When the Toyota Mirai first went on sale in Japan in late 2014 and later in the U.S. and Europe, it wasn't the first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle available to consumers. The Mirai was the first FCEV available in significant volumes and also to purchase rather than lease. Aside from extremely limited access to hydrogen fueling stations, the Mirai's biggest problem was that it was quite hideous.
The second-generation Mirai is moving from a Prius based front-wheel-drive platform to a new premium rear-wheel-drive platform that is significantly larger. It will be three inches longer and wider with five inches more wheelbase. That makes it similar in size to the Avalon.Most importantly, the new Mirai has a sleek new profile with a better integrated face that connects to the rest of the contemporary Toyota design language while still meeting the cooling needs of the fuel cell.
Few technical details have been provided yet about the Mirai other than that the range is projected to increase by about 30% through a combination of a more efficient fuel cell system and additional hydrogen capacity. The current Mirai has an EPA rating of 312 miles so the new one should approach 400 miles.That added range should help offset the still very limited number of hydrogen fueling stations. Toyota expects some stations to finally start opening in the northeast U.S.
Never would I have thought the words, 'that's a sexy Toyota,' would leave my mouth.
Re-Gifting lol lol lol...squeezing those same models out of there huh? lol lol
It’s not $60K worth of nice if it’s so hard to find hydrogen fuel for it.
Still has the Jaws©️ grille.
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The Toyota Mirai “experience”....
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