--- title: Toyota Challenges Tesla with Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car description: Toyota's 2015 sedan uses hydrogen fuel-cells—threatening to compete with the all-electric Tesla. canonical: https://time.com/2921499/toyota-tesla/ author: Hannah Goldberg article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-25T20:00:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:37.945Z article:section: World og:title: Toyota Charges After Tesla With New Fuel-Celled Car og:description: Toyota's 2015 sedan uses hydrogen fuel-cells—threatening to compete with the all-electric Tesla. og:url: https://time.com/2921499/toyota-tesla/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Toyota Charges After Tesla With New Fuel-Celled Car twitter:description: Toyota's 2015 sedan uses hydrogen fuel-cells—threatening to compete with the all-electric Tesla. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Toyota Charges After Tesla With New Fuel-Celled Car by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Jun 25, 2014 8:00 PM CUT by [Hannah Goldberg](/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Jun 25, 2014 8:00 PM CUT Toyota unveiled its 2015 hydrogen fuel-cell sedan on Wednesday, its closest competitor yet to Tesla’s fully-electric Model S. The car will launch in Japan and cost seven million Yen (almost $70,000), but will not reach U.S. and European markets until the summer of 2015\. The company known for the fuel-efficient Prius is one of the first to challenge Tesla after [Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk announced](http://time.com/2865496/tesla-opens-patents/ "undefined") that he would not initiate any patent lawsuits against competitors using his revolutionary technology. But Toyota will not be going fully electric. “Hydrogen is a particularly promising alternative fuel since it can be produced using a wide variety of primary energy sources, including solar and wind power,” the company said. “When compressed, it has a higher energy density than batteries and is easier to store and transport. In addition to its potential as a fuel for home and automotive use, hydrogen could be used in a wide range of applications, including large-scale power generation.” The new sedan boasts a cruising range of approximately 435 miles and a refueling time of less than 3 minutes—leaving only water vapor in its wake. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2921499/toyota-tesla/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2921499/toyota-tesla/"},"headline":"Toyota Charges After Tesla With New Fuel-Celled Car","datePublished":"2014-06-25T20:00:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:37.945Z","description":"A challenge to Tesla","url":"https://time.com/2921499/toyota-tesla/","keywords":["Tech","cars","Autos","Toyota","Tesla","Vehicles","patent"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hannah Goldberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/hannah-goldberg/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2921499/toyota-tesla/","name":"Toyota Charges After Tesla With New Fuel-Celled Car"}}]}] ```