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Toyota unveils first major redesign of flagship Prius hybrid car
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Los Angeles, California, US – 16 November 2022
1. Various of the new 2023 Prius models at their unveiling
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Hogard, Toyota Product Communications:
"Some of the highlights in terms of that redesign is obviously the new sporty exterior. It's a nice, sleek package, a little lower in terms of the roofline, a little wider towards the rear, put on 19-inch wheels and it gives it at least a little bit of a performance feel for a Prius. Kind of a surprising design."
Los Angeles, California, US– 16 November 2022
3. Various of people looking at the new 2023 Prius models
"More horsepower on the Prius hybrid model this time around - 196 horsepower. And then on the Prius prime, we're going to increase the range. It's going to get you a 50 percent more pure EV range for zero-emission driving on that plug-in model."
5. A display at the LA Auto Show for the new Prius models
London, UK - 18 November 2022
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Holder, editor, Autocar: ++VIDEO CALL++
"It's absolutely true that Toyota has moved into full electrification slower than some of its rivals. It (Toyota) would argue very strongly that that's a deliberate move about using the world's battery resources to their best effect. Better to get them in lots of cars where they're used in their entire capacity every single day than having these large electric vehicles that can go hundreds of miles but perhaps don't drive hundreds of miles every single day. But the market has moved. Toyota is reflecting that to some degree with this Prius, but more so with this onslaught of electric vehicles that it does have coming between now and the middle of the decade, when it really will catch up with its rivals."
7. Visitors check out the new Prius models
"I think Toyota's always been caught between two sides on design. Some people have criticised it for building bland refrigerators on wheels. Some people have criticised it for going too far when it's trying to counteract that by creating these quite challenging shapes. I think the Prius needed to stand out. You have to remember it was a standard bearer and a trailblazer for the hybrid technology. It needed to look different in order for people to understand that underneath it was different. I think what we have now is a much more grown-up version of that design. It's evolved now into a car that is a mass market vehicle achieving really the electric goals of many of its competitors."
9. A visitor looks at the Prius Prime model
10. Various of signs for the LA Auto Show
Japanese car maker Toyota has unveiled its latest flagship Prius hybrid car at the L.A. Auto Show.
The 2023 model is the first major redesign of the car -- which features important performance improvements.
The new Toyota Prius hybrid-electric not only comes with more power, acceleration and driving range.
It's also more stylish, scrapping the rather stodgy angular body for a sleekly futuristic look.
The car was unveiled in both Los Angeles, California, and Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday (16 November 2022).
"Some of the highlights in terms of that redesign is obviously the new sporty exterior. It's a nice, sleek package, a little lower in terms of the roofline, a little wider towards the rear, put on 19-inch wheels and it gives it at least a little bit of a performance feel for a Prius. Kind of a surprising design," says Paul Hogard, Toyota Product Communications.
The fifth-generation Prius hybrid models will go on sale this winter first in Japan then the U.S.
A plug-in version will hit the market next year, according to Toyota Motor Corp. Prices were not announced.
The automaker swapped an older nickel-metal-hydride battery for a smaller, lighter lithium-ion battery that puts out 15 percent more energy.
The engine grows from 1.8 litres to 2, and the horsepower rises from 121 to above 190. As a result, zero to 60 mph (97 kilometres per hour) acceleration drops from over 10 seconds to around 7 seconds depending on the Prius version.
"More horsepower on the Prius hybrid model this time around - 196 horsepower. And then on the Prius prime, we're going to increase the range. It's going to get you a 50% more pure EV range for zero-emission driving on that plug-in model," says Hogard.
The Prius, which first went on sale in 1997, switches back and forth between a petrol engine and electric motor to deliver a cleaner drive than the models with regular combustion engines.
Toyota estimates the 2023 Prius will get 57 mpg in combined city and highway driving, calling it the most efficient Prius ever.
Electric cars are zero-emissions but need recharging. Some consumers are worried about running out of juice on the roads. A hybrid always has the combustion engine as backup.
But Toyota's reluctance to release a fully electric Prius has been criticised by environmentalists.
"It's absolutely true that Toyota has moved into full electrification slower than some of its rivals," says Jim Holder, editor, Autocar.
"It would argue very strongly that that's a deliberate move about using the world's battery resources to their best effect. Better to get them in lots of cars where they're used in their entire capacity every single day than having these large electric vehicles that can go hundreds of miles but perhaps don't drive hundreds of miles every single day. But the market has moved. Toyota is reflecting that to some degree with this Prius, but more so with this onslaught of electric vehicles that it does have coming between now and the middle of the decade, when it really will catch up with its rivals."
Toyota has cumulatively sold more than 20.3 million hybrid vehicles, including Prius cars, around the world so far.
The Prius, which means "pioneer" or "first" in Latin, has defined Toyota as a brand as much as its Lexus luxury models.
The 2023 model marks the first major redesign of the model.
"I think Toyota's always been caught between two sides on design," says Holder.
"Some people have criticised it for building bland refrigerators on wheels. Some people have criticised it for going too far when it's trying to counteract that by creating these quite challenging shapes. I think the Prius needed to stand out. You have to remember it was a standard bearer and a trailblazer for the hybrid technology. It needed to look different in order for people to understand that underneath it was different. I think what we have now is a much more grown-up version of that design. It's evolved now into a car that is a mass market vehicle achieving really the electric goals of many of its competitors."
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Toyota debuts new Mirai hydrogen vehicle
Japanese auto brand Toyota has showcased the second generation of its hydrogen fuel cell saloon car in the Netherlands.
The all-new Mirai claims a range of 650 kilometres without refuelling and is set for launch this year in Japan, North America and Europe. But lack of infrastructure persists.
While most of the auto industry hurtles toward battery-electric vehicles, Japan's top car maker is also banking on hydrogen.
At an event in Amsterdam, Toyota is showing off its second generation Mirai fuel cell saloon, due for launch later this year in Japan, North America and Europe.
This version claims up to 30 percent more range thanks to a redesigned fuel cell system and new three-tank layout.
According to communications executive Vincent Dewaersegger, that means a range of 650 kilometres without refuelling.
"It's a small revolution, it can do 650 kilometres in one tank," he says.
"And you should remember, it's five minutes to refuel for a hundred percent refuel-refill, which is very good."
Toyota first introduced its hydrogen-powered Mirai sedan back in 2014 and has since sold 10,000 models.
A fuel cell mixes hydrogen with the oxygen in the air to generate electricity that can power a motor.
The main challenge is a lack of infrastructure. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), there are currently just 125 hydrogen stations in the EU.
Toyota is also showing off its new RAV4 plug-in hybrid in Amsterdam.
It's the fifth generation of the popular SUV and the first to offer a plug-in hybrid option.
Toyota luxury brand Lexus is showcasing a future vision of electric cars with this LF-30 concept car.
The LF-30 offers a vision of electric mobility in the 2030s with autonomous driving technologies and four in-wheel electric motors.
A steer-by-wire system eliminates mechanical connections, allowing more flexible control.
"It's not easy to define what type of car this is," says designer Ian Cartabiano.
"So, it's somewhere in between sedan, coupe, crossover, ultimate luxury car. I'm excited by the fact that we created a new category of luxury performance vehicle."
Lexus is also presenting the UX 300e, its first electric vehicle.
Its 54.3 kWh lithium-ion battery claims a range of 400 kilometres and a top speed of 160 kilometres per-hour.
Toyota's new GR Supra runs on traditional petrol.
With the new two-litre version, Toyota says it has lessened the weight, meaning a different driving experience.
"The biggest difference is the weight," says marketing executive Tatsuya Namura.
"There's a reduction of 100 kilograms, which really influences how the car drives and how you feel the car is driving."
Toyota also used the Amsterdam event to launch its new high-tech mobility brand, Kinto.
Under pressure from rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, Toyota is planning to offer car-sharing and ride-hailing services through Kinto.
"These customers of the future don't just want to own vehicles, they want to use them, some people want to just lease them, don't put them on their balance sheet," says Johan van Zyl, the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe.
"So therefore, we also need to ensure that we will be able to deliver on the new mobility services to customers and that we've launched today the Kinto brand, which is (an) umbrella brand for all the mobility services we're going to launch in Europe in future."
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 14 January 2020
1. Wide of screen, showing promo for new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car
2. Various of new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Vincent Dewaersegger, Communications Executive, Toyota:
"The platform has been designed from the beginning for hydrogen component, so we could really have much more freedom in terms of styling, and we could have this kind of a coupe-like styling. Also, it's a new technology, more efficient and also, we have more tank capacity, more tanks. So that means the two together, we can really increase the range by 30 percent. So, it's quite, for me, it's a small revolution, it can do 650 kilometres in one tank. And you should remember, it's five minutes to refuel for a hundred percent refuel-refill, which is very good."
4. Mid of new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car
5. Mid of screen, showing new Toyota Mirai's hydrogen tanks
6. Mid of screen, showing new Toyota Mirai's range and refuelling time
7. Wide of new Toyota Mirai
8. Various of new Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid SUV
9. Various of new Lexus LF-30 electric concept car
10. Setup shot of Ian Cartabiano, LF-30 Chief Designer, opening LF-30 door
11. Close of Lexus LF-30 interior
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Cartabiano, LF-30 Chief Designer:
"It's not easy to define what type of car this is. So, it's somewhere in between sedan, coupe, crossover, ultimate luxury car. I'm excited by the fact that we created a new category of luxury performance vehicle. And personally, I really love the profile and I love the shape language of this car. I love how it moves from fluid to extremely sharp at the rear and to me as the artist, that gets me excited."
13. Wide of Lexus LF-30 electric concept car
14. Various of Lexus UX300e electric car
15. Various of new Toyota GR Supra
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tatsuya Namura, Marketing Executive, Toyota:
"The biggest difference is the weight. There's a reduction of 100 kilograms, which really influences how the car drives and how you feel the car is driving."
17. Close of new Toyota GR Supra interior
18. Mid of new Toyota GR Supra
19. Wide of Toyota presentation, announcement of Kinto brand
20. Close of Kinto logo onscreen
