are benefi cial only in “a select way, in short-range vehicles that take you that extra mile, from the offi ce to the train, or home to the train, as well as being used on large [corporate] campuses. But for long-range travel primary vehicles, we feel there are better alternatives, such as hybrids and plug-in hybrids, and tomor- row with fuel cells,”
Hybrid Market Share Seems Static Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have done much better than BEVs, with 592,232 HEVs, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and extended-range electric vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt being sold in 2013 alone.
The growth of the hybrid segment may be in the past, however. A study by IHS/Polk released in May 2014 found that “the number of hybrid models in U.S. showrooms has increased every year from 2009 through this year, but their market share has not kept pace. Hybrid share actually declined from 2009 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2014, despite an increase in model count during both these time periods.” Toyota will not turn its back on HEVs anytime soon, but it is turning toward EVs that rely on fuel cells.
In April 2015 it will began sales of a fuel cell sedan in Japan. The fuel cell will convert hydrogen to electricity. It will have an estimated price of about $70,000. Later that year sales will begin in the US and Europe. Pricing in these markets has not been hinted at.
More Fuel Cells are Coming When Toyota’s fuel cell vehicle (FCV) goes on sale in the US next sum- mer, it will be a year behind Hyundai in marketing such a powertrain in America. The Korean carmaker leased the fi rst Tucson Fuel Cell crossover in
the US to a California family in June. The FCV began mass production for the US market in April 2014 at Hyundai’s Ulsan, Korea, assembly plant that also manufactures the Tucson gasoline-powered CUV. The company claims that this
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