Toyota to Take Fuel Cell Buses to the 2020 Olympics in Toyko

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• Bus riders in Japan are about to experience
  something incredible. Starting in 2017, Toyota
  will begin introducing hydrogen fuel cell-powered
  buses in the Tokyo area. By the time the Tokyo
  Olympics begin in 2020, Toyota plans to have at
  least 100 of these vehicles in service.1

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• These buses are part of Toyotas continuing
  commitment to promoting hydrogen fuel-powered
  vehicles. The first step on this journey began in
  2014 when the company introduced the Toyota
  Mirai, one of the first commercially-available
  fuel cell vehicles in the world.

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• Each of Toyotas new hydrogen-powered buses can
  fit 76 passengers, and is powered by an onboard
  fuel cell stack that powers a pair of 152
  horsepower (114-kilowatt) electric motors.
  Additional power is generated by a nickel-metal
  hydride battery pack.2

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• In addition to being used for transportation,
  Toyota has also announced that their new buses
  can be used as backup power sources, discharging
  power at a rate of 9 kilowatts. Along with
  providing transportation, these vehicles will
  also be used to provide emergency power during
  natural disasters.

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• Toyotas new hydrogen buses are only part of a
  new wave of innovation taking place in Japan. The
  countrys Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has called
  for a future hydrogen society, where hydrogen
  fuel cells power not only buses but buildings and
  infrastructure as well.

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• In response to their countrys call, and the
  demands of the international community for
  cleaner vehicles and reduced greenhouse gases,
  Toyota has taken up the challenge of making
  hydrogen fuel cells the clean, zero-emission
  power source of the future.

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• Public transportation isnt the only recent
  beneficiary of Toyotas hydrogen power
  experiments. Along with the new line of fuel cell
  buses, the company is also developing
  hydrogen-powered forklifts and fuel cells that
  can be used to power individual homes.

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• While Toyota has not announced plans to introduce
  its fuel cell buses outside the Tokyo area, this
  bold experiment with hydrogen power could well be
  the first step in an exciting new era. If the
  Tokyo Olympic buses are a success, expect to see
  Toyota and its competitors put even more
  weight behind developing fuel cell technology.

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1. http//www.autotrackng.com/toyota-to-start-sales-o
   f-fuel-cell-buses-from-early-2017/
2. http//www.greencarreports.com/news/1106850_toyota
   -to-launch-fuel-cell-buses-next-year-for-olympics

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Summary

• In the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Toyota
  will introduce more than 100 hydrogen fuel
  cell-powered buses in the Tokyo metropolitan
  area. Learn about this innovative idea here.