Meeting with the city of Fukuoka for the future of hydrogen fuel technology, Toyota is also a part of an important project.
Combining hydrogen fuel technology with a much more impressive design, Toyota continues its investment in this alternative energy, together with the second generation Mirai, which we left behind in 2021. In this context, the brand announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Fukuoka City, aiming to realize the hydrogen society earlier, and within the scope of this agreement, it will work closely with CJPT technologies in commercial projects and undertake extensive joint ventures to achieve the goals. As a first step, negotiations on the use of fuel cell vehicles were started.
“Hydrogen leader city” project starts with Toyota
The Fukuoka administration, with the support of Toyota, started the Hydrogen Leading City Project, focusing on the potential use of hydrogen energy. As part of the project, the city will undertake the world’s first attempt to produce hydrogen from domestic wastewater and supply it to fuel cell vehicles. It is also the first city in Japan to conduct various tests of trucks and motorcycles equipped with fuel cell technologies.
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Toyota continues to see hydrogen as a promising form of energy to achieve carbon neutrality. In order to become a hydrogen society, Mirai carries out extensive collaborations extending beyond the automotive industry by carrying out works such as the development of hydrogen powered vehicles, the production of hydrogen powered commercial vehicles with CJPT cooperation, as well as the sales of the fuel cell vehicle. With the new agreement, Toyota, Fukuoka City and CJPT will cooperate in developing and using vehicles that can support social infrastructure, creating logistics models, and using hydrogen energy in residences, facilities and various organizations. To begin with, fuel cell vehicles will be used for school food delivery trucks and city garbage trucks. Fuel cell generation systems will also be adapted. Forward-looking studies are expected to contribute greatly towards a carbon neutral and hydrogen society.