Tokyo to Get $385 Million Hydrogen Makeover for Olympics
'Tokyo 2020' is formed by human letters prior to the Aisan Five Nations match between Japan and Hong Kong at the National Stadium in Tokyo on May 25, 2014.
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Tokyo plans to spend 45.2 billion yen ($385 million) on fuel-cell vehicle subsidies and hydrogen stations for the 2020 Olympics as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to reduce Japan’s reliance on nuclear power.
Japan’s capital will build 35 stations to fuel hydrogen-based FCVs and is in negotiations with Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. to put 6,000 hydrogen cars on its roads by 2020, said Makoto Fujimoto, who heads the planning team at the metropolitan government’s energy department.