Gallery: Toyota's New Hydrogen-Powered Car Asks a High Price for Mediocrity

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    Toyota's FCV goes on sale in 2015.
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    The design is all-new, a fitting body for a new technology.
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    Fuel cells operate best at relatively low temperatures, so the car has huge scoops to shove lots of air under the hood.
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    Toyota's design philosophy is "air into water."
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    The exhaust pipe is flush with the rear of the car, and emits only water vapor.
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    To make filling up the hydrogen tanks practical, Toyota’s part of a state-funded, $200 million effort to build a network of fueling stations around the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
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