Toyota Motorsport GmbH has smashed the previous lap record by an EV around one of the automotive world’s most challenging proving grounds. READ MORE
Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. today announced a joint effort to develop hybrid vehicle technology intended for use in rear-wheel drive SUVs and light pickup trucks. READ MORE
Hydrogen fuel cell cars suffer from a chicken-and-egg problem: Without fueling stations to provide hydrogen, the cars are useless, and without cars to use them, no one will bother building the stations. Now Toyota, which plans to bring its first fuel-cell cars to market in 2015, has partnered with Shell to provide the first pipeline-fed hydrogen refueling station in the United States, at its Torrance, California campus. The station is convenient to freeways and the airport. But it’s most attractive for speed of use. The handful of other refueling stations in California all require hydrogen to be trucked in, which means that the few fuel-cell drivers already out there often have to wait to refuel. At the new facility there will likely be no waiting: It can refuel up to four cars at a time in about five minutes. READ MORE
