TechnologyFuel cells to receive boost with pledge of 10m vehicles
Global ministers meeting will focus on ways to increase the technology's use
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
September 23, 2019 02:57 JST
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.