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Toyota has made a massive commitment to hybrid power at the Tokyo Motor Show - only weeks after launching its second generation Prius in Australia.
Cars and SUVs using the Toyota Hybrid System fitted to Prius, dominated a Tokyo Show stand dedicated to future green power sources.
Toyota used the show to display a fuel cell hybrid vehicle with a range of more than 500km.
Lack of range has previously been a major limitation of zero emission hydrogen powered vehicles.
The hybrid Fine-N is driven by four 25kW electric motors, each embedded in the vehicle's wheels.
Power is provided by a low-slung fuel cell stack which fits beneath the floor, and a compact hybrid pack.
The breakthrough design allows the Fine-N to be externally no larger than a Toyota Corolla, but to have the internal space of a large luxury sedan.
Toyota also used the Tokyo Show to reveal a next generation hybrid petrol/electric SUV based on the Kluger, released in Australia late this year.
The next generation Kluger uses the Toyota Hybrid System to mate its advanced 3.3litre quad cam V6 petrol engine to two electric motors, one powering the front wheels and the other the rear.
Hybrid Kluger is claimed to be 20 percent faster than its petrol engined equivalent, covering 0-100kmh in seven seconds, and delivering a range of almost 1000kms.
A specialist sports car, designed by Italian Roberto Falasca, puts the Prius engine behind the driver and powers all four wheels through electric motors.
"The concepts of hybrid power and hydrogen power are the same to Toyota," Toyota's environment manager Eishi Ohno said at the Tokyo Show.
"The best solution for reaching zero emission is to use hybrid technology to store and transfer power."
Mr Ohno said several world automotive manufacturers were in negotiation with Toyota to use its hybrid technology.
Toyota Prius, the world's most popular production hybrid, has just been launched in its second generation.
Demand has outstripped the factory's current supply capability.
Japanese buyers ordered 17,500 of the advanced new vehicle in the first month - six times Toyota's expectation.
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