If you didn’t know already, Toyota is skeptical about a completely electric future. The company and its chief executive, Akio Toyoda, believe that it should offer a number of powertrain options to consumers. This includes battery electric vehicles but doesn’t end there as Toyota believes enthusiasts will be particularly fond of hydrogen combustion. To highlight the appeal of an internal combustion engine running on the sustainable fuel, Toyota built a hydrogen variant of its classic AE86 sports coupe, which is currently on display at the Tokyo Auto Salon. The AE86 was built alongside another later version of the car that was converted to electric. Both cars maintain their manual transmissions, although the hydrogen car is admittedly the more appealing of the two. The silent AE86 uses the electric motor from the hybrid Toyota Tundra pickup and the battery from the Prius Prime PHEV….
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