21. Setup shot of Johan van Zyl, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe, speaking during presentation
22. Wide of screen, reading (English): "Mobility for All"
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Johan van Zyl, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe:
"These customers of the future don't just want to own vehicles, they want to use them, some people want to just lease them, don't put them on their balance sheet. So therefore, we also need to ensure that we will be able to deliver on the new mobility services to customers and that we've launched today the Kinto brand, which is (an) umbrella brand for all the mobility services we're going to launch in Europe in future."
24. Various of Toyota LQ concept car
25. Various of Toyota personal mobility technology
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Toyota debuts new Mirai hydrogen vehicle and car-sharing service
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Toyota returns to World Rally Championship with a Yaris
Akio Toyoda
Toyota is returning to rally car racing with the debut of a Yaris WRC to compete in next year's World Rally Championship (WRC) series.
The car maker is also teaming up with Microsoft to open the Toyota Research Institute.
Revving back on to the World Rally Championship (WRC) stage, this is the car Toyota is hoping will help race ahead of the competition.
The Yaris WRC will make its debut in the 2017 World Rally Championship as the Toyota Gazoo Racing team.
Akio Toyoda, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation, made the announcement at the Paris Motor Show.
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to introduce Toyota's new WRC Yaris which will debut in next year's WRC series race. It's been 17 long years since we competed in WRC. So I guess you could say we are well rested," he says.
Toyota is collaborating with software giant Microsoft , which is supporting the racing project.
Information gathered from the racing car's performance will be used to enhance other vehicle projects.
The two companies have worked together previously collecting data through the Toyota Connected company.
They will now collaborate and form the Toyota Research Institute.
"We are indeed very happy to have Microsoft on our team in a quest to make ever better cars. With 100 million Toyotas on the road today, to me the true benefit of selling all those cars is that we can study and learn from them in order to one day totally eliminate automobile accidents and fatalities. That is one of our primary goals at the newly formed Toyota Research Institute. Its mission: to reach the next frontier in mobility. Or to put it another way: to boldly go where no car has gone before," says Toyoda.
Toyota also announced that it is working to develop driverless car technology and will be concentrating on two different modes of autonomy: chauffer mode and guardian mode.
Paris, France - 29 September 2016
1. Wide of Toyota presentation with WRC (World Rally Championship) Yaris driving on stage
2. Wide of Akio Toyoda, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation walking on stage
UPSOUND: (English) Akio Toyoda, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation:
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to introduce Toyota's new WRC Yaris which will debut in next year's WRC series. It's been 17 long years since we competed in WRC. So I guess you could say we are well rested."
3. Wide of Akio Toyoda, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation on stage
"It's wonderful to be here in Europe, the centre of automotive racing with a heritage and brand I've long admired. A racing fan myself, nothing gives me greater pleasure than test driving one of the vehicles like this new Yaris built right here in France."
"Microsoft has been an investor in our data analytics company Toyota Connected, making them more than just a software supplier. We are indeed very happy to have Microsoft on our team in a quest to make ever better cars. With 100 million Toyotas on the road today, to me the true benefit of selling all those cars is that we can study and learn from them in order to one day totally eliminate automobile accidents and fatalities. That is one of our primary goals of the newly formed Toyota Research Institute. Its mission: to reach the next frontier in mobility. Or to put it another way: to boldly go where no car has gone before."
"Though not widely known, Toyota has been working on the development of autonomous cars for many years now. The team will be building on this foundation, developing two kinds of autonomy : chauffer mode and guardian mode.
6. Wide of Akio Toyoda, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation on stage with Yaris
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(TT) US CES Toyota
Toyota's vision of the AI car that is incapable of crashing
US: CES TOYOTA
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Vegas, 5th January 2016
1. Bob Carter, Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations at Toyota, on stage in front of a video presentation
2. SOUNDBITE: Bob Carter, Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations at Toyota:
"Toyota's vision of the future mobility includes two important pathways that we must travel simultaneously. One will eventually provide access to mobility for everyone, no matter what their physical limitations are, via the adoption of fully autonomous technologies, importantly including personal robotics. The other will provide a more immediate reward and as Dr. (Gill) Pratt will describe, is the goal of TRI (Toyota Research Institute) to accelerate machine learning."
3. Pull out from audience members taking photos to presentation on big screen on stage
4. SOUNDBITE: Dr. Gill Pratt, CEO, Toyota Research Institute:
"Number one: We want to enhance the safety of automobiles again with ultimate the goal, as Bob said, of creating a car that is incapable of causing a crash."
5. Audience members taking photos
"Number two: We want to increase access to cars to those who cannot otherwise drive this includes people with special needs and seniors. That's the area where we need full autonomy as opposed to driver assist, and stopping accidents from happening."
7. Presentation on car technology on big screen on stage
"A team at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is going to lead a project called 'The Car Can Explain' - a really neat title to get. So this is about teaching machines and AI (artificial technology) systems in particular to tell stories about themselves. Explanatory stories. Autonomous technology strives to be perfect, how do we actually get to that critical point where a car is incapable of causing a crash."
9. Presentation on materials science on big screen on stage
10. SOUNDBITE: Dr. Gill Pratt, CEO, Toyota Research Institute:
"Our interest at Toyota is finding new materials for a number of reasons. Materials that can increase the strength and lower the weight and the cost of cars. It includes materials that can improve the efficiency and lower the cost of fuel sales. Materials for all uses. What we aim to do at TRI in this field is to utilise computation and machine learning to accelerate scientific discovery in this area. To lower the cost and improve the performance of future mobility systems."
11. Toyota Research Institute logo on big screen
12. SOUNDBITE: Gill Pratt, CEO, Toyota Research Institute:
"And this is why Toyota and TRI are working to transform mobility from outdoors to include indoors. In fact, when we think about the love that people have for their cars, home robots may eventually become more even personally prized in the future than cars have been in the past."
13. End of presentation
Toyota says its vision for the future includes artificial intelligence and robotics.
In automobiles the company aims to create the ultimate car that cannot crash.
But beyond that it is also moving towards producing software, data and robots.
Toyota is presenting its vision of the future at CES. Bob Carter, Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations, Toyota explains:
As part of a USD $1 billion investment, the Toyota Research Institute will open for business this month. Its mandates are to create cars that are incapable of having an accident, create cars that can be driven by the elderly and disabled, research materials that will make cars lighter and more efficient and use artificial intelligence and robotics for both outdoor and indoor mobility technology.
"Number one: We want to enhance the safety of automobiles again with ultimate the goal, as Bob said, of creating a car that is incapable of causing a crash," says Dr. Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute.
"Number two: We want to increase access to cars to those who cannot otherwise drive this includes people with special needs and seniors. That's the area where we need full autonomy as opposed to driver assist, and stopping accidents from happening," he adds.
Toyota has committed $50 million over the next five years to support collaborative research into artificial intelligence and robotics at Stanford University and MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The programme has funded just under thirty projects that include research into a future vehicle programmed to react to unexpected events such as debris falling off a truck travelling in front of it. The aim is to measure cars for known and unknown risks - creating the ultimate car that cannot crash.
A further project includes teaching machines to tell stories about themselves. The ultimate aim is for an AI car to be able to explain its actions when it does something unexpected in a life or death decision.
"A team at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is going to lead a project called 'The Car Can Explain' - a really neat title to get. So this is about teaching machines and AI (artificial technology) systems in particular to tell stories about themselves. Explanatory stories. Autonomous technology strives to be perfect, how do we actually get to that critical point where a car is incapable of causing a crash," explains Dr. Pratt.
Toyota is also investing in finding new materials to improve the performance of future automobiles.
"Our interest at Toyota is finding new materials for a number of reasons. Materials that can increase the strength and lower the weight and the cost of cars. It includes materials that can improve the efficiency and lower the cost of fuel sales. Materials for all uses. What we aim to do at TRI in this field is to utilise computation and machine learning to accelerate scientific discovery in this area. To lower the cost and improve the performance of future mobility systems," says Pratt.
Pratt explains that Toyota will no longer be solely a car manufacturer, that it is moving towards software and data including the creation of robots.
"And this is why Toyota and TRI are working to transform mobility from outdoors to include indoors. In fact, when we think about the love that people have for their cars, home robots may eventually become more even personally prized in the future than cars have been in the past," says Pratt.
CES runs until 9 January.
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Toyota give auto industry a hydrogen-powered kick at CES
Toyota gave the automotive industry a hydrogen-powered kick at the International CES event in Las Vegas.
The Japanese car manufacturers announced they're set to make available thousands of hydrogen fuel cell patents royalty-free, in a bid to encourage the industry.
Toyota's new sporty-looking hydrogen-powered 'Mirai' is the backdrop for the Japanese auto makers press event at the International CES in Las Vegas.
Bob Carter, who is Senior Vice President of automotive operations at Toyota, explains the mechanics of the vehicle.
"The Toyota Mirai is a mid-sized, four-door sedan - its front wheels are driven by electric motors. The electricity that powers the motors is made on-board, on-demand, as needed by simply combining hydrogen with oxygen, producing zero emissions, other than water vapour."
In the middle of his speech - a moment of drama as the power cut.
"I got you covered," assured Carter, as he connected a wire from the Mirai to re-boot the power in the briefing room and light up a mock-up home on stage.
"This Mirai is capable of supplying enough energy to power your home essentials as well as all of your consumer electronics in an average home for up to a week, in the event of an emergency," explains Carter.
But the high-profile event wasn't about announcing a new vehicle or component, but about giving something away.
