanks and has a "power output density of 3 kW/l, more than twice that of the current 'Toyota FCHV-adv' FC Stack." Most interesting, though, is that Toyota says the fuel cell vehicle is scheduled for launch "around 2015." Toyota has confirmed to us that the 2015 date remains solid, but should something change, don't say you weren't warned.Continue reading Toyota FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) Concept ready for Tokyo, maybe not 2015

Toyota FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) Concept ready for Tokyo, maybe not 2015 originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 23:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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