Toyota FCV heads to final stage of Japanese Rally Championship as 'zero car'

A Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) will be put through its paces in the final installment of this year's Japanese Rally Championship - the 285km Shinshiro Rally, held in Aichi Prefecture on 1^st and 2^nd November. Before the race starts, the FCV, specially tuned and outfitted for rally racing, will check the safety of the roads as a zero car - while emitting zero CO₂ or harmful substances.

Toyota's FCV sedan, a next generation environment-friendly vehicle powered by hydrogen, will be launched in Japan before April 2015 and in summer 2015 in the U.S.A and Europe.

Toyota has been developing fuel cell vehicles for more than 20 years. The company's commitment to environment-friendly vehicles is based on three basic principles - embracing diverse energy sources; developing efficient, low-emission vehicles; and driving real and positive environmental change by popularising these vehicles.