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Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American chief, preparing to sell Camry-sized hydrogen sedans next year
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wants more U.S. supply of the Japan-built cars.
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Toyota, the world’s largest seller of hybrid-electric autos, is to sell the as-yet unnamed four-door model in California in 2015, as well as in Japan and Europe
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Battery models carry electricity in their lithium-ion battery packs while fuel cell vehicles make electricity on board in a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, with only water vapor as a byproduct. While hydrogen vehicles have a range comparable to gasoline vehicles and need only a few minutes to refuel -- compared with hours for most battery autos -- there are few hydrogen pumps currently open to the public.
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California has said it will provide as much as $200 million over the next decade to help open stations across the most populous U.S. state.
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Fuel cell autos will need three to five years to build a market presence in California, and at least a decade to get to U.S. sales of half a million or more annually, Lentz said. Still, advances in the technology and an industrywide push, with Daimler AG, General Motors Co. and Nissan also planning to sell fuel cell models, may help the vehicles get a market foothold faster than hybrids, according to Lentz.
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Toyota Motor Corp. will launch a swath of powertrains in the next several years
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Toyota is investing heavily in turbocharged engines, larger displacement Atkinson cycle engines, continuously variable and fixed-gear automatic transmissions, and new hybrid and fuel cell technologies
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Some green-vehicle technologies that looked like sure bets for the second half of this decade are lagging. And some technologies that seemed like long shots seven model years ago have become viable.
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Coming up on the outside in this horse race for higher fuel economy: diesel engines, aluminum bodies and -- still a long shot -- hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles. Struggling to live up to expectations: electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. And the big-selling fuel-reducing technology of the moment has turned out to be a more efficient gasoline engine
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Downsizing has happened more than anyone expected
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French billionaire Vincent Bollore is setting up the largest U.S. car-sharing program for electric vehicles
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The program, beginning within eight months, will use as many as 500 of Bollore’s Bluecars and 1,000 charging stations
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The U.S. arrival of the Bollore Group, which makes its own lithium metal polymer batteries for its electric cars, is the latest development in an emerging segment led by Tesla Motors, maker of the premium Model S sedan, and the Nissan Leaf electric hatchback. Bollore is counting on U.S. drivers who want access to a low-pollution alternative to gasoline-burning cars. They can be rented for as little as $10 an hour.
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Bollore’s Bluecars, used in the Autolib car-share program in Paris, can travel about 150 miles per charge
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Batteries made by Bollore’s Blue Solutions in France’s Brittany province are cheaper than lithium ion cells used in other electric cars, holding down the cost of his small vehicles
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Along with expanding to other U.S. regions such as California, Bollore said he wants to offer his car-share service and electric vehicles to China and other markets.
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