Toyota to roll out fuel-cell vehicles by 2015

President Akio Toyoda said Toyota Motor Corp. will begin commercial production of fuel-cell vehicles by 2015. The new president of the Japanese carmaker said the company will launch a plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle later this year and an electric vehicle in 2012. Automakers around the world are competing to develop next generation, environmentally friendly vehicles amid a slump in the global auto market during the current economic downturn. (August 6, 2009)