Toyota Fuel-Cell 'Megafactory' Matches Tesla Gigafactory In Impact - Green Car Reports
And deservedly so. Producing the same volume of lithium-ion cells in one building in 2020 as were produced by the whole industry during 2013 should allow substantial economies of scale for those cells--and the cars that use them. This year, Toyota plans to double worldwide commercial production of Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells, or PEMFCs. DON'T MISS: Low-Volume Assembly Line For Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car. Those are the fuel-cell stacks used in its 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen-powered vehicle, with a production of 700 cars this year. And those 228 MW of PEMFC’s will be more than the last three years of worldwide production combined (2012 through 2014), which European consultancy E4Tech pegs at about 210 MW in its Fuel Cell Industry Review 2014. Toyota’s fuel-cell production... ALSO SEE: Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car To Get Global Showcase At 2020 Olympics. Given the 370 individual PEMFCs inside the Mirai fuel cell stack, this means Toyota's fuel-cell factory will soon produce about 1. 1 million PEMFCs per year. Source: www.greencarreports.com
