»Fuel-cell hybrid claimed having got 480 km per tank (with LH2)
~ a U.S. unit of Toyota Motor Corp. said its fuel-cell-electric motor hybrid vehicle successfully completed a 2,300-mile (3,680-km) run
~ from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Vancouver, British Columbia
~ over the course of it seven-day trek, the vehicle got more than 300 miles (480 km) per tank of liquid hydrogen
~ the experiment used a vehicle based on the Highlander sport utility vehicle
~ the test said to confirm substantial progress in reliability and durability, cold-weather operation and extended range capability of Toyota's hybrid fuel-cell system
~ the new system was developed to deal with two major challenges to the refinement of fuel-cell powertrains
~ starting and operating in cold temperatures and standing up to the vibration and harshness of rough road conditions. . . over a long distance
~ the Fairbanks-Vancouver route for the test was chose because Canada authorizes mobile refueling of high-pressure hydrogen vehicles along its public highways
~ Toyota organized a refueling team of two trucks fitted with liquid hydrogen tanks
~ the refueling caravan moved in advance of the fuel-cell vehicle, setting up shop at predetermined intervals
~ the vehicle's onboard monitoring system "confirmed that the vehicle could have covered nearly 400 miles," or roughly 640 km, per tank, it said

»Toyota Highlander 2008
»Approaches to Hydrogen Codes and Standards
~ Canadian law is governed at the province level; maybe this makes it easer to test LH2 in Canada than in the U.S
»PATH
»TTC