Toyota FCV: A mass market hydrogen car Toyota FCV
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Automakers have been reluctant to bet on hydrogen fuel cells, but Toyota has cast doubt aside and announced the first mass-market hydrogen car. The FCV, which launches in Japan early next year and in the U.S. in late 2015, has a 300-mile range—comparable with combustion-engine vehicles. It also powers up much faster than an electric plug-in. The issue is infrastructure, but Toyota is betting FCVs will drive demand. Price not set Toyota 
Evatran Pluglesss:L2Wireless charging for electric car For many electric-vehicle (EV) owners, plugging in the car at the end of the day is a ritual they’d like to forget. With the Plugless L2, they can. The first wireless charging system for EVs transmits electricity to an adapter on the car that then routes it to the batteries. Drivers can fit the system to nearly any EV, and transmission loss is just under 10 percent. $2,470 Evatran 
Porsche 918 Spyder
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For supercars, bigger usually means better. Bigger engine, bigger horses, bigger torque. The 918 Spyder goes in a different direction. With a V8 engine paired with two electric motors and a specially designed rapid-discharge battery, the 918 squeezes out a lot of power, but only when drivers need it. It can still race from zero to 60 in a mere 2.5 seconds, but using a hybrid approach is a new way of thinking about supercar construction, and one that we’re almost assured to see more of in the future. $845,000 Porsche
