The FIA World Rally Championship FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024, which will be held from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th November 2024, will be using the TOYOTA MIRAI CLUB’s fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) to provide the electricity needed for the administration of some of the SSs and spectator areas, as part of its environmentally friendly initiatives.
Rally Japan was awarded three stars, the highest rank in the FIA (International Automobile Federation) Environmental Certification Programme (*), last year, and in this year’s event, in order to make the event even more environmentally friendly than last year, efforts will be made to achieve carbon neutrality in the administration of special stages (SS). In cooperation with the ‘TOYOTA MIRAI CLUB’, this is a new initiative that aims to create an environmentally friendly event by using the electricity generated by FCEVs owned by members to power some of the SS and spectator areas.
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The list of power supply points is as follows.
| Date | SS name | Location | Details of use |
| 21 November | Kuragaike Park SD | Kuragaike Park lawn area (within the spectator area) | Stall operations |
| 22 November | Isegami Tunnel SS | Event area in Asahi Kogen Genkimura (within the spectator area) | Stall operations |
| Shinshiro SS | Starting point (within the competition section) | TC, camera, Wi-Fi, etc. | |
| Okazaki SSS | Starting point (within the competition section) | TC, camera, Wi-Fi, etc. | |
| 23rd November | Mt. Kasagiyama SS | Mt. Kasagiyama Motor Park Event Area (within the spectator area) | Stall operations |
| Ena SS | Starting point (within the competition section) | TC, camera, Wi-Fi, etc. | |
| 24 November | Lake Mikawako SS | Madoi no Oka (TV awards ceremony venue) | Power supply for sound, etc. |
※There is a possibility that the power supply locations could change.
This Facebook group was set up on 31 May 2020 as a group for Toyota Motor Corporation’s fuel cell vehicle ‘MIRAI’.
It is managed as a place for information exchange for MIRAI owners, those considering purchasing the vehicle, and others interested in fuel cell vehicles.
Representative: Kazuki Higuchi, Registered users: 778 people in Japan and overseas (as of 13 November 2024)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/258061858734515
