Toyota Corporation at one time spent a lot of money on the development of the first mass car with hybrid - Prius. The results obtained in the course of these works technical solutions are applied on all hybrid cars brands and related brand Lexus, but hybrid cars still can not be called affordable. When driving on the highway with the established speed electric hardly helps the internal combustion engine, and therefore the benefits of his presence is not felt. Environmental hazards are chemical elements, resulting from the recycling of old batteries. It is noteworthy that Toyota is indifferent to "pure electric vehicles", because it does not consider them quite practical at the current level of autonomy and development of the charging infrastructure.
In December 2014, Toyota ventured to bring to market the first car brand that runs on hydrogen fuel cells - Mirai, which translated from Japanese means the future. Unlike electric vehicles, to replenish the battery power it takes a few minutes and power reserve measured five hundred kilometers, almost like that of conventional vehicles with internal combustion engines. Hydrogen is pumped into the fuel cell produces electricity and byproducts of the reaction are heat and water vapor. As in the case of the Prius, the first stage of Toyota Mirai sells at a loss, and is sold only 1100 cars. In August this year, 55 copies were sold in Europe. Mirai is now available for purchase in Japan, USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Norway.
According to the publication EE Times, at an auto show in Paris brought not only Toyota Mirai, but the concept FCV PLUS, which is equipped with a panel of wireless power transmission.
Special panel to distribution of electricity are located on the flaps covering the rear wheels .
The panel for the wireless electricity transmission is located under the bottom . According to representatives of Toyota, such decisions will not appear on the market earlier than 20 years.
This is not the first cooperation of Toyota and BMW in power plants. For the European market Toyota intends to borrow BMW diesel engines. The spread of cars with hydrogen fuel cells inhibits not only the lack of "refueling" infrastructure, and the high cost of producing hydrogen in commercial quantities. Related Products :
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