Tokyo to use fuel cell powered buses by Toyota next year

Global automotive giant Toyota Motor Corp. is fast tracking its efforts to develop fuel cell-powered trucks and buses in their aim to produce more environment friendly vehicles as part of the Japan auto industry’s goal to shift towards electrifying vehicles.

Toyota also revealed that the company is planning to launch carbon dioxide free vehicles mainly in Tokyo next year. Fuel cell vehicles are still better placed than electric vehicles in terms of charging time and longer driving range.