Toyota has published the first official images of the hydrogen-powered FCV concept that will greet the public for the first time at this month’s Tokyo Motor Show.
Stretching 191 inches long, 71 inches wide and 60 inches tall, the FCV is a four-door, four-passenger sedan that is billed as an evolution of the two FCV-R concepts that were shown in Tokyo and Frankfurt, respectively. Its elongated exterior design embodies hydrogen’s transition from air to water and it is characterized by large air dams up front, sculpted flanks and a futuristic rear end inspired by a catamaran’s stern.
The sedan is powered powered by a close-to-production hydrogen-burning drivetrain consisting of two 70 MPa high-pressure fuel stacks mounted beneath the chassis. Emitting only water vapor, it has a maximum driving range of around 310 miles with both tanks full but the hydrogen can also be used to generate enough electricity to meet the needs of an average Japanese household for up to a week.
Toyota says the FCV is just a show car but the technology found under its skin will reach showrooms in the United States, Europe and Japan in 2015 at the earliest. Unlike the Honda FCX Clarity, Toyota’s yet-unnamed hydrogen-powered car will be a regular-production model available in all 50 states.
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