TOYOTA FCHV fuel cell hybrid vehicle covers 560 kilometers without Refueling

September 28th, 2007 | Category: Tech


An improved version of its TOYOTA FCHV fuel cell hybrid vehicle successfully completed a long-distance road pop quiz nowadays by traveling from Osaka to Tokyo on a individual fueling of hydrogen. Covering about 560 kilometers, 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% increasingly 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.

TOYOTA FCHV additionally feature TMC-developed 70Mpa high-pressure hydrogen tanks capable of storing about twice the amount of hydrogen as the TOYOTA FCHV’s preceding 35Mpa high-pressure hydrogen tanks. These improvements construct it possible to accomplish a single-fueling cruising distance of about 750km.

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