Showing posts with label Japan 日本. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan 日本. Show all posts
How to buy a Japanese car!!!
Posted by godong car on Sunday, 30 January 2011
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13 Japanese companies eye smooth domestic launch of FCVs
Posted by godong car on Sunday, 16 January 2011
As already posted, Japan is pushing the adoption of FCVs (Fuel Cell Vehicles) by 2015 (earlier post). In order to achieve this target, more hydrogen filling stations and more cooperation between manufacturers will be needed.
Thus, 13 companies in Japan - Toyota, Nissan, and Honda along with a number of gas and utilities companies - are joining forces to enable a "smooth domestic launch" of fuel cell vehicles as soon as 2015. They hope to create about 100 hydrogen stations across the country, work to form a broader hydrogen supply network, and also educate people about FCVs in general.
The companies are the following:
Thus, 13 companies in Japan - Toyota, Nissan, and Honda along with a number of gas and utilities companies - are joining forces to enable a "smooth domestic launch" of fuel cell vehicles as soon as 2015. They hope to create about 100 hydrogen stations across the country, work to form a broader hydrogen supply network, and also educate people about FCVs in general.
The companies are the following:
Toyota Motor Corporation
Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.
Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Idemitsu Kosan Company, Ltd.
Iwatani Corporation
Osaka Gas Company, Ltd.
Cosmo Oil Company, Ltd.
Saibu Gas Company, Ltd.
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.
Toho Gas Company, Ltd.
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A sexy NSX...!!!
Posted by godong car on Sunday, 9 January 2011
I have came across with a lot of tuned NSXs, but I have to admit that this particular one, from Japan, really looks the part!
[Source: Farm of Minds]
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Japan pushing adoption of fuel cell vehicles by 2015
Posted by godong car on Sunday, 2 January 2011
Japanese automakers may be investing a lot in EVs, but this doesn't mean that they have given up on fuel cell tech. According to a report published by The Nikkei, the Japanese government will launch a public-private initiative aimed at applying hydrogen used in oil refining to power fuel cell vehicles.
It states that with Japan moving towards the adoption of fuel cell vehicles by 2015, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry wants to secure a steady supply of high purity hydrogen - the hydrogen used in fuel cells is 99.99% pure, while the hydrogen that is used by oil distributors is about 90% pure.
Now technology will be developed to extract the high purity hydrogen with the aim of creating a new source of income. The undertaking will cost around 500,000,000 ¥ over a three-year period from fiscal 2011 onwards with the ministry to pay around half these costs.
It states that with Japan moving towards the adoption of fuel cell vehicles by 2015, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry wants to secure a steady supply of high purity hydrogen - the hydrogen used in fuel cells is 99.99% pure, while the hydrogen that is used by oil distributors is about 90% pure.
Now technology will be developed to extract the high purity hydrogen with the aim of creating a new source of income. The undertaking will cost around 500,000,000 ¥ over a three-year period from fiscal 2011 onwards with the ministry to pay around half these costs.
[Source: Nikkei via TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk]
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iPhone cookies made in Japan!!!
Posted by godong car on Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Green Gables bakery in Tokushima has been selling life-size iPhone cookies (iPhoneクッキー) for two years. But recently, photos have appeared on Twitter and elsewhere, boosting huge demand!
Originally, the small, local bakery made the cookie as a special birthday present for a customer’s husband. But thanks to social media, the $33 cookie is being ordered by hundreds of people around Japan. You see, it's not only Nissan struggling to fill orders... as the the current waiting time for an iPhone cookie is... two months!!!
[Source: 今日もおいしいものを求めて via Cult of Mac]
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Aston Martin One-77 unveiled in Japan!!!
Posted by godong car on Wednesday, 1 December 2010
One car that I really admire is the One-77 and it has landed in Japan!!! You can check out the posts by Atlantic Cars Limited below.
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Japan's ultra-tiny home
Posted by godong car on Sunday, 21 November 2010
... today's post is not about cars, but it's still a very interesting one!
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