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560 km on one tank of hydrogen

TOYOTA announced that an improved version of its TOYOTA FCHV fuel cell hybrid vehicle successfully completed a long-distance road test today by traveling from Osaka to Tokyo on a single fueling of hydrogen.

The TOYOTA FCHV fuel cell hybrid vehicle covered a distance of 560 km. The entire trip was completed with the air conditioner on and with no need to stop for refueling. The TOYOTA FCHV used in the trip is 25% more fuel efficient than earlier versions, due to improvements in the TMC-developed, high-performance Toyota FC Stack fuel cell and to improvements in the control system for managing fuel cell output and battery charging/discharging. It also features TMC-developed 70Mpa high-pressure hydrogen tanks capable of storing approximately twice the amount of hydrogen as the TOYOTA FCHV's previous 35Mpa high-pressure hydrogen tanks. As part of the 40th Tokyo Motor Show, which runs from October 26 to November 11, the TOYOTA FCHV will be available for test-drives in a show-sponsored event called "Clean Energy Vehicles Test Ride". You do need, however, to take a greenhouse gas emitting flight to Tokyo to do so.