Toyota's Fuel Cell Vehicle Concept or hydrogen car concept which was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013. The Japanese government and Japan's top automakers are now pushing hard to make hydrogen cars a reality and maintain Japan's edge in the industry.
TOKYO: Japan's government and top car-makers, including Toyota Motor Corp, are joining forces to bet big that they can speed up the arrival of the fuel cell era: a still costly and complex technology that uses hydrogen as fuel and could virtually end the problem of automotive pollution.
Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, unveiled its first mass-market fuel-cell car on Wednesday, which is due to go on sale in Japan by end-March next year priced at around 7 million yen (US$68,600).
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