Small wireless chargers will be installed beneath the tarmac of the road and will ‘communicate’ with technology installed in EVs

Heavy-duty trucks account for about 60% of the total carbon dioxide emissions from commercial vehicles operating in the firms’ home market of Japan

The ‘Woven City’ will be located at the base of Mount Fuji and powered by hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels

Its preliminary calculations suggest emissions will average less than 80g/km when compared to a similar sized fleet of mostly conventional petrol and diesel models

They aim to launch the products in the Chinese market under the Toyota brand in the first half of the 2020s

The demonstration car consists of a system that charges the battery while the vehicle is parked as well as when it is being driven

The organisation has received eight zero-emission gas-powered cars from Toyota

The project will assess the feasibility of a two-way, self-autonomous electricity supply system that allows direct trading between consumers

The new deal aims to make use of the former’s strength in electrification technologies and the latter’s strength in technologies for compact vehicles

The international businesses are teaming up to produce battery cells for the clean mobility sector