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Toyota Plans ‘Limited’ Consumer Sales of Fuel-Cell Cars by 2015



By Alan Ohnsman
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. hedging its bets on autos powered by alternatives to gasoline, plans to sell hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles to consumers by 2015.
“Limited commercialization begins in 2015 and maybe sooner,” spokesman  John Hanson said in an interview today, citing comments by Executive Vice President  Masatami Takimoto[/url] at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The exact timing, sales volume and price haven’t been decided, Hanson said. 具体排量、价格尚未确定。
Hydrogen models would add to the company’s technologies to reduce fuel use and pollutant emissions. Toyota, the largest seller of gasoline-electric hybrids, this year plans to lease plug-in Prius hatchbacks that go at least 10 miles solely on electricity and sell all-electric minicars in 2012.
Hydrogen-powered autos would require new fueling systems and stations, are costly to build and don’t match the driving range and durability of conventional vehicles.
Honda Motor Co. last year began delivering FCX Clarity fuel- cell vehicles to Los Angeles-area customers and plans mass-market sales by about 2018. General Motors Corp. loans 100 Equinox fuel- cell sport-utility vehicles to U.S. consumers and businesses to promote the technology.
Unlike battery-powered vehicles, fuel-cell autos run on electricity produced on board from a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Water vapor is the sole byproduct.
Toyota, based in Toyota City, Japan, has its U.S. sales headquarters in Torrance, California.

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