Toyota to begin China hydrogen fuel cell vehicle tests this year

Toyota Motor will begin testing hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in China from October, part of an effort to figure out the feasibility of selling its Mirai hydrogen electric automobile in the market.

The head of the Japanese car manufacturer’s China, Hiroji Onishi, stated the automaker likewise prepared to develop a hydrogen fuel station in the city of Changshu located in eastern Jiangsu province in time for the beginning of the tests.

Mirai, means “future” in Japanese, is a four-person sedan which was initially introduced in 2014 that has a range of 300 miles, and is Toyota’s very first mass-market fuel cell automobile.

Toyota wants to evaluate the automobile’s efficiency and the quality of locally available hydrogen in China, Onishi stated ahead of Shanghai Motor Show.