Toyota Olympic Fleet to be 90 Percent Electrified
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The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, are edging closer, and automotive worldwide partner Toyota is getting excited about what it’s bringing to the table this year. The automaker reports that 90 percent of the vehicles it supplies as part of the official Olympic Fleet with be electrified in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of one of the world’s largest events.
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In total, Toyota’s Olympic fleet will consist of approximately 500 fuel cell electric vehicles and 850 battery electric vehicles, such as the Mirai hydrogen-powered car and the plug-in hybrid Prius Prime. The automaker estimates that this fleet will average less than 80 g/km of carbon emissions, which is about half of what a similar fleet of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles would produce. This would give Tokyo 2020 the lowest emissions level of any Olympic and Paralympic Games thus far.
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Toyota will also provide mass transit and assistive vehicles to help spectators and athletes get from place to place during the Games. This will include the Sora fuel cell bus and several fuel cell forklifts.
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In addition to low emissions, Toyota aims to make its Olympic fleet the safest ever through the use of its latest safety technology. All commercially available vehicles in the fleet will be equipped with Toyota Safety Sense or Lexus Safety System +, which include pedestrian detection, lane departure alert, dynamic radar cruise control, and more. Toyota reports that most of these vehicles will also be equipped with intelligent clearance sonar, which applies automatic braking if the driver accelerates unintentionally.
The 2020 Summer Olympics begin on July 24, 2020.
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