In a bid to encourage the hydrogen auto industry to flourish, Carter announced that Toyota is set to invite royalty-free use of approximately 5,680 fuel cell related patents.
That includes critical technologies developed for the new 'Mirai' - which means "the future" in Japanese.
The list includes approximately 1,970 patents related to fuel cell stacks, 290 associated with high-pressure hydrogen tanks, 3,350 related to fuel cell systems' software control and 70 patents related to hydrogen production and supply.
By releasing these patents, Toyota are hoping to encourage the industry to flourish.
"It's obvious that there can be a higher societal value in openly sharing our IP," says Carter.
"By eliminating the traditional corporate boundaries, we can speed the metabolism of everyone's research and development and move into a future of mobility, quicker, more effectively and more economically."
The Toyota executive ended his speech with a quote from former President Abraham Lincoln.
"'The best way to predict the future, is to create it'. And that's what we're doing at Toyota."
Toyota unveiled the 'Mirai' - their first ever hydrogen-powered vehicle - at a press event in Tokyo in November.
The success of the vehicle and other hydrogen cars depends on an infrastructure growing to encourage drivers to buy them.
Other Asian automakers, Honda and Hyundai, are also experimenting with limited sales and leases of fuel cell cars.
Automotive tech is set to be a big talking point at this year's International CES event in Las Vegas.
A variety of self-driving cars and integrated dashboards will demonstrate how seriously the car industry considers putting smart tech into their vehicles.
A record 10 automotive manufacturers are set to exhibit at the event including Toyota, Ford, BMW, Audi and Mercedes.
Automotive exhibits will cover over 165,000 square feet of event space, 17 percent more than last year.
The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will run 6-9 January 2015.
The annual technology event is set to showcase over 3,500 exhibitors including big tech companies like Sony, Samsung and LG.
Las Vegas, US - 5 January 2015
1. Various of hydrogen-powered Toyota 'Mirai' vehicle
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bob Carter, Senior Vice President, Toyota Motor Sales, Automotive Operations:
"'The future' is what the 'Mirai' means in Japanese, and it's arriving in October this year in the US. The Toyota Mirai is a mid-sized, four-door sedan - its front wheels are driven by electric motors. The electricity that powers the motors is made on-board, on-demand, as needed by simply combining hydrogen with oxygen, producing zero emissions, other than water vapour. Unlike other electric cars that rely on large batteries for power, this Mirai can be re-fuelled, as the doctor (Michio Kaku) said, in three to five minutes and travels up about 300 miles on a single fill-up. It will start up in the morning at minus 30 degrees Centigrade, below zero, and as many of you have already heard...(power cuts out) Wait just a moment, this happened in rehearsal - I got you covered (connects vehicle to power 'home' on stage). Now, as I was saying, as many of you already know - this Mirai is capable of supplying enough energy to power your home essentials as well as all of your consumer electronics in an average home for up to a week, in the event of an emergency."
"Traditionally, intellectual properties are fiercely guarded, because they have great monetary value. But with programmes like the CSRC (Collaborative Safety Research Centre) Steve and our patent announcements today - it's obvious that there can be a higher societal value in openly sharing our IP. By eliminating the traditional corporate boundaries, we can speed the metabolism of everyone's research and development and move into a future of mobility, quicker, more effectively and more economically. Indeed, I believe that today marks a turning point in automotive history. I'm going to close with a quote that captures the idea from President Abraham Lincoln, who said: 'The best way to predict the future, is to create it'. And that's what we're doing at Toyota."
4. Close of screen reading: "Toyota. #ToyotaMirai"
5. Wide of Carter on stage, UPSOUND: (English) "Please accept my thanks for all of you coming and I hope you enjoy CES tomorrow. Good afternoon"; applause
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Japan Toyota BMW
Toyota, BMW to work together to develop environmentally friendly vehicles
1. Wide of a joint news conference by Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW management
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Klaus Draeger, Member of BMW AG, development board of management:
"In future, the BMW group, and Toyota Motor Corporation, will work together in what is designed to be a long term technological partnership. By carrying out basic research together, we want to speed up the development of battery cell technologies."
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Takeshi Uchiyamada, Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Toyota Motor Corp:
"And we at Toyota are exploring possibilities across a full range of technologies. The battery technology that we will develop with BMW will be the core technology for both reducing and replacing petroleum fuel."
5. Pan from media to photo session
6. Close of handshake
Auto giants Toyota and BMW said on Thursday they had agreed to collaborate on research for cleaner, next-generation batteries, underlining the growing push in the industry for green technology.
The agreement brings together Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's No. 1 carmaker and a leader in petrol-electric hybrids, and BMW AG of Germany, a European maker that has a strong luxury brand image in both Japan and Europe.
"In future, the BMW group, and Toyota Motor Corporation, will work together in what is designed to be a long term technological partnership," Klaus Draeger, Member of BMW AG, development board of management said.
The two automakers will also work on improving lithium-ion battery technology, typically used in batteries for electronic gadgets and relatively new to autos.
Toyota has struggled to find a good lithium-ion battery for its green cars and is using technology from Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. in its latest plug-in hybrid, for which Toyota has recently started taking orders.
Toyota had worked with Panasonic Corp. on a battery before the electronics maker acquired Sanyo, partly to get better lithium-ion technology.
"And we at Toyota are exploring possibilities across a full range of technologies. The battery technology that we will develop with BMW will be the core technology for both reducing and replacing petroleum fuel," Toyota Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada told reporters at a Tokyo news conference.
Toyota and BMW have been engaged in extended discussions on technology and plan to collaborate on other medium-term and long-term projects, he said.
BMW will also begin supplying "clean" diesel engines to Toyota in 2014 for models for the European market.
Diesel engines for passenger cars are huge in Europe but have yet to take off in the U.S. or Japan, the two major markets where Toyota is strong.
Toyota does not have enough clean diesel engines for its European offerings.
Under their agreement, BMW is supplying 1.6 litre and 2.0 litre fuel-efficient diesel engines for Toyota.
They declined to give details on models.
The announcement was timed with the Tokyo Motor Show, which opens to the public on Saturday.
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Japan Recall 3
Toyota president and transport min presser after Prius global recall
1. Toyota President Akio Toyoda (glasses, navy tie with diagonal stripe) meeting Japanese Transport Minister Seiji Maehara
2. Media cutaway
3. Toyoda and Maehara taking seats
4. Close of Maehara pan to Toyoda
5. Media
6. Toyoda approaching media for news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation:
"People think that we were slow to respond. We feel ashamed but now I am taking a lead and ask you to wait for just a little longer."
8. Mid of media
"I am thinking of going to the US to give an explanation of myself to the involved parties."
10. Maehara walking to podium for his news conference
11. Media
12. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Seiji Maehara, Japanese Transport Minister:
"It is of course important that companies should call for a product recall with such problems, but because we must take care that it doesn''t turn into a diplomatic problem, various countries have to carefully consider their approach."
13. Wide of news conference
Toyota said it was recalling about 437-thousand Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world''s largest automaker.
"We feel ashamed but now I am taking a lead and ask you to wait for just a little longer," President Akio Toyoda said at a news conference on Tuesday in Tokyo, after a meeting with Japanese Transport Minister Seiji Maehara.
With the Prius announcement, the number of vehicles recalled globally by Toyota Motor Corporation has ballooned to 8.5 (m) million, for the brake problems, and also for faulty acceleration pedals that are slow to return to the idle position, and for floor mats which can trap acceleration pedals.
The 2010 Prius wasn''t part of the earlier recalls.
There have been about 200 complaints in Japan and the US about a delay when the brakes in the Prius were pressed in cold conditions and on some bumpy roads.
The delay doesn''t indicate a brake failure.
The company says the problem can be fixed in 40 minutes with new software that oversees the controls of the antilock brakes.
Toyota officials went to Japan''s Transport Ministry earlier on Tuesday to formally notify officials that the company was recalling the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid - the world''s top-selling hybrid car.
Toyoda, the president, has been criticised for being largely invisible during the two weeks after the company announced on January 21 the acceleration pedal recall in the US, Europe and China.
He apologised at his first public press conference last Friday, and again on Tuesday, but was criticised by the Japanese media for failing to outline concrete steps to tackle the safety crisis and to reassure customers around the world.
He said he planned to go to the US soon to talk with American Toyota workers and dealers.
Analysts said fears of an even bigger consumer backlash had prodded Toyota into recalling the Prius.
The Japanese Transport Minister Seiji Maehara criticised Toyota for reacting too slowly, and said he was meeting US Ambassador to Japan, John Roos, on Wednesday to exchange views about Toyota''s recalls and make sure US-Japan relations remained on good terms.
"We must take care that it doesn''t turn into a diplomatic problem," Seiji Maehara told reporters after his meeting with Toyoda.
"Various countries have to carefully consider their approach," he said.
The automaker is also recalling two other hybrid models in Japan, the Lexus HS250h sedan, sold in the US and Japan, and the Sai, which is sold only in Japan.
The 223-thousand cars being recalled in Japan include nearly 200-thousand Priuses sold from April last year until Monday, according to papers the automaker filed with the ministry. The Prius is Japan''s top-selling car.
In the US, Toyota will recall 133-thousand Prius cars and 14,500 Lexus HS250h vehicles.
Nearly 53-thousand Priuses are also being recalled in Europe.
Toyota is suspending production of the Sai and Lexus HS250h in Japan until the updated software for those models is ready.
If drivers experience a delayed reaction when depressing the brakes in any of these models, they should keep pressing, according to Toyota and the transport ministry.
The Prius repairs will start in Japan on Wednesday.
US owners will start receiving letters about the recall next week.
US safety officials have launched an investigation into problems with the brakes.
Toyota''s plug-in hybrid is also being recalled in Japan, Europe and the US, but in small numbers because it is a largely experimental model for rental and government use.
The Prius holds a cherished spot in Toyota''s vehicle lineup and is symbolic of its leadership in the "green" car market.
Toyota was one of the first companies to mass-market a hybrid that combines an electric motor with a petrol engine, introducing the Prius in Japan in 1997.
Its high petrol mileage made it popular among environmentally conscious drivers, especially when petrol prices spiked two years ago.
