Upcoming Toyota Hydrogen Cell Scooter Design Patent Filed

The Toyota hydrogen scooter is based on the older version of Suzuki Burgman Street 400, which was showcased quite a few years back in 2011

Toyota, the globally renowned four-wheeler brand, has filed a design patent for a hydrogen-powered scooter. We have already seen Toyota cars using hydrogen as fuel such as the Mirai. Not only just cars, but also trucks, buses and trains are running on hydrogen fuel. However, this is the first instance of a two-wheeler model using hydrogen fuel cell technology. The Toyota hydrogen scooter is based on the older version of Suzuki Burgman Street 400. It is already in public domain that Toyota and Suzuki are working together to develop HySE (Hydrogen Small mobility & Engine) technology.

Toyota hydrogen fuel cell scooter, as evident by design patent images, is a Burgman 400 fuel cell prototype which debuted long way back in 2011. However, Suzuki had recently unveiled the hydrogen internal combustion engine (HICE) based concept model of the Burgman 400 at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show. For those asking, HICE based models are cheaper to make than the hydrogen fuel cell technology.

The design patent further reveals that Toyota is quite confident about making this hydrogen fuel cell powered scooter. The company is also exploring the practical aspects of the scooter so that it makes it to the production line and doesn’t remain a concept forever. We can see a detachable hydrogen tank placed around the floorboard area, identical to the positioning of battery in electric two-wheelers.