The future at Toyota looks bright, as well as it’s called the ‘Mirai’. That’s the official name for the firm’s new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle – a four-door saloon rival for the Honda FCX Clarity.
Having completed millions of track miles as well as an impressive 10 years of road testing in all kinds of weather, the Mirai is lastly production ready. in spite of the FCX clearness appearing on roads in California over five years ago, it has been held back from anything other than restricted public leasing since of the lack of fuelling infrastructure.
But as investment in hydrogen filling stations steps up, especially in the UK, now is a much better time for both manufacturers to have production-ready designs in their line-ups.
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Toyota is introducing the Mirai in Japan tomorrow, before it goes on sale there in April. The cars and truck will then make its debut in Europe as well as the us towards the middle of next year.
Details of the four-door saloon so far are scarce, however Toyota has verified the Mirai can handle 300 miles on one storage tank of hydrogen, as well as can be refuelled in as bit as five minutes. As before, the only discharge from hydrogen propulsion is water vapour.
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Power output is rumoured to be approximately 135bhp – almost similar to Honda’s FCX as well as similar to a routine household saloon. The high-pressure 700bar twin tanks of hydrogen stay similar to those of the prototype seen in Las vegas at the begin of this year.
Prices in Japan are expected begin at around £45,000, however Toyota is waiting to hear if the UK government will provide similar money subsidies to electric cars and trucks before confirming exactly how much the newcomer will expense here.
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