How many cars are needed to move all the Olympic teams?

Not just cars, but vehicles for all mobility needs, electric, hybrid and hydrogen. A super fleet supplied by Toyota

Toyota Olympics Paris 2024

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By: Massimo Grassi

Published by: Brian Potter

Jul 31, 2024 at 7:53am ET

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10,500 athletes and tens of thousands of staff, including delegation personnel, journalists, security personnel, etc. The organisational machinery of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is immense, practically a city within a city. With all the difficulties that this entails, there is one in particular, which is moving a very large number of people around on a daily basis in extremely congested areas.

It is precisely this complexity that makes the Olympic Games a perfect laboratory for experimenting with new vehicles, which can be developed specifically for the occasion. And once again, Toyota is doing just that, as the "global mobility partner" of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is providing a fleet of - brace yourselves - more than three thousand vehicles.

Beyond the numbers, it's interesting to know what these vehicles are, some of which look like something out of a science fiction film.

For every need

Even if you've never had the chance to walk around an Olympic village or visit a city in the middle of the Games, the various competitions seen from the sofa give you an idea of the chaotic situation that can prevail given the number of people coming from all over the world. And while it's common for the public to travel by public transport (in Paris, the metro works very well indeed), the athletes and their staff have to find alternative means of transport that are just as efficient.

Long distances

The Paris Olympic Games are obviously not being held in just one place, but throughout the city and its surrounding areas. For long distances, a fleet of Toyota bZ4X, Proace, Proace Verso, Mirai and the new Lexus RX is being used.

At this stage, we can answer the question posed by the title. The final count of the Olympic fleet, all vehicles combined - cars, vans, minibuses and personal vehicles - is 3,374, including 500 hydrogen-powered, 845 full hybrids, 176 plug-ins and 1,003 electric vehicles. All the powertrains available in the Toyota range are represented, but above all the philosophy of 'technological neutrality' that the Japanese giant has been pursuing with conviction for years.

Toyota Olympic Games Paris 2024

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And if you're wondering what will happen to all these 'Toyotas' when the Olympic Games are over, the answer is that they will stay in Paris. The personal mobility vehicles will be made available to disabled people, while the others will join the municipality's low-emission fleets.

This includes the 500 Toyota Mirais that will join Paris' fleet of hydrogen-powered taxis, which currently numbers no fewer than 1,000 cars.

Cars/vehicles Number Toyota Mirai (hydrogen)

500

Toyota or Lexus full hybrid 845 Toyota or Lexus plug in hybrid 176 Toyota electric (bZ4x or Proace) 1.003 Wheelchair-accessible electric cars 150 New APM 250 C+Walk S 60 C+Walk T 190 Electric wheelchair systems 200

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