Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car 5 Minutes to get 300 Miles

Toyota Mirai Fuel-Cell Car 5 Minutes to get 300 Miles

It looks almost saccharine, the unbridled confidence with which Toyota executives talk about alternative fuels as well as the future. Take, as an example, the closing remarks of President and CEO Akio Toyoda’s speech in a press event in Newport Beach, Calif., going to the Los Angeles Auto Show, by which he announced the name of the company’s new hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, the Mirai.

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) claimed it’s picked the name “Mirai,” meaning “future” in Japanese, for a fuel-cell powered sedan which travels 300 miles (483 kilometers) with a hydrogen tank that may be refilled in under five minutes. The car is expected to store for the equal of around $60,000 once it goes on sale in Japan, in which will qualify for a $20,000 government rebate. It really is supposed to retail for a similar amount in the U.S.

Toyota continues to be the most vocal proponent of hydrogen fuel-cell autos as the ideal zero-emission solution for future transport. The vehicles emit primarily just water vapor as oxygen from the air is combined with hydrogen fuel to produce electrical energy in the fuel cell.

To facilitate advertise fuel-cell sales, California designs to set up more than 50 hydrogen fuel stations within couple of years, partly with money support from Toyota and other automakers. Toyota will also do its stuff with Paris-based Air Liquide SA to develop 12 fueling stations in five northeastern U.S. states, the corporate explained in its message.