Tokyo to set up 80 hydrogen stations
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"We would like to make a (hydrogen utilization) model first in Tokyo in the run-up to nationwide diffusion," Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe said Tuesday at a meeting of the metropolitan government.
The metropolitan and central governments will provide subsidies to cover 400 million yen of the approximately 500 million yen required to build each hydrogen station.
The metropolitan government will also subsidize FCV purchases in order to increase the number of vehicles in Tokyo to a target of 100,000 by 2025.
The Tokyo plan came as Toyota Motor Corp. announced Tuesday that it will become the first automaker in the world to start selling FCVs. ■