Japan to offer subsidy for fuel-cell cars


TOKYO: Japan will offer at least 2 million yen (US$19,700) in subsidies for fuel-cell vehicles, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, according to media, as the government and Japanese carmakers including Toyota Motor Corp join forces to speed up the introduction the vehicles.

The subsidy would mean that consumers would pay about 5 million yen for Toyota’s fuel-cell sedan, which is set to go on sale by the end of March 2015 and priced at about 7 million yen.

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