Nissan, Toyota, Honda Team to Build Fuel-Cell Infrastructure in Japan
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Aaron Cole
According to Toyota, three Japanese automakers — Honda, Toyota and Nissan — are working together to build hydrogen fuel stations around for future fuel-cell cars.
The program, which will subsidize fueling stations up to 11 million yen ($89,500) per year for each station, is meant to boost the nation’s infrastructure for hydrogen-powered cars.
The agreement was formed in February between the large automakers, but began accepting applications July 1.
The program also boosts “awareness” of the FCVs by offering incentives for stations to stay open longer and offer more services.
A similar alliance between automakers in the U.S. could boost FCV participation rates, but maybe we can’t have nice things.
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It will be interesting to see what happens there.
Japan's big 3 are not fools, so I continue to think that they know something we don't about the future for FCVs. Do they all have some tech answers in their labs to the well-known problems with hydrogen?
One more step away from fossil fuels.
Stupid and crazy, all funded by the Japanese government. This will be one of Toyota's biggest blunders. Electric is safer, cheaper, and more practical.