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Toyota Highlander FCHV (CRADA CRD-12-00469 Final Report)

Caton, Melanie [National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Golden, CO (United States)]·Hurst, Katherine [National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Golden, CO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000345969504)·Reinert, Bill [Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Plano, TX (United States)]
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This project relates to the loan of four Toyota Mirai FCEV-adv vehicles to NLR to provide a load (vehicles to fill with hydrogen) to our fueling station research facility to study hydrogen fueling infrastructure performance using 700 bar precooled hydrogen at ESIF’s Hydrogen Infrastructure Testing and Research Facility (HITRF) facility.

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS700 bar precooled hydrogenelectric drive systemfuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV)fuel consumptionhigh-pressure hydrogen storage systemhydrogenhydrogen fuel cell vehiclehydrogen fueling infrastructureIRESSAE Standard J2601

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Caton, Melanie [National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Golden, CO (United States)], Hurst, Katherine [National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Golden, CO (United States)] (ORCID:0000000345969504), Reinert, Bill [Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Plano, TX (United States)]. 2026-08-05. Toyota Highlander FCHV (CRADA CRD-12-00469 Final Report). https://doi.org/10.66816/tp3401623

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