The car’s engineering team has successfully increased the innovative engine’s power and torque, while maintaining its fuel efficiency.

The hydrogen powered Corolla Sport will compete in two three-hour races at the final round of the Super Taikyu motorsport series in Japan – Asia’s premier grassroots endurance racing category.

Except for the combustion of minute amounts of engine oil during driving, which is also the case with petrol engines, hydrogen engines emit zero CO2 when in use.

Master driver Morizo, Toyota Global President and CEO Akio Toyoda, is taking stints at the wheel this weekend, following his extensive feedback that has helped make the car faster.

Toyota’s technical progress is further contributing to carbon neutrality by ensuring the racecar’s hydrogen is produced using renewable energy – in this case, refined from sewage biogas.

The world’s leading carmaker has now set its sights beyond the racetrack in developing engine and other technologies using hydrogen on its path to achieving net-zero carbon emissions.

Toward the goal of achieving carbon neutrality, Toyota and four other companies have come together as colleagues to expand the options for achieving carbon neutrality.

Details of Toyota’s collaboration with the four companies include:

Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Yamaha: Initiating consideration of the possibility of joint research for hydrogen engine development for vehicles and motorcycles.

Subaru and Mazda: Working with Toyota to compete with carbon-neutral fuel in the Super Taikyu series.

Mr Toyoda said the companies want to increase their options towards achieving carbon neutrality by demonstrating their emerging technologies in the field of motorsports.

“I believe that this kind of willful passion and action will change the shape of the future 10 or 20 years from now,” Mr Toyoda said.

“With the courage and determination to change the shape of the future, we will continue to take on challenges.”

The Corolla Sport’s hydrogen engine is based on the 200kW 1.6-litre turbo engine in the production GR Yaris, but was achieving approximately 10 per cent less power at its first race in May this year.

Development throughout the Super Taikyu series has resulted in the hydrogen engine in the racecar now achieving the same performance as the GR Yaris production car, improving its acceleration and top speed. The team is now engaged in discussions aimed at making the car faster.

Hydrogen refuelling time has also been more than halved, from five minutes in the first round to around two minutes.

Toyota’s expertise in connected technology has enabled the team to monitor the racecar’s data with real-time information in mere seconds, reducing the lead time required for analysis and helping increase the speed of development.

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Toyota Corolla, what can be more synonymous with the Toyota brand in Australia. In years gone past it was Australia’s top selling car by far, and Rob Fraser has just driven the new hybrid version.

Toyota has a long history with hybrid cars, some I like some not so much. However the Corolla Hybrid in SX trim is actually a pretty good car.

It’s quiet, economical and comfortable and reasonably priced at just under $30,000 plus the usual costs. The hybrid adds about $1500 to the price of a normal SX

The main reason people buy hybrids is twofold. Better fuel economy and no range anxiety. The Corolla delivers on both with about 4.5l/100 over the 800 odd kilometres I did from one tank of fuel.

Unfortunately the hybrid isn’t available in the range top model as a sedan. If I was buying I might just choose the hybrid, but I would want the leather seats and all the goodies that come with the ZR version.  There is a hatch but no sedan.

I would have thought that was an obvious model choice. Apparently Toyota don’t agree.

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   Toyota Corolla Accent Hybrid sedan – To prove just how good Toyota Corolla is, in this video, we put a body in the boot. In fact, you could put 2 bodies in the boot, with bits sawn off of course.

The rear seats go down, so with a blanket, you could cover even more foibles.

Corolla is the mainstay of the Toyota fleet for over 4 decades. 2020 Corolla sedan comes in either full petrol or full hybrid drivetrains.

Corolla has man many extras as standard equipment.

Arguably the most important is the addition of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It really has made Corolla something people want to buy, as opposed to being the go-to for someone wanting a cheap reliable car.

Corolla Safety:

There is a ton of included Toyota Corolla safety gear, even in this base model.

Active Blind spot monitor keeps you from changing lanes if someone is beside you. I will also warn you if someone is coming up fast with a beep and light, even if you are parked. If you try to change lanes, it will steer you gently back into your current lane.

Lane Keep Assistance centres you in the lane. Although, it seems to favour the lefthand side of the lane.

AEB is Autonomous Emergency Breaking works at all speeds to prevent, or mitigate the effects of an accident.

Airbags deploy along the dash, over the tops of the doors, and from the sides of the front seats.

Reversing Camera comes on when you select reverse.

We do a full list of gadgets HERE.

See above for more Corolla Details.

With low rolling resistance tyres and a body designed for efficient aerodynamics, the Corolla sedan hybrid offers outstanding fuel efficiency with an official combined cycle fuel consumption of 3.5l/100km² and low CO₂ emissions of just 81g/km⁵.

The new Toyota hybrid powertrain drives the front wheels through an e-CVT and uses a 1.8-litre petrol engine complemented by a pair of motor-generators to generate a combined maximum output of 90kW.

Also Look At

• Honda Civic
• Subaru Impreza
• Hyundai Elantra
• Kia Cerato
• Mazda3

Price

Engine: 1.8L Petrol – hybrid

Power: 90kw

CO2: 81g/k

Economy: 3.5l/100k

More Toyota Corolla BELOW:

• 2020 Toyota Corolla SX Hybrid Sedan 
• 2019 Toyota Corolla Video Launch Review 
• 2019 Toyota Corolla hatch Driven at Launch Review
• 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatch Specifications
• 2018 Toyota Corolla ZR Review

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Toyota Corolla, what can be more synonymous with the Toyota brand in Australia. In years gone past it was Australia’s top selling car by far, and Rob Fraser has just driven the new hybrid version.

Toyota has a long history with hybrid cars, some I like some not so much. However the Corolla Hybrid in SX trim is actually a pretty good car.

It’s quiet, economical and comfortable and reasonably priced at just under $30,000 plus the usual costs. The hybrid adds about $1500 to the price of a normal SX

The main reason people buy hybrids is twofold. Better fuel economy and no range anxiety. The Corolla delivers on both with about 4.5l/100 over the 800 odd kilometres I did from one tank of fuel.

Unfortunately the hybrid isn’t available in the range top model as a sedan. If I was buying I might just choose the hybrid, but I would want the leather seats and all the goodies that come with the ZR version.  There is a hatch but no sedan.

I would have thought that was an obvious model choice. Apparently Toyota don’t agree.

Motoring Minutes are heard around Australia every day on over 50 radio channels through the Torque Radio network. Motoring Minutes have an average daily audience of over 150,000 listeners. Motoring Minutes are also broadcast as part of Overdrive Radio Program, which is broadcast through the Community Radio Network across Australia and has a weekly audience of over 450,000. 

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