The Toyota Fine-Comfort Ride is made its way to Geneva this
week. This is the type of vehicle that’s more of an
autonomous living room on wheels, rather than something you might enjoy driving
manually, although it does come with a steering wheel unlike say the VW I.D.
Vizzion or the Renault EZ-GO.
The Fine-Comfort Ride is powered by hydrogen fuel
cells and individual hub motors. It features a flexible cabin setup, with a
fixed rear bench, yet four captain’s chairs that you can move around just like
you would in a very practical minivan.
In order to interact with the car, passengers would
use various touchscreen displays, while the person that’s technically driving
also has access to a steering wheel-mounted display. As far as the eye can see,
there are no physical buttons.
This concept is powered by
individual electric motors. Unfortunately, the Japanese automaker hasn’t really
gone into detail with regards to the Fine-Comfort Ride’s hydrogen fuel cell
powertrain. The only things they said was that it had a range of about 1,000 km and that you could refuel in just three minutes.
Toyota also expects saloon-like stability and
refinement, thanks to the long wheelbase and edge-to-edge wheel placement,
although, we don’t exactly have high hopes for this concept ever becoming
something that’s fun to drive.
