Explained: Why the 2016 Toyota Mirai, Honda FCV Concept, Have CHAdeMO Sockets on Them

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November 18, 2014 By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield

Honda’s Hydrogen FCV Concept- Coming in 2016

Yesterday, Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda both unveiled their latest hydrogen fuel cell sedans, with the official pre-LA Auto Show press events for the production-ready 2016 Toyota Mirai fuel cell sedan and the 2014 Honda FCV Concept car.


Behind the small panel in the upper-left corner of the Toyota Mirai’s trunk is a CHAdeMO DC connector. But what is it for?

On paper, the two cars serve a similar function in the automotive world. Both offer seating for four, a range of around 300 miles per fill of their hydrogen tanks, feature the latest high-pressure, energy dense hydrogen fuel cell stack technology and have similar performance figures. They also both come with something that has many plug-in car fans scratching their heads in disbelief: built-in CHAdeMO DC sockets.


The Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Sedan can use this CHAdeMO socket to provide emergency power when required.

Usually found on cars like the 2015 Nissan LEAF electric car and 2015 Kia Soul EV, CHAdeMO sockets have traditionally been used to connect fully electric or plug-in hybrid cars to CHAdeMO DC quick charge stations. Designed to refill the car’s battery packs from empty to 80 percent full in around 30 minutes, CHAdeMO DC sockets bypass a car’s on-board charger and pump high current, high voltage power direct into a car’s battery pack...


The Honda Power Exporter Concept features a CHAdeMO plug, which draws power from the Honda FCV Concept and turns it into mains electricity.

The presence of CHAdeMO sockets on both cars also explains why Honda’s Power Generator Concept — a small external inverter unveiled yesterday which is about the same size as a small internal combustion generator — also has a CHAdeMO connector on it. Small and portable, it can draw up to 9 kilowatts form the Honda FCV concept via its CHAdeMO socket to provide emergency power when and wherever it’s needed...

Full Article: https://transportevolved.com/2014/11/18/explained-2016-toyota-mirai-honda-fcv-concept-chademo-sockets/

To see how serious Toyota is about a Hydrogen future here is the Mirai Launch Press Conference in Tokyo Recorded Live on November 18, 2014
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/toyota-en
(Translation provided)

Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corp. introduces Toyota's "Mirai" Fuel Cell Sedan

Related: Future hydrogen fueling station delivers power or hydrogen

(Nanowerk News) The pilot hydrogen storage and production facility that EPFL has built in Martigny (VS), France had a public open house yesterday. It was an opportunity to get a glimpse into the fueling stations of the future.

“Fill it up with hydrogen, please!”

In just a few years, this request won’t be a fictional one. The clean vehicles we occasionally see on the roads will increasingly become the norm...
http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=38102.php