Toyota to ´kick-start´ hydrogen fuel cell market

TOYOTA HAS announced at the CES consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas that it will allow widespread use of over 5,000 of its patents relating to hydrogen-fuel-cell technology until at least 2020. "ydrogen and hydrogen-fuelcell technology will be a social, environmental and economic game-changer," Bob Carter, senior vice-president of automotive operations with Toyota US, told delegates. "Hydrogen-electric will be the primary fuel for the next hundred years." Carter pledged Toshiba would do everything possible to "kick-start the development of hydrogen re-fuelling infrastructure".