But the complexity of the Prius, a highly computerised car, has led to problems in the past.
In 2005, the company repaired 75-thousand of them to fix software glitches that caused the engine to stall.
It has also had trouble with headlights going out.
Shares in Toyota rose 2.9 percent on Tuesday to 3,375 yen, but are still down about 20 percent since Jan. 21, when it announced the acceleration pedal recall.
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(HZ) Japan Toyota Prius
Toyota unveils new plug-in hybrid Prius PHV
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Toyota has revamped its plug-in hybrid with a longer cruising range and quicker charging.
The new Prius PHV also comes with solar panels and can be charged by plugging into a regular home electricity socket.
This is Toyota's new Prius plug-in hybrid (PHV) which goes on sale in Japan today (Wednesday 15 Feb 2017).
The auto maker is hoping it will sell better than the first model from five years ago that officials acknowledged had flopped.
Sales in the U.S., where it's called Prius Prime, started late last year. It is set to launch in Europe and other countries in March.
Chairman of the Board of Directors at Toyota Motor Corporation, Takeshi Uchiyamada calls the PHV the future of eco cars.
"This is the key and core of the eco car and this is the car which should become the mainstream of the eco car from now on. What comes after the hybrid car? That will be PHV (plug in hybrid). This is Toyota's answer."
A hybrid switches between a gas engine and an electric motor that is powered by that gas engine.
A plug-in hybrid can travel further as a pure electric vehicle, which is zero-emission, but needs recharging when its battery is spent.
The cruising range of the new plug-in as an electric vehicle is 68.2 kilometres (42.4 miles), about five times the earlier model's 26.4 kilometres (16.4 miles).
Deputy Chief Engineer of Toyota Motor Corporation, Shoichi Kaneko says the Prius PHV can also be charged using solar panels on the roof.
"Finally, we converted solar energy to driving energy. We have made the option of a solar energy charging system available which will become a first for the mass production car."
Toyota says the car can drive up to 6.1 kilometres per day on solar power generated power.
The car can be fully charged in two hours and 20 minutes, from a 200-volt outlet and in 14 hours at a 100-volt outlet. At a special charging machine, it reaches an 80 percent charge in just 20 minutes.
Toyota hopes to sell 2,500 PHV cars in Japan a month. It gave no overseas targets. It sold only 22,000 of the earlier PHVs.
The lacklustre sales contrast with Toyota's leadership in hybrid vehicles; it has sold 10 million globally since the first Prius went on sale in 1997.
Nearly half of the vehicles Toyota sells in Japan are hybrid models.
Tokyo – 15 February 2017
1. Close of the new Prius PHV being unveiled
2. Wide of Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman of the Board of directors, Toyota Motor Corporation, on the stage
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman of the Board of directors, Toyota Motor Corporation:
4. Close of new Prius PHV
5. Wide of Shoichi Kaneko, Deputy Chief Engineer, Toyota Motor Corporation, on stage
6. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shoichi Kaneko, Deputy Chief Engineer, Toyota Motor Corporation:
7. Various of solar panel on the roof part of Prius PHV
8. Close of PHV sign
9. Various of plug in part on the side of the car
10. Close of Prius PHV sign
11. Various of Toyota managers and Japanese actresss who will front the TV ad for the Prius PHV
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Japan Toyota
Toyota invests in artificial intelligence in US
Toyota will invest one (b) billion US dollars in a research company to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker's determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other areas of daily life.
Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, said in Tokyo on Friday that the company would start operating from January 2016, with 200 employees at a Silicon Valley facility near Stanford University in the United States.
A second facility will be established near Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, also in the US.
The investment, which will be spread over five years, comes on top of the 50 (m) million US dollars Toyota announced earlier for artificial intelligence research at Stanford and MIT.
High-profile robotics expert, Gill Pratt, will head the new organisation which will be called Toyota Research Institute Inc.
Pratt was formerly a programme manager at the US military's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency.
He joined Toyota as a technical adviser when it set up its artificial intelligence research effort at Stanford and MIT.
Pratt said the company's goals were to support older people in their homes with robotics, make cars free of accidents and use artificial intelligence to allow all people to drive, regardless of ability.
Tokyo - 6 November 2015
1. President of Toyota Motor Corporation, Akio Toyoda, and Executive Technical Advisor, Gill Pratt, walking towards podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President:
"I believe artificial intelligence technology has the potential to change our future lives and society dramatically. I am working with this technology focused on cars at the moment, but in the future I believe it will become the core of various industries. I believe it has big potential to go further than cars and to create a new industry."
3. Cutaway of journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gill Pratt, Toyota Executive Technical Advisor:
"Because the problem (referring to rapid aging of population) is more difficult here, I believe that companies in Japan understand this problem very significantly and very well. And so I think that to address this problem, as well as other problems in society - of course, Japan is a wonderful society where there is tremendous bonding between people, the idea we are all responsible for each other and for social good - I thought working with Toyota is actually the best choice."
5. Various of Toyoda and Pratt shaking hands
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Taiwan Toyota
Toyota Priuses to be recalled in Taiwan, dealership, Toyota cars
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Daniel Chang, President of Toyota Taiwan:
"Japan Toyota has announced that they will recall Prius cars today, and here we plan to put all our efforts to accomplish repairs within three days."
4. Mid of reporters
6. Pan of Toyota Prius at repair garage
7. Close of Prius engine
8. Close of logo on engine reading (English) "Hybrid Synergy Drive"
9. Various of technician upgrading software on Prius''s break system
10. Close of computer screen showing data on ABS system
The President of Toyota Taiwan said on Tuesday the company there will try to make repairs to fix brake problems within three days, following the corporation''s announcement it is recalling about 437-thousand Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide.
Following the announcement, Toyota''s Taiwan office said it will recall all 629 Prius cars on the island.
The recall is the latest blow to the automaker, which is in the midst of recalling more than 7 (m) million vehicles worldwide because of problems with floor mats, which can trap gas pedals, and faulty gas pedals that are slow to return to the idle position.
The 2010 Prius wasn''t part of those recalls.
"We plan to put all our efforts to accomplish repairs within three days," Daniel Chang, President of Toyota in Taiwan said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Toyota officials went to Japan''s Transport Ministry earlier on Tuesday to formally notify officials the company is recalling the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid - the world''s top-selling hybrid car.
The 223-thousand cars being recalled in Japan include nearly 200-thousand Priuses sold from April last year through Monday, according to papers the automaker filed with the ministry.
The Prius is Japan''s top-selling car.
The problem is suspected in four crashes resulting in two minor injuries, according to data gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is investigating the matter.
Toyota says it''s cooperating with NHTSA''s investigation.
Problems with hybrid braking systems haven''t been limited to Toyota.
Ford Motor Co. said last week it plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a software problem that can give drivers the impression that the brakes have failed.
The automaker says the problem occurs in transition between two braking systems and at no time are drivers without brakes.
Toyota''s plug-in hybrid is also being recalled in Japan, a largely experimental model for rental and government use, with 159 sold.
The Prius holds a cherished spot in Toyota''s vehicle line-up and is symbolic of its leadership in the "green" car market.
Toyota was one of the first companies to mass-market a hybrid that combines an electric motor with a gas engine, introducing the Prius in Japan in 1997.
Its high gas mileage made it popular among environmentally conscious drivers, especially when gas prices spiked two years ago.
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WRAP Toyota recalls 437,000 Prius, hybrids globally, presser, analyst
1. Toyota President Akio Toyoda walking to news conference and taking seat
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Akio Toyoda, Toyota President:
"Earlier today we submitted the recall notifications in regard to four models; the Prius, the Prius plug-in hybrid, the Sai and the HS250h. The notifications are in regard to the braking system employed on those models. Let me assure everyone that we will redouble our commitment to quality as a lifeline of our company. With myself taking the lead and by keeping to the (INAUDIBLE) of principle. All of us at Toyota will tackle the issue in close cooperation with our dealers and with our suppliers, together we will do everything in our power to regain the confidence of our customers. I welcome your questions regarding this issue and other recent quality related concern, thank you very much."
4. Wide of attendants
5. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Akio Toyoda, Toyota President:
"I''m not saying that Toyota never makes mistakes. I do not think we are infallible. However, when we do make omissions or mistakes, we always make repairs, correct matters and replace the faulty parts, as we have done in the past and will continue to do with confidence in the future."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Greimel, From Automotive News Asia:
"Well, I think there is going to be of course a kind of an image blow here, this is that the Prius is largely responsible for Toyota''s reputation as a green environmentally friendly car company. So to see that the Prius be lumped into this expanding global recall crisis is going to be a blow to Toyota''s image."
8. Various of Prius vehicles on display in Toyota''s Tokyo showroom
9. Interior of car, pan down to foot pedals
10. Close of Prius foot pedals
11. Wide of Lexus showroom in Tokyo
12. Close of Lexus lettering
13. Various of Lexus HS250h on display in showroom
Toyota President Akio Toyoda said on Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo that the company decided to recall four models.
"Let me assure everyone that we will redouble our commitment to quality as a lifeline of our company," Toyoda said.
Toyota officials went to Japan''s Transport Ministry earlier on Tuesday to formally notify officials the company was recalling the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid - the world''s top-selling hybrid car, and two other hybrid models in Japan, the Lexus HS250h sedan, sold in the US and Japan, and the Sai, which is sold only in Japan.
The recall was the latest blow to Toyota Motor Corp., which is in the midst of recalling more than 7 (m) million vehicles worldwide because of problems with floor mats, which can trap gas pedals, and faulty gas pedals that are slow to return to the idle position.
The Prius wasn''t part of those recalls.
The company said the problem can be fixed by reprogramming the software that controls the braking system.
The Prius is also being recalled in Europe.
Toyoda has been criticised for being largely invisible during the two weeks after the company announced on January 21 the gas pedal recall in the US, Europe and China.
