Today, Toyota started taking orders for the new Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) with delivery estimated in late 2015 at an MSRP of $57,500.  Toyota has been developing their FCV technology over the past 20 years and believes that the Mirai will be a game changer in the transportation industry, much as the Prius hybrid vehicle was a decade ago. The Mirai uses no gasoline; rather, it converts hydrogen to electricity using a fuel cell battery with the only emission being water vapor.  It will be the only zero emission electric vehicle on the market that tops the 300 mile range milestone (an EPA estimated driving range rating of 312 miles) and offers an EPA estimated 67 mpge city/highway/combined. As part of the announcement, Toyota also identified the current and planned refueling stations (all in California) over the next 2 years. There are 4 stations currently available, with an additional 7 scheduled to open by the end of 2015 and 31 more in 2016.

You can visit their order web site at: Toyota Mirai Order Request Site. See also OWOE What is a Fuel Cell Vehicle?

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