Toyota is one of the few companies developing hydrogen combustion engines, and now it's converted its classic AE86 sports coupe to H2 power. The battery-powered system uses an electric motor sourced from a Tundra hybrid, a battery pack from a Prius plug-in hybrid, and components from other production Toyota and Lexus models. Toyota restomoded AE86s, adding an electric motor to one, and a hydrogen system to the other.
Like many converted 80s cars, they look incredible. Toyota converted the beloved AE86 into both a battery. Toyota has revealed a pair of AE86s that, much like a Transformer, offer more than meets the eye.
Both of these are not powered in the way you think, and here's why. Unveiled at the Tokyo Auto. The hydrogen-powered AE86 isn't using a fuel-cell, but a hydrogen.
The rumors we reported on were true. At the 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon Toyota did indeed unveil two AE86s converted to run on alternative energy. A flip-up headlight Sprinter Trueno was converted to hydrogen power, and a fixed-headlight Corolla Levin was converted to a fully electric power.
There are lots of people at the Auto Salon who want to enjoy car life with their favorite cars, said. Toyota brought an AE86 that runs on hydrogen to the 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon. Toyota has proven the technology in its hydrogen-powered Corolla campaigned in Japan's Super Taikyu endurance series.
The automaker claims that other modifications, including fuel injectors, fuel. Toyota sports cars don't get any more iconic than the AE86 and at this year's Tokyo Auto Salon, the car manufacturer has surprised many by unveiling both electric and hydrogen.
