Toyota Reveals World-First Flexible Fuel Hybrid Prototype in Brazil
March 19 2018 - 8:56PM
JCN Newswire (English)
A prototype of the world's first hybrid flexible-fuel vehicle
(Hybrid FFV), debuted in an event Toyota held today in Sao Paulo,
Brazil. Stakeholders including the state government, universities,
and the sugarcane association (the Sugarcane Industry Union: UNICA)
attended the event. The prototype is the combination of a
flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) that can be powered by both gasoline
and alternative fuels such as ethanol, and Toyota's famous hybrid
system which combines a combustion engine and an electrical
powertrain.
Hybrid FFV is a new powertrain system that Toyota is developing
with an aim to popularize Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Brazil and
contribute to the environment through reduction of CO2 emissions.
Hybrid FFV has the potential to drastically reduce total CO2
emissions as it is built on Toyota's hybrid system that has high
energy efficiency and low emission levels and it also leverages the
CO2 reabsorption capacity of ethanol, a plant-derived 100%
renewable fuel. The prototype uses the Toyota Prius as a base
model, which is currently sold and becoming popular in Brazil.
Toyota's initial studies indicate that Hybrid FFV has a great
advantage in environmental performance compared to a standard FFV,
when we estimate CO2 emissions starting with the extraction of the
raw material, through its distribution at the fuel pumps to the
ignition in the combustion process of the car. If it is fueled only
by sugarcane-based ethanol (E100 fuel), the results are even
better.
The development of Hybrid FFV represents one of Toyota's efforts to
achieve its "Environmental Challenge 2050" where it challenges
itself to reduce vehicle CO2 emissions by 90% in comparison with
2010 levels, by 2050. Another objective of the Environmental
Challenge is to completely eliminate CO2 emissions from the vehicle
lifecycle, including materials, parts and manufacturing. In line
with that goal, Toyota also targets to have more than 5.5 million
electrified vehicles in its global new vehicle sales by 2030.
"I am very proud of our Toyota do Brasil engineers that worked
closely with our engineers in Japan to develop the world's cleanest
hybrid vehicle that uses ethanol for our Brazilian customers. The
invention demonstrates our journey in providing a new mobility
society," said Steve St. Angelo, Senior Managing Officer of Toyota
Motor Corporation serving as CEO of Toyota Latin America Region and
Caribbean, as well as Chairman of Toyota do Brasil.
Toward the commercialization of Hybrid FFV in Brazil, Toyota will
collect various data through real-world road testing in Brazil
going forward and evaluate the system's reliability, durability,
and powertrain performance.
About Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is the global mobility company that
introduced the Prius hybrid-electric car in 1997 and the first
mass-produced fuel cell sedan, Mirai, in 2014. Headquartered in
Toyota City, Japan, Toyota has been making cars since 1937. Today,
Toyota proudly employs 370,000 employees in communities around the
world. Together, they build around 10 million vehicles per year in
29 countries, from mainstream cars and premium vehicles to
mini-vehicles and commercial trucks, and sell them in more than 170
countries under the brands Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino. For
more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.
Source: Toyota
Contact:
Public Affairs Division
Global Communications Department
Toyota Motor Corporation
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