Hydrogen Vehicle

A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle that uses hydrogen as its onboard fuel for motive power. Hydrogen vehicles include hydrogen fueled space rockets, as well as automobiles and other transportation vehicles. The power plants of such vehicles convert the chemical energy of hydrogen to mechanical energy either by burning hydrogen in an internal combustion engine, or by reacting hydrogen with oxygen in a fuel cell to run electric motors. Widespread use of hydrogen for fueling transportation is a key element of a proposed hydrogen economy.

Toyota FVC 2014

In December 2012 Toyota announced its plans to limit its all-electric car development and instead concentrate on the  In October 2013 Toyota announced it had reduced the cost of the fuel cell system in its next hydrogen-powered car by almost US$1 million and expects to introduce a hydrogen mid-size sedan at a price of less than US$100,000 by 2015. and launch of a fuel cell vehicle by 2015.


Toyota plans to launch its first production fuel cell vehicle, the Toyota FCV, in 2015. The car is expected to have a range of 430 mi (690 km) and to take about three minutes to refill its hydrogen tank.