Toyota to start leasing a new fuel cell hybrid car.
Nagoya, Aug 29, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Toyota Motor Corp said Friday that it will begin to lease its new fuel cell hybrid car in September, targeting the central and local governments and energy-related firms.
Toyota will lease a unit of the new FCHV-adv fuel cell car to the Ministry of the Environment from next Monday. It set the fee for the 30-month rental at 840,000 yen, about 200,000 yen cheaper than that for the predecessor FCHV model. The new model performs better in cold areas and has better fuel efficiency than the predecessor, company officials said.
The new five-seat car can travel about 830 kilometers without refueling and has a maximum speed of 155 kilometers per hour. The old model had a range of about 330 kilometers.
The Toyota FCHV fuel cell car
The top Japanese automaker obtained certification for mass production of the new fuel cell hybrid car from the transportation ministry in June. It plans to use data from users of the new car to advance its research and development for the widespread use of fuel cell vehicles, the officials said.
Source: Jiji Press, (c) Jiji Press
Nagoya, Aug 29, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Toyota Motor Corp said Friday that it will begin to lease its new fuel cell hybrid car in September, targeting the central and local governments and energy-related firms.
Toyota will lease a unit of the new FCHV-adv fuel cell car to the Ministry of the Environment from next Monday. It set the fee for the 30-month rental at 840,000 yen, about 200,000 yen cheaper than that for the predecessor FCHV model. The new model performs better in cold areas and has better fuel efficiency than the predecessor, company officials said.
The new five-seat car can travel about 830 kilometers without refueling and has a maximum speed of 155 kilometers per hour. The old model had a range of about 330 kilometers.
The Toyota FCHV fuel cell car
The top Japanese automaker obtained certification for mass production of the new fuel cell hybrid car from the transportation ministry in June. It plans to use data from users of the new car to advance its research and development for the widespread use of fuel cell vehicles, the officials said.
Source: Jiji Press, (c) Jiji Press
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