Toyota: Fuel Cell Powered Cars

• In 1992 Toyota started to develop fuel cell vehicles.
  
  
• In 1996 and 1997 the company produced two versions of their fuel cell/battery hybrid RAV 4 FCEV (SUV).
  
  
• The 1996 model was fuelled by hydrogen stored in metal hydride and had a maximum range of 155 miles (248 km).
  
  
• The 1997 model was fuelled by methanol and had a maximum range of 312 miles (500 km).
  
  
• In 2001 Toyota produced three vehicles (FCHV-3, 4 & 5), all 90 kW PEM fuel cell/battery hybrids.
  
  
• All three used different fuel. FCHV-3 used Hydrogen stored in metal hydride and FCHV-4 used compressed hydrogen at 3,600 psi.
  
  
• FCHV-5’s fuel cell produced electricity from hydrogen derived from Clean Hydrogen Fuel (CHF), using Toyota’s CHF reformer.
  
  
• Note: CHF can be obtained from natural gas, coal or crude oil.
  
  
• In 2002 the company produced a fuel cell/battery hybrid (FCHV), fuelled by compressed hydrogen at 5,000 psi. It had a maximum range of 180 miles (288 km).   
  
  
• The FINE-S concept fuel cell sports car was introduced in 2003 and the FINE-T concept fuel cell hybrid car was introduced in 2005.