Toyota plans to launch over 100 fuel cell buses in Tokyo by 2020 as part of the country’s plans to create a ‘hydrogen-based society’ in time for Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The first of the buses are set to go on sale early next year, and Tokyo metropolitan government's Bureau of Transportation has already signed up to use two of them for public transport routes. Toyota has also stated that the buses could be used as an external power source in case of disasters, or used to power homes for domestic electricity supply.
Toyota plans to launch over 100 fuel cell buses in Tokyo by 2020 as part of the country’s plans to create a ‘hydrogen-based society’ in time for the Tokyo Olympics. The first of the buses are set to go on sale early next year, and Tokyo metropolitan government's Bureau of Transportation has already signed up to use two of them for public transport routes. Toyota has also stated that the buses could be used as an external power source in case of disasters, or used to power homes for domestic electricity supply.