Ever since 2007 when Toyota drove a hydrogen powered vehicle from Alaska to Vancouver, British Columbia the automaker has stated their intentions to inevitably release a similar vehicle.

Well, to the naked eye it may have seemed like Toyota has abandonded their hydrogen dreams for a more hybrid approach. However, in a recent shareholders meeting Toyota Vice President a Masatami Takimoto assured everyone that Toyota will in fact begin prodution of a hydrogen powered vehicle in 2015.

Will hydrogen be readily available by 2015? Will other automakers follow suit and produce their own hydrogen powered cars? Only time can tell.

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The 2015 Ford Model T design competition has a winner. The object of the contest was to design the Model T of the future. A team of eight students from Aachen University in Germany has won the grand prize of $25,000 for their creation. The model was estimated to cost $6,780 to build and the Model T might come in a hybrid and electric version.

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