He apologised at his first public news conference last Friday, but was criticised by the Japanese media for failing to outline concrete steps to tackle the safety crisis and reassure customers around the world.
In contrast to his halting English in response to questions from foreign reporters at last week''s news conference, Toyoda seemed much better prepared on Tuesday, reading from an English statement after doing so in Japanese.
"We will do everything in our power to regain the confidence of our customers," he said.
But the complexity of the Prius, a highly computerised car, has led to problems in the past. In 2005, the company repaired 75-thousand of them to fix software glitches that caused the engine to stall.
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(TT) Japan Hybrid Car
Toyota develops plug-in hybrid car for public road tests
JAPAN HYBRID CAR
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION NEWS
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Tokyo - July 25, 2007
1. Toyota "Plug-In Hybrid" car driving away
2. Close up of power plug -in
3. Wide pan shot of a man charging electric charger into the feeder
4. Pan shot of the side of car from the sign saying "plug-in hybrid" to the electric charging point
5. Tilt up of the car
6. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoshikazu Tanaka, Chief Engineer, Toyota Motor Corporation
"Electric vehicles have some obstacles such as the initial cost, not very convenient charging spots available and the long time to charge the car in order to for them to be realistic at the moment. But, with this (Toyota's plug-in hybrid) technology, it will become easier to have eco vehicle. The users themselves can contribute to protecting the environment by charging their cars by themselves. Users themselves take part in using clean energy. We think this will become a trigger to change the current way we power cars "
7. Pan from ground to car driving through
8. Prius driving through
9. Pan shot from traffic of the conventional cars to gas station
10. Close up of metre
11. Mid shot of fuelling
12. Back shot of sign saying Plug In Hybrid to Prius driving forward
LEAD IN :
Toyota Motor Corp have unveiled a new plug-in hybrid vehicle.
Plug-in hybrids, including Toyota's, generally have batteries that power an electric motor, with an internal combustion engine for use when the batteries run low.
The batteries can be recharged by plugging them into a standard wall outlet.
The plug-ins run longer on electricity, especially for shorter distances, than the more common hybrids on the roads such as Toyota's Prius.
The Toyota Plug-in HV is a hybrid car that you can power up at home.
The latest eco-car unveiled by Toyota runs on the same nickel metal hydride battery as the Toyota Prius and has a cruising range of 8 miles (13 kilometres) on electricity, which is further than similar cars on the market like the Prius.
Toyota is the first manufacturer to receive government approval to conduct tests for a plug-in hybrid on Japanese public roads.
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Chief Engineer at Toyota says this car may change the way people fuel their vehicles.
So far mass production of plug-ins is so far being held back by costs and battery technology that limit the vehicles' range.
Manufacturers are racing to bring the technology to market as consumers seek alternatives to traditional engines and high petrol prices.
Although most automakers are working on hybrids, Toyota has the advantage of 10 years of experience in selling the technology, and 10 years of feedback from drivers on which to base improvements, rather than relying on information from labs.
Toyota has placed a large emphasis on hybrid technology:
It offers several hybrid models besides the Prius, including the hybrid Camry and hybrid Lexus models.
It has set a target of selling a million hybrids a year sometime after 2010.
The more common hybrids such as the Prius switch between an electric motor and petrol engine to deliver better mileage.
They don't need to be plugged in to recharge because they recharge the motor as they run, converting energy from the wheels and braking.
Toyota said in June 2007 that its cumulative sales of hybrids passed 1 million vehicles since it began selling the Prius a decade ago.
Details of its plug-in hybrid tests for the U.S. and Europe are still undecided.
General Motors is developing the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, and says it hopes its plug-ins can reach showrooms
by 2010.
Earlier this month, Ford announced a partnership with Southern California Edison to test rechargeable hybrid vehicles and hasten mass production of plug-in hybrids.
Ford has been testing plug-in hybrids based on the Escape sport-utility vehicle, for one, but has not said when it plans to start mass producing them.
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HZ Japan Toyota
Amid global electric-car buzz, Toyota banks on hydrogen
Toyota is banking on hydrogen fuel cells to achieve its goal of zero-emissions by 2050.
While electric vehicles that run on batteries are best suited for short urban commutes, Toyota believes hydrogen is the more practical energy choice of the future.
At the Motomachi car factory in this city named after Toyota, the usual robots with their swinging arms are missing.
Instead, workers intently fit parts into place by hand with craftsmanship-like care.
The big moment on the assembly line comes when bulbous yellow tanks of hydrogen are rolled over and delicately fitted into each car's underside.
While much of the world is going gung-ho for electric vehicles to help get rid of auto emissions and end reliance on fossil fuels, Japan's top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. is banking on hydrogen.
Toyota sells about 10 million vehicles a year around the world. It has sold only about 4,000 Mirai fuel cell vehicles since late 2014, roughly half of them outside Japan.
The Mirai, which means "future," is not cheap at 57,500 US dollars but Toyota loses money on each one. Still, the company's goal is to sell 30,000 fuel-cell vehicles a year by about 2020.
Toyota's chairman, Takeshi Uchiyamada, believes hydrogen is an ideal, stable fuel for a future low-carbon society.
"Upon thinking of what will become the energy of the future, we have been debating both within Japan and internationally about what kind of energy should be our option. There are two main points we need to consider. First, how to realize a low-carbon society to create a society with less CO2 emissions. The second point is to ensure a stable energy supply for the future. In this light, hydrogen holds tremendous potential," says Uchiyamada, known as "the father of the Prius," the world's top-selling hybrid car.
The Prius turned out to be a good bet for Toyota. The Mirai could be the same.
Hydrogen fuel cells don't suffer from limited range drawbacks of many electric vehicles. The Mirai can run for 312 miles (502 kilometers) per fuelling, under U.S. EPA conditions, and fuels as quickly as a regular car.
"It (Hydrogen FCV) certainly has more convenience for users (in comparison to electric vehicles), meaning driving range is much longer and there is not much of difference in time to fill in hydrogen with the conventional gasoline cars. I think that is one of the major features (for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles)," says Uchiyamada.
Producing the highly flammable gas and getting it into the vehicles requires energy. Ultimately, the idea is to convert energy from renewables like wind and solar power into hydrogen, or even make hydrogen from sewage waste.
Unlike a gas-powered internal combustion engine, the only byproducts from a fuel cell are electricity, heat and water. There are no emissions of pollutants that can cause global warming. Yet the energy unleashed is powerful: Hydrogen is the fuel that sends NASA rockets into space.
So fuel cells could be used to power cars, trains, buses, trucks and forklifts, and to provide electricity and heat for homes.
Detroit-based General Motors Co., Mercedes-Benz of Germany, Japan's Honda Motor Co. and Hyundai of South Korea have also developed fuel cell vehicles that are on the roads in extremely limited numbers.
The global stock of electric vehicles will soon surpass 2 million, according to the International Energy Agency. It's projected to climb to between 9 million-20 million by 2020. Fuel cell vehicles are scarcely a presence.
The Hydrogen Council, made up of 28 companies that are promoting hydrogen fuel, said in a report this week that it expects hydrogen to power about 10 to 15 million cars and 500,000 trucks by 2030. It also forecasts it will be widely used for industries, heating and power and power storage.
The group met this week in Bonn, on the sidelines of the COP23 U.N. meeting on the environment.
Joseph Capparella, a reporter from Car and Driver magazine covered Toyota's concept fuel cell vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show last month.
He says the concept seems "possible" if the costs are reduced and the technology can be mass produced.
"So, you know, it seems to be possible if it could be streamlined into a more affordable and mass producible technology then, it might be able to catch on but it's hard to say because our society is so deeply entrenched in, what we already know, which is gasoline and electric. So, to enact such a broad shift in the mind of consumers, I think it's a difficult obstacle," says Capparella.
Toyota and other manufacturers pursuing hydrogen fuel cells face some significant hurdles. Japan has an ample 28,000 EV (electric vehicle) charging stations but only 92 hydrogen fuelling stations, and they are costly to build.
"Hydrogen society is something all the players need to work together in order to create it. So, it will need lots of fathers and mothers," says Uchiyamada.
For many automakers, fuel cells are an area just for research, while EVs already are commercialised.
But Toyota's push towards hydrogen power could drive the technology to one day become mainstream.
Toyota city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan – 30 October 2017
1. Wide of hydrogen tank being placed into Mirai vehicle on assembly line
2. Close of workers fixing the tank
Tokyo, Japan – 18 November 2014
3. Various of the first model of Mirai on test run
4. Various of the display of how hydrogen works inside Mirai
5. Wide of Takeshi Uchiyamada looking at manufacturing process of Mirai
6. Close of the shirt of a worker, reading: (English) "Challenge Zero Emission 2050"
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corp.:
"Upon thinking of what will become the energy of the future, we have been debating both within Japan and internationally about what kind of energy should be our option. There are two main points we need to consider. First, how to realize a low-carbon society to create a society with less CO2 emissions. The second point is to ensure a stable energy supply for the future. In this light, hydrogen holds tremendous potential."
8. Wide of hydrogen tank being towed inside the plant
9. Mid of hydrogen tank being filled
10. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corp.: ++audio as incoming++
"It (Hydrogen FCV) certainly has more convenience for users (in comparison to electric vehicles), meaning driving range is much longer and there is not much of difference in time to fill in hydrogen with the conventional gasoline cars. I think that is one of the major features (for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles)."
Tokyo, Japan – 25 October 2017
11. Setup shot of Joseph Capparella, Car and Driver magazine
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Capparella, Car and Driver magazine:
"I think it will depend a lot on if automakers are able to get the cost down because right now the technology is very expensive and difficult to develop. But, I think it's in its early stages. So, you know, it seems to be possible if it could be streamlined into a more affordable and mass producible technology then, it might be able to catch on but it's hard to say because our society is so deeply entrenched in, what we already know, which is gasoline and electric. So, to enact such a broad shift in the mind of consumers, I think it's a difficult obstacle."
13. Assembly line worker
14. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Takeshi Uchiyamada, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corp.
"Hydrogen society is something all the players need to work together in order to create it. So, it will need lots of fathers and mothers."
15. Various of Mirai being filled up at Hydrogen station
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<?php

