LEXUS LOOKS BEYOND CARS FOR HYDROGEN

Toyota is one of just two brands with a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric car on sale, the Mirai, but is sibling marque Lexus as gassed up about hydrogen’s potential?

Its European boss, Spiros Fotinos, told Autocar: “We’re committed to hydrogen as a technology, but when we say it, we look beyond the execution in terms of how we understand it today, which tends to be thinking about the Mirai.”

Lexus teased its plans in this area with last year’s ROV off-road buggy and is now exploring uses for the fuel in the context of “the evolution of the internal combustion engine” – mobility solutions like buses, industrial equipment and energy storage.