Oil, gas and car firms in Japan are banding together to create the infrastructure that will be needed to cater for a wide-scale hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market by 2015, the companies have announced.

Reuters reports that although fuel cell cars are not yet available to buy, Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co have joined forces to get them ready for commercial sale in the next four years.

Meanwhile, oil and gas firms are looking to build around 100 hydrogen stations in the major cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka, as long as sales of fuel cell vehicles creates sufficient demand.

The Japanese government itself could help matters along by introducing a new tax on fossil fuel vehicles this October, which would encourage more consumers to consider the switch to hydrogen power.

International Business Times also reports that Hawaii has a similar plan in the works in collaboration with General Motors, with 12 organisations combining resources to create a hydrogen infrastructure.

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