Since Toyota launched the world’s first hybrid car – the Prius – in 1997, the brand has developed its hybrid line-up to the extent that virtually every model has a petrol-electric option.
Notwithstanding the fact the Japanese giant remains a long way from fulfilling its promise of offering a hybrid version of every model in its range by 2020, the company is moving into fuel-cells.
Having just released the Mirai, the world’s first production hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV), in Japan -- with US and European sales to follow by next October -- Toyota now plans to phase in fuel-cell powered versions of other model – including the flagship of its Lexus luxury brand, the LS limousine.
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