Transport List of Japanese inventions and discoveries

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a bullet train in tokyo, 1967



bullet train
the world s first high volume capable (initially 12 car maximum) high-speed train japan s tōkaidō shinkansen, officially opened in october 1964, construction commencing in april 1959. 0 series shinkansen, built kawasaki heavy industries, achieved maximum passenger service speeds of 210 km/h (130 mph) on tokyo–nagoya–kyoto–osaka route, earlier test runs hitting top speeds in 1963 @ 256 km/h.


electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission
in 1987, subaru launched justy in tokyo electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission (ecvt) developed fuji heavy industries, owns subaru.


hybrid electric vehicle
the first commercial hybrid vehicle toyota prius launched in 1997.


hydrogen car
in 2014, toyota launched first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, toyota mirai. mirai has range of 312 miles (502 km) , takes 5 minutes refuel. initial sale price 7 million yen ($69,000).


kei car
a category of small automobiles, including passenger cars, vans, , pickup trucks. designed exploit local tax , insurance relaxations, , in more rural areas exempted requirement certify adequate parking available vehicle.


spiral escalator
mitsubishi electric unveiled world s first practical spiral escalator in 1985. spiral escalators have advantage of taking less space conventional counterparts.




^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/hosho-cvl.htm ijn hosho light aircraft carrier
^ shinkansen chronology, byun byun shinkansen.
^ poulton, m.l. (1997). fuel efficient car technology. computational mechanics publications. p. 69. isbn 1853124478. 
^ matt lake (2001-11-08). how works; tale of 2 engines: how hybrid cars tame emissions . new york times. retrieved 2010-03-22. 
^ voelcker, john. decades of promises: dude, s hydrogen fuel-cell car? , yahoo.com, march 31, 2015
^ minicars: cheap , cheerful , peter nunn, jama, january–february 2005
^ owning car in japan , alts in sendai
^ elevators & escalators - mitsubishi electric . mitsubishielectric.com. retrieved july 1, 2016. 






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