Toyota Mirai

Toyota Mirai
Overview
ManufacturerToyota
ProductionDecember 2014 – present
AssemblyJapan: Toyota City, Aichi (Motomachi plant)[1][2]
Body and chassis
ClassMid-size luxury car/Executive car (E)[3]
Body style4-door sedan
Layout

The Toyota Mirai (Japanese: トヨタ・MIRAI, Hepburn: Toyota Mirai) (from mirai (未来), Japanese for 'future') is a mid-size hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) manufactured by Toyota, and is the first FCV to be mass-produced and sold commercially.[4][5][6][7][8] The Mirai was unveiled at the November 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.[9] As of November 2022, global sales totaled 21,475 units; the top-selling markets were the U.S. with 11,368 units, Japan with 7,435 and the rest of the world with 2,622.[10]

Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cycle, the 2016 model year Mirai has a total range of 502 km (312 mi) on a full tank. The MPG-equivalent combined city/highway fuel economy rating was 66 mpg‑US (3.6 L/100 km; 79 mpg‑imp), making the Mirai the most fuel-efficient hydrogen fuel cell vehicle rated at the time by the EPA, and the one with the longest range.[11] In August 2021, the second-generation Mirai set a world record of traveling 1,360 km (845 mi) with a full tank of 5.65 kg (12.5 lb) of hydrogen.[citation needed]

Sales in Japan began on 15 December 2014 at ¥6.7 million (~US$57,400) at Toyota Store and Toyopet Store locations. The Japanese government plans to support the commercialization of fuel-cell vehicles with a subsidy of ¥2 million (~US$19,600).[12] Retail sales in the U.S. began in August 2015 at a price of US$57,500 before any government incentives. Deliveries to retail customers began in California in October 2015.[13] Toyota scheduled to release the Mirai in the Northeastern United States in the first half of 2016.[14] As of June 2016, the Mirai was available for retail sales in the UK, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and Norway.[15] Pricing in Germany started at €60,000 (~US$75,140) plus VAT (€78,540).[16]

  1. ^ "Japanese Production Sites" (Press release). Toyota. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Toyota Launches the New Mirai". Toyota Motor Corporation Official Global Website (Press release). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "【トヨタの高級車価格ランキング】燃費やスペックも紹介!最も高いのは?" [【Toyota's luxury car price ranking】 Introduction of fuel consumption and specifications! What is the highest?]. Moby (in Japanese). Japan. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Toyota's Fuel-Cell Car Mirai Goes on Sale". The Wall Street Journal. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Toyota to quadruple production of Mirai fuel-cell vehicles by 2017". The Japan Times. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Toyota Mirai x Hydrogen: the world's first mass produced HFCV". 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Toyota Unveils 2015 Fuel Cell Sedan, Will Retail in Japan For Around ¥7 Million". transportevolved.com. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Powering the future. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could change mobility forever". Toyota Motor Corporation. 26 December 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  9. ^ Millikin, Mike (17 November 2014). "Akio Toyoda announces name of Toyota's new fuel cell sedan in web video: Mirai". Green Car Congress. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Sales, Production, and Export Results for November 2022". Toyota Motor Corporation. Japan. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  11. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy (November 2016). "Compare Fuel Cell Vehicles". fueleconomy.gov. Retrieved 24 November 2016. One kg of hydrogen is roughly equivalent to one U.S. gallon of gasoline.
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