Fuel cells to receive boost with pledge of 10m vehicles

Global ministers meeting will focus on ways to increase the technology's use

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Toyota released the first mass-produced fuel cell automobile, the Mirai, in 2014. But because of high costs, the technology has been slow to catch on.

KOSUKE TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- An international conference on fuel cells that is scheduled to open here Wednesday is set to call for powering 10 million vehicles -- including trains, planes and automobiles -- with the environmentally friendly technology in 10 years, Nikkei has learned.

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