Early Look! : Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Concept

Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Concept

Toyota has relarsed the images set of Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid Concept, combined the Hybrid Synergy Drive system with a compressed natural gas fueled engine


With the proposed CNG equivalent of 8 gallons of gasoline in its tanks, the estimated range of the CNG-Hybrid is more than 250 miles.

In 1999 Toyota marketed a CNG-powered four-cylinder Camry to fleet customers in California. However, in an era of relatively cheap gasoline, customers were not attracted to a vehicle that required special refueling techniques and a limited refueling infrastructure and the program was discontinued a year later. Currently, there are only about 1,000 CNG refueling stations nationwide, with less than half open to the public.

The benefits of CNG are currently being amplified by rapidly changing market conditions and an increase in consumer environmental awareness. At the same time its drawbacks are being mitigated by a growing awareness that advanced technologies will require investment in appropriate infrastructure. The U.S. CNG pipeline system is an approximately 1.8 million mile network and expanding.

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[Source : TOYOTA]