namespace kartik\builder;

use Yii;
use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
use yii\base\Model;
use yii\data\BaseDataProvider;
use yii\helpers\Html;
use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;
use yii\i18n\Formatter;
use kartik\form\ActiveForm;
use kartik\grid\GridView;
use \Closure;

/**
 * A tabular form builder widget using kartik\form\ActiveForm.
 *
 * Usage:
 * ```
 *   use kartik\form\ActiveForm;
 *   use kartik\builder\TabularForm;
 *   $form = ActiveForm::begin($options); // $options is array for your form config
 *   echo TabularForm::widget([
 *       'model' => $model, // your model
 *       'form' => $form,
 *       'gridSettings' => [
 *           'toolbar' => \yii\helpers\Html::submitButton('Submit')
 *       ],
 *       'attributes' => [
 *           'id' => ['type' => TabularForm::INPUT_STATIC],
 *           'name' => ['type' => TabularForm::INPUT_TEXT],
 *           'description' => ['type' => TabularForm::INPUT_TEXT],
 *           'status' => ['type' => TabularForm::INPUT_CHECKBOX, 'enclosedByLabel' => true],
 *       ]
 *   ]);
 *   ActiveForm::end();
 * ```
 *
 * Most of each property in the attribute settings array (except `label` & `columnOptions`) can be
 * also setup as a Closure callback i.e. `function ($model, $key, $index, $widget)`. For example:
 * ```
 * echo TabularForm::widget([
 *       'model' => $model, // your model
 *       'form' => $form,
 *       'attributes' => [
 *           'id' => [
 *              'type' => function($model, $key, $index, $widget) {
 *                  return (!$model->active) ? TabularForm::INPUT_HIDDEN : TabularForm::INPUT_STATIC]
 *              }
 *           ],
 *       ]
 * ]);
 * ```
 *
 * @author Kartik Visweswaran <kartikv2@gmail.com>
 * @since  1.0
 */
class TabularForm extends BaseForm
{
    /**
     * @var \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider the data provider for the tabular form. This property is required.
     * It must return an instance of ActiveDataProvider and return a list of models.
     */
    public $dataProvider;

