Toyota has covered long distances in its hydrogen fuel cell vehicles before, going from Osaka to Tokyo (347 miles) in a Highlander FCHV in 2007 and also going 2,300 miles (with refueling) from Fiarbanks, Alaska to Vancouver that same year. Now, the improved version of the Highlander FCHV, called the FCHV-adv (hey, it's advanced) was able to cover 431 miles on one 6 kilogram tank on California roads. Well, no. What Toyota is actually announcing is that their field tests have resulted in "an estimated range of 431 miles on a single full tank of compressed hydrogen gas," which is about equal to an average fuel economy of 68.3 miles/kg (approximate mpg equivalent). Toyota representatives and others drove two FCHV-advs from Torrance to San Diego and back, a 331.5 mile trip, and then calculated how much H2 was left in the 10,000 psi tank.Toyota's Irv Miller said in a statement that Toyota's hydrogen technology is progressing quickly and that TMS plans "to bring to market a reliable and durable fuel cell vehicle with exceptional fuel economy and zero emissions, at an affordable price" in 2015. We've heard recently that this vehicle will not just be affordable, but priced "shockingly low."
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