According to Toyota on the 'internal combustion engine 2040 death,' the bold judgment, if the count, this time is only a short period of 23 years, they are so 'bold' What is the reason? As a traditional car giant, Toyota has done their own Prepare for revolutionary changes in automotive energy?
As a result of Toyota's Tokyo show at the Tokyo show a series of 'unprecedented' change measures have aroused great concern in the Tokyo Motor Show after the media day, for environmental and other technical issues of concern, Toyota arranged a special media communication, Toyota's environmental technology head directly to the media to answer the various questions of the global journalists.These simple engineers in the interview site attitude sincere, question and answer, and even answered Toyota's 'hydrogen cost', and the future of Toyota Whether it will be in the Middle East and other regions to promote hydrogen fuel and other enterprises involved in the development of the 'core secrets' issue.
Site interview
Reporter: Do you think the internal combustion opportunities will disappear?
principal: We have to let carbon dioxide emissions by 20% before 2050. In fact, we believe that in 2040, the gasoline engine will be completely disappear.However, hybrid-based cars, there will be a certain degree of survival.
Reporter: Toyota introduced a lot of ways to hydrogen production, then, now the cost of hydrogen production in Toyota is how much to fill a car required hydrogen, how much money?
principal: I am not sure about the detailed cost of hydrogen production, which requires the manufacturer of hydrogen to give an accurate answer to the manufacturer. The cost of hydrogenation is about 1000 to 1500 yen per kilogram. Considering that it is filled, the vehicle The distance is concerned, the price is not particularly high.For specific exact costs, I can not tell you exactly now.
Reporter: Does Toyota have a Mirai sales target? Is the actual sales of the car now in line with your goal?
principal: Now Mirai annual production of 3,000, mainly sold to Japan, the United States, Europe, and now about the cumulative sales of about 4300. The second generation of fuel cell vehicles (FCV) hydrogen storage tank is being designed and manufactured, for the second generation FCV sales, we are now trying to consider the cost reduction problem.We hope that this vehicle will be able to increase the sales figures to about 10 times now.Our fuel cell vehicles (FCV) bus will be before the 2010 Olympic Games production of 100 About the car.
In addition, our FCV technology is also very suitable for trucks. Now, in the United States, California, a large FCV truck is in the empirical stage, we are trying to achieve real use in our FCV car in California.
Reporter: This use of hydrogen cars will be introduced to Saudi Arabia and other Middle East?
principal: Now Saudi Arabia is in the empirical stage.For the use of hydrogen fuel cars, the environment in Saudi Arabia is indeed more serious, we are trying to overcome the various problems, hope in the Middle East, but also let our hydrogen fuel vehicles run Of course, the Middle East is a very well developed area of oil resources, but we hope to overcome a variety of problems in the future to achieve our goal.
Reporter notes
With the continuous development of new energy technologies, the increasingly stringent environmental regulations, the question of how far the future of the internal combustion engine has become a topic of great concern to the industry, and every time it will be the focus of the industry. At the same time, the car power system is about to come this revolution is the challenge that auto companies must face.If the last time in the global 'oil crisis', with fuel economy and economic advantages, Toyota successfully completed the 'anti -' become The industry leader, then this time, has been standing at the pinnacle of Toyota why can so 'radical' in this great change, they can continue to have the brilliant?
In fact, the 'auto industry is at an unprecedented pace into the transformation period', which is Toyota's future judgments for the future of the automotive industry. On the eve of the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota officially launched the 'Start Your Impossible' as the core business 'Challenge' strategy, and share the development direction within the Toyota company around the world, while also presenting the idea to the community and its customers. In this context, people want to build a 'everyone can Challenge the potential of their own society 'to provide support, so as to promote people's lives and the whole society to enhance and improve - has become Toyota's own' dreams and challenges'.
Perhaps this is the Toyota will be the original auto industry in a variety of 'impossible' into the 'possible' courage and power lies.Although the outcome has not yet announced, the competition is still ongoing, but in this Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota It is equally impressive to show this challenge to self, to reform the courage of self.