    /**
     * @var boolean highlight current row if checkbox is checked
     */
    public $rowHighlight = true;

    /**
     * @var string the separator for the composite keys available as an array
     */
    public $compositeKeySeparator = '_';

    /**
     * @var string the class when a row is selected
     */
    public $rowSelectedClass = GridView::TYPE_DANGER;

    /**
     * @var string the namespaced GridView class name. Defaults to '\kartik\grid\GridView'. Any other class set here
     * must extend from '\kartik\grid\GridView'.
     */
    public $gridClass;

    /**
     * @var array the settings for `\kartik\widgets\GridView` widget which will display the tabular form content.
     */
    public $gridSettings = [];

    /**
     * @var array|boolean the settings for the serial column.
     * If set to false will not be displayed.
     */
    public $serialColumn = [];

    /**
     * @var array|boolean the settings for the checkbox column.
     * If set to false will not be displayed.
     */
    public $checkboxColumn = [];

    /**
     * @var array the settings for the action column.
     * If set to false will not be displayed.
     */
    public $actionColumn = [
        'updateOptions' => ['style' => 'display:none'],
        'width' => '60px'
    ];

    /**
     * @var array the grid columns
     */
    protected $_columns = [];

    /**
     * Initializes the widget
     *
     * @throws \yii\base\InvalidConfigException
     */
    public function init()
    {
        parent::init();
        $dp = static::slash(BaseDataProvider::className());
        if (empty($this->dataProvider) || !$this->dataProvider instanceof BaseDataProvider) {
            throw new InvalidConfigException("The 'dataProvider' property must be set and must be an instance of '{$dp}'.");
        }
        $kvGrid = static::slash(GridView::classname());
        if (empty($this->gridClass)) {
            $this->gridClass = $kvGrid;
        } elseif ($this->gridClass !== $kvGrid && !is_subclass_of($this->gridClass, $kvGrid)) {
            throw new InvalidConfigException("The 'gridClass' must be a class which extends from '{$kvGrid}'.");
        }
        $this->initOptions();
        $this->registerAssets();
    }

    /**
     * Prepends with a back slash if necessary for full namespace validation.
     *
     * @param string $str the input string
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected static function slash($str = '')
    {
        if (empty($str) || substr($str, 1) == "\\") {
            return $str;
        }
        return "\\" . $str;
    }

    /**
     * Runs the widget
     *
     * @return string|void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        echo $this->renderGrid();
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the widget options
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function initOptions()
    {
        $this->initDataColumns();
        if (!empty($this->form)) {
            $this->form->type = ActiveForm::TYPE_VERTICAL;
        }
        $this->initColumn('serial');
        $this->initColumn('action');
        $this->initColumn('checkbox');
    }

    /**
     * Initializes special columns
     *
     * @param string $type the grid column type (one of 'serial', 'action', 'checkbox')
     */
    protected function initColumn($type)
    {
        $col = $type . 'Column';
        if ($this->$col === false) {
            return;
        }
        $func = 'init' . ucfirst($type) . 'Column';
        $this->$func();
        if ($type === 'serial') {
            $this->_columns = ArrayHelper::merge([$this->$col], $this->_columns);
        } else {
            $this->_columns = ArrayHelper::merge($this->_columns, [$this->$col]);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Checks if a grid column is set correctly
     *
     * @param string $type the grid column type (one of 'serial', 'action', 'checkbox')
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function isColumnSet($type)
    {
        $target = "\\kartik\\grid\\" . ucfirst($type) . "Column";
        $param = $type . 'Column';
        $col = $this->$param;
        if (empty($col)) {
            $col = [];
        }
        $class = ArrayHelper::getValue($col, 'class', '');
        $out = !empty($class) && is_subclass_of($class, $target);
        if (!$out) {
            $col['class'] = $target;
            $this->$param = $col;
        }
        return $out;
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the serial column
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function initSerialColumn()
    {
        $this->isColumnSet('serial');
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the checkbox column
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function initCheckboxColumn()
    {
        if (!$this->isColumnSet('checkbox')) {
            $this->checkboxColumn['rowHighlight'] = $this->rowHighlight;
            $this->checkboxColumn['rowSelectedClass'] = $this->rowSelectedClass;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the action column
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function initActionColumn()
    {
        $this->isColumnSet('action');
    }

