Easy to refuel, offering over 500 km driving range and emitting nothing but water, our pioneering Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric vehicles have the potential to revolutionise the way we drive. After leading the world with the world’s first production hydrogen-powered car in 2014, we’re taking zero-emission fuel cell technology to new heights with the second-generation Mirai, a vision for clean mobility that’s on the road today.
Instead of being powered by electricity stored in a battery, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric vehicles produce their electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in a fuel cell stack. Refuelling their hydrogen tanks from a pump takes less than five minutes, and once on the road, you’ll enjoy zero-emission journeys that are as safe, convenient and enjoyable as in a conventional vehicle.
Hydrogen is clean, safe and all around us. It’s so common it makes up 70% of matter in the universe. This allows hydrogen to be locally sourced and, if made with renewable energy, can be completely carbon-free.
A pan-European initiative to create a hydrogen refuelling network is underway, with approximately 200 stations already open and more planned each year. Refuelling is safe, easy and as familiar as it is in a conventional car, from the pump and nozzle to the keypad and information screen.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric vehicles like the Mirai are just the start for hydrogen power. As a viable alternative to fossil fuels, hydrogen not only has the potential to cut global emissions in public and commercial transportation, it’s already moving us towards a society that’s entirely hydrogen-based.
From fork-lift and heavy-duty trucks to the Caetanobus and Energy Observer ship, Toyota fuel cell technology is already making a difference on land and sea. And from next year it will power an entire community. Toyota’s Woven City, a prototype city at the base of Mount Fuji, will offer a fully connected ecosystem powered solely by hydrogen fuel cells.
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