Toyota wants a bulletproof fuel-cell entry

Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. senior vice president for automotive operations, says “If others want to tune out [fuel-cell] technology, that's fine.” (JOE WILSSENS)

Lindsay Chappell

January 14, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- Toyota is ready to take some flak when it plunges into mass-market hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles next year.

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