    /**
     * Generates the static input
     *
     * @param string    $type the static input type
     * @param Model     $model
     * @param int       $index the zero based index of the item in dataProvider
     * @param array     $settings the attribute settings
     * @param string    $attribute the attribute
     * @param Formatter $formatter the formatter instance
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getStaticInput($type, $model, $index, $settings, $attribute, $formatter)
    {
        $format = ArrayHelper::getValue($settings, 'format', 'raw');
        if ($type === self::INPUT_HIDDEN_STATIC) {
            $options = ArrayHelper::getValue($settings, 'hiddenStaticOptions', []);
        } else {
            $options = ArrayHelper::getValue($settings, 'options', []);
        }
        $val = null;
        if (isset($settings['staticValue'])) {
            $val = $settings['staticValue'];
        } else {
            if (isset($settings['value'])) {
                $val = $settings['value'];
            } elseif ($model instanceof Model) {
                $val = Html::getAttributeValue($model, $attribute);
            } elseif (($models = $this->dataProvider->getModels()) && !empty($models[$index][$attribute])) {
                $val = $models[$index][$attribute];
            }
        }
        $val = $formatter->format($val, $format);
        Html::addCssClass($options, 'form-control-static');
        return Html::tag('div', $val, $options);
    }

    /**
     * Checks if setting is of valid type and throws exception if not.
     *
     * @param string $attr the attribute to check
     * @param array  $settings the attribute settings
     * @param string $key the model key
     * @param string $type the attribute input type
     *
     * @throws InvalidConfigException
     */
    protected static function checkValidSetting($attr, $settings, $key, $type)
    {
        if (!isset($settings[$key])) {
            return;
        }
        $validateFunc = "is_{$type}";
        if (!$validateFunc($settings[$key])) {
            throw new InvalidConfigException(
                "You must set the 'settings[\"{$key}\"]' property for  '{$attr}' attribute as a valid {$type} ".
                "(no Closure method is supported)."
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Generates a callable grid cell value
     *
     * @param string $attribute
     * @param mixed  $settings
     *
     * @return callable
     */
    protected function getCellValue($attribute, $settings)
    {
        $formatter = ArrayHelper::getValue($this->gridSettings, 'formatter', Yii::$app->formatter);
        return function ($model, $key, $index, $widget) use ($attribute, $settings, $formatter) {
            $staticInput = '';
            foreach ($settings as $k => $v) {
                if ($v instanceof Closure) {
                    $settings[$k] = call_user_func($v, $model, $key, $index, $widget);
                }
            }
            $type = ArrayHelper::getValue($settings, 'type', self::INPUT_RAW);
            if ($type === self::INPUT_STATIC || $this->staticOnly || $type === self::INPUT_HIDDEN_STATIC) {
                $staticInput = $this->getStaticInput($type, $model, $index, $settings, $attribute, $formatter);
                if ($type !== self::INPUT_HIDDEN_STATIC) {
                    return $staticInput;
                }
            }
            $i = empty($key) ? $index : (is_array($key) ? implode($this->compositeKeySeparator, $key) : $key);
            $options = ArrayHelper::getValue($settings, 'options', []);
            if ($model instanceof Model) {
                if ($type === self::INPUT_HIDDEN_STATIC) {
                    return $staticInput . Html::activeHiddenInput($model, "[{$i}]{$attribute}", $options);
                }
                return static::renderActiveInput($this->form, $model, "[{$i}]{$attribute}", $settings);

            } else {
                $models = $this->dataProvider->getModels();
                $settings['value'] = empty($models[$index][$attribute]) ? null : $models[$index][$attribute];
                if ($type === self::INPUT_HIDDEN_STATIC) {
                    return $staticInput .
                    Html::hiddenInput("{$this->formName}[{$i}][{$attribute}]", $settings['value'], $options);
                }
                return static::renderInput("{$this->formName}[{$i}][{$attribute}]", $settings);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the data columns
     *
     * @throws \yii\base\InvalidConfigException
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function initDataColumns()
    {
        foreach ($this->attributes as $attribute => $settings) {
            static::checkValidSetting($attribute, $settings, 'label', 'string');
            static::checkValidSetting($attribute, $settings, 'columnOptions', 'array');
            $settings = array_replace_recursive($this->attributeDefaults, $settings);
            $label = isset($settings['label']) ? ['label' => $settings['label']] : [];
            $settings['label'] = false;
            $columnOptions = ArrayHelper::getValue($settings, 'columnOptions', []);
            if (!$this->staticOnly && isset($settings['type']) && $settings['type'] === self::INPUT_RAW) {
                $value = $settings['value'];
            } else {
                $value = $this->getCellValue($attribute, $settings);
            }
            // auto alignment for certain input types - if the `type` is setup as a Closure, then the
            // following condition will not work, and one would need to set the alignment manually.
            $alignMiddle = isset($settings['type']) && ($settings['type'] == self::INPUT_RAW ||
                    $settings['type'] == self::INPUT_STATIC || $settings['type'] == self::INPUT_CHECKBOX ||
                    $settings['type'] == self::INPUT_RADIO);
            $this->_columns[] = ArrayHelper::merge(
                ['vAlign' => $alignMiddle ? GridView::ALIGN_MIDDLE : GridView::ALIGN_TOP],
                $columnOptions,
                $label,
                ['attribute' => $attribute, 'value' => $value, 'format' => 'raw']
            );
        }
    }

    /**
     * Render the grid content
     *
     * @return string the rendered gridview
     */
    protected function renderGrid()
    {
        $rowOptions = [];
        $gridClass = $this->gridClass;
        if (isset($this->gridSettings['rowOptions'])) {
            $rowOptions = $this->gridSettings['rowOptions'];
        }
        if (is_array($rowOptions)) {
            Html::addCssClass($rowOptions, 'kv-tabform-row');
        }
        $this->options['id'] = ArrayHelper::getValue($this->gridSettings, 'id', $this->getId());
        $settings = [
            'id' => $this->options['id'],
            'dataProvider' => $this->dataProvider,
            'filterModel' => null,
            'dataColumnClass' => 'kartik\grid\DataColumn',
            'columns' => $this->_columns,
            'export' => false,
            'toggleData' => false,
            'rowOptions' => $rowOptions
        ];
        $settings = ArrayHelper::merge(
            ['striped' => false, 'bordered' => false, 'hover' => true],
            $this->gridSettings,
            $settings
        );
        /** @var GridView $gridClass */
        return $gridClass::widget($settings);
    }

    /**
     * Registers widget assets
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerAssets()
    {
        $view = $this->getView();
        TabularFormAsset::register($view);
    }
}

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Q: handlebars - using #if helpers with two conditions In my js file, I pass a JSON object with two keys - {'tests': tests, 'isComplete': isComplete}
In my handlebars file, I want to display the tests object based on each test status. At the same time, there's another condition for which I added a helper named 'isRequired' that I want to check the test against only if isComplete is not true.
{{#if isComplete}}
{{#each tests}}
    {{#isRequired this}}
        // display data
    {{/isRequired}}
{{/each}}
{{else}}
{{#each tests}}
    // display data
{{/each}}{{/if}}

This code has the duplicate code to display data. I'm still learning handlebars and not sure how to eliminate this redundant code block. Can you help me how I can refactor this? Thank you!

A: I would probably solve this by adding an isComplete parameter to your isRequired helper. You have not provided the code for your helper, but I imagine it would end up looking something like this:
Handlebars.registerHelper('isRequired', function (context, isComplete, options) {
    if (!isComplete) { return options.fn(context); }
    /* rest of isRequired implementation here */
});

Your template would then be updated as follows:
{{#each tests}}
    {{#isRequired this ../isComplete}}
        // display data
    {{/isRequired}}
{{/each}}

Note that this implementation applies the isRequired logic only if isComplete is true. This is the same rules as exist in your template code sample. However, these rules appear to contradict the text of your question, which specifies that isRequired should be applied "only if isComplete is not true". If these are the requirements we must meet, we need only remove the not operator from our new guard clause:
 if (isComplete) { return options.fn(context); }

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