トヨタ自動車は2月24日、燃料電池車「MIRAI」の生産ラインを報道陣に初公開した。「MIRAI」は2014年12月に、世界初の量産型燃料電池車として発売した。わずか1カ月で約1500台の注文が入ったという。
燃料電池車は、水素と酸素を科学反応させて電気を作りモーターを動かす仕組み。排出されるのは水のみの次世代型の自動車だ。当面は日産3台という手造りペースで、品質最優先の生産が行われているという。
Responseによると、豊田章男社長は「元町工場は、1959年に日本初の本格乗用車工場として完成したトヨタの原点ともいえる工場。MIRAIを1台1台真心を込めて組み上げる今の思いは、やがて本格生産になっても、次の世代に受け継がれていくと確信している」と、あいさつした。
「MIRAI」生産現場を初公開
JAPAN-AUTO-TOYOTA-FCV-MIRAI(01 of08)
Employees of Toyota Motors check the FCV \'Mirai\' on its final assembly line during the vehicle\'s line off ceremony at the Motomachi factory in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture on February 24, 2015. The world\'s biggest carmaker plans to produce 700 units of the four-door Mirai sedan -- powered by hydrogen and emitting nothing but water vapour from its tailpipe -- by the end of December. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda Attends Line Off Event For The Mirai Fuel Cell Vehicle(02 of08)
Toyota Motor Corp. workers assemble a Mirai fuel-cell vehicle on the production line of the company\'s Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. President Akio Toyoda was at the factory to formally mark the roll out of a car named after the Japanese word for ifuture.i The Mirai, selling for 7.24 million yen, represents Toyota\'s bet that the emissions-free cars of the future will run on hydrogen. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
JAPAN-AUTO-TOYOTA-FCV-MIRAI(03 of08)
An employee of Toyota Motors checks the FCV \'Mirai\' on its final assembly line during the vehicle\'s line off ceremony at the Motomachi factory in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture on February 24, 2015. The world\'s biggest carmaker plans to produce 700 units of the four-door Mirai sedan -- powered by hydrogen and emitting nothing but water vapour from its tailpipe -- by the end of December. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
JAPAN-AUTO-TOYOTA-FCV-MIRAI(04 of08)
An employee of Toyota Motors assembles FCV \'Mirai\' on its assembly line during the vehicle\'s line off ceremony at the Motomachi factory in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture on February 24, 2015. The world\'s biggest carmaker plans to produce 700 units of the four-door Mirai sedan -- powered by hydrogen and emitting nothing but water vapour from its tailpipe -- by the end of December. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
JAPAN-AUTO-TOYOTA-FCV-MIRAI(05 of08)
Employees of Toyota Motors assemble the FCV \'Mirai\' on the assembly line during the vehicle\'s line off ceremony at the Motomachi factory in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture on February 24, 2015. The world\'s biggest carmaker plans to produce 700 units of the four-door Mirai sedan -- powered by hydrogen and emitting nothing but water vapour from its tailpipe -- by the end of December. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA via Getty Images)
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda Attends Line Off Event For The Mirai Fuel Cell Vehicle(06 of08)
Toyota Motor Corp. workers assemble a Mirai fuel-cell vehicle on the production line of the company\'s Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. President Akio Toyoda was at the factory to formally mark the roll out of a car named after the Japanese word for \'future.\' The Mirai, selling for 7.24 million yen, represents Toyota\'s bet that the emissions-free cars of the future will run on hydrogen. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda Attends Line Off Event For The Mirai Fuel Cell Vehicle(07 of08)
Toyota Motor Corp. workers assemble a Mirai fuel-cell vehicle on the production line of the company\'s Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. President Akio Toyoda was at the factory to formally mark the roll out of a car named after the Japanese word for \'future.\' The Mirai, selling for 7.24 million yen, represents Toyota\'s bet that the emissions-free cars of the future will run on hydrogen. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda Attends Line Off Event For The Mirai Fuel Cell Vehicle(08 of08)
Toyota Motor Corp. workers assemble a Mirai fuel-cell vehicle on the production line of the company\'s Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. President Akio Toyoda was at the factory to formally mark the roll out of a car named after the Japanese word for \'future.\' The Mirai, selling for 7.24 million yen, represents Toyota\'s bet that the emissions-free cars of the future will run on hydrogen. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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