Toyota Mirai

[Insomniator]

Didn't see another topic about this...

http://www.cnet.com/products/2016-toyota-mirai/

Definitely ugly and expensive but Fuel Cell has been 'the future' for as long as I can remember hearing about alternative fuel cars.

$50 to refill for 300 miles is pretty steep... hopefully someday we can make it at home and oil companies can go **** them selves (never gonna happen).

 

[Yuriman]

Not a fan of the styling, especially the huge, fake grilles in the front. Great to see fuel cells actually being used though.

 

[jlee]

~15mpg equivalent at $2.60/gal, 24mpg equivalent at $4.00/gal. Certainly not the most economical thing around, but it's good to see other technology being developed/advanced. It'll only improve with time.

 

[manimal]

4 dollars a gallon a year ago seemed alot more probable in the next few years in us. I just hope the current oil prices dont stop the innovation going on in electric and fuel cell options. More options for the consumer is a good thing.


The thing about fuel cell is the military and a few large government entities adopting something like this could help speed investment in that infrastructure.

 

[reallyscrued]

I'm the odd one out, but I'm actually digging the front.

Not a fan of the rear. Long, sweeping tail light designs are almost impossible to get right. I can name only a handful of cars that succeeded making such designs look attractive.

(3000GT / Eclipse , Charger, NSX....? )

 

[thejohnfist]

I like the idea of it, but the styling is poor, the range/cost is poor, usefulness is poor. The only way a shift to hydrogen is going to work is if the government pushes it, so that there are hydrogen fuel pumps as often as gas.

Unfortunately, the government is ran in part by many of the oil producing families of the world.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

11k PSI? Yowsers...

 

[Mermaidman]

The rear fender area is horr-ugly! D:

 

[ThatsABigOne]

^I agree. Who designed this thing? I would like to have a chat with him in an interrogation room.

 

[nedfunnell]

H2 can't hack it in the long run. The stations cost too much to build, and the cost advantage of the fuel is not there. If there will be a green car of the future, I'm betting on electric over H2.

http://www.greencarreports.com/news...fuel-cell-vehicles-compete-with-electric-cars