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The new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle will offer an EPA-estimated 67 miles per gallon equivalent (mpge) city/highway/combined when it hits dealerships this autumn, and an EPA-estimated driving range rating of 312 miles on a single fill of hydrogen.
Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz announced the EPA-estimated performance figures at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen in the US state of Colorado. Mirai is the only zero-emission electric vehicle on the market that tops the 300-mile range milestone.
“Toyota realised in the early 1990s that electrification was key to the future of the automobile,” said Mr Lentz. “Just as the Prius introduced hybrid-electric vehicles to millions of customers nearly 20 years ago, the Mirai is now poised to usher in a new era of efficient, hydrogen transportation.”
The world’s first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, the Toyota Mirai is a four-door, mid-size sedan with performance, its makers say, that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines – but uses no petrol. Instead, Mirai creates electricity on demand using hydrogen, oxygen and a fuel cell, and emits nothing but water vapour in the process.
Toyota says it will match the Mirai’s impressive performance with an equally impressive ownership experience, including:
• Three years’ worth of complimentary fuel
• Three years complimentary Safety Connect and Entune, including hydrogen station finder app.
• Three years of 24/7 customer call support.
• Mirai Complimentary Rental Experience for seven days per year for three years.
• Enhanced ToyotaCare, a service plan to include:
• No cost scheduled maintenance for three years, or 35,000 miles, whichever comes first.
• No cost enhanced roadside assistance for three years, regardless of mileage, including expedited towing service and trip interruption reimbursement at a maximum of $500 per day for up to five days per incident.
• Eight-year/100,000-mile warranty on key fuel cell vehicle components including the FC stack and power control unit, FC hydrogen tanks, hybrid battery pack and ECU, FC air compressor, boost converter and ECU, hybrid control module (power management control module) and hydrogen fuelling ECU.
Beginning this summer, customers in California can request a Mirai by visiting www.toyota.com/mirai
Prices will be announced shortly and global launches will follow.
