At Toyota Import Center, One Plant Makes Power, Water, Hydrogen

Each year, 200,000 new cars and trucks roll off ships at the Port of Long Beach in Southern California for processing at Toyota Motor Corp.’s largest North American import facility.

Surrounded by vast parking lots, Toyota Logistics Services is the only US entry point for the Mirai, a sedan powered by hydrogen rather than gasoline or a battery. Those cars need hydrogen before they’re trucked off to dealerships, not to mention water for a wash. And the facility itself, with 230 employees, needs electricity.

A new kind of power plant will supply all three.

Designed by FuelCell Energy Inc. ...