At the Mobility Park, set up at the Bir Hakeim metro station as part of the Olympic Games, Toyota is showcasing its hydrogen capsules. These capsules have just been approved by the Japanese giant to resist a 350 bar pressure.

As we wrote in our previous article, describing our meeting with Cédric Borremans, Toyota is presenting a cargo bike with hydrogen capsules at the entrance of the Mobility Park. The Japanese manufacturer had already communicated on the subject two years ago.

On a screen, Toyota displays key figures about these capsules. They weigh 8.5 kg and can carry the equivalent of 1.8 kWh. The Japanese engineer who was there told us that they could store around a hundred grams of hydrogen. While the cargo bike can be used to keep ice creams cold (the application illustrated on a panel), the manufacturer considers other applications. The capsules could be used to power a generator capable, for example, of powering a camping stove. They could also be used to power emergency generators in the event of a disaster. Another application concerns the automotive industry, with capsules that could be inserted into the bodywork.

‘We can imagine microcars and scooters running on this type of capsules,’ says Cédric Borremans, Head of Olympic & Paralympic Division at Toyota Motor Europe. He insists on the fact that these capsules have been approved for the whole world in 350 bar mode (just in time for the Olympics). And they will soon be approved in 700 bar mode.

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Article written by Laurent Meillaud and translated by Logan King