Toyota Mirai

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Toyota Mirai - front view, November 11, 2018, Düsseldorf.jpg
Mirai
Production period: 2014-2019
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Electric motor :
114 kW
Length: 4890 mm
Width: 1815 mm
Height: 1535 mm
Wheelbase : 2780 mm
Empty weight : 1850 kg
Rear view
Engine compartment
inner space

The Toyota Mirai is a four-seater hydrogen - fuel cell vehicle of the upper middle class , the world's first declared by the manufacturer in mass produced. According to generally accepted standards, it was initially a medium-series production , as significantly fewer than 1,000 vehicles were built per month.

The Mirai was launched in 2014 and began selling in Japan on December 15, 2014. In Germany, the car was first delivered in September 2015.

By December 2016, 2,840 units had been produced and 1,500 of them were sold in Japan, 1,200 in the USA and 30 in Germany. Around 5,300 Mirai had been sold worldwide by the end of 2017. By January 2018, Toyota had sold more than 3,000 copies in California, giving the company a market share of 80% for fuel cell cars in the United States. 10,000 Mirai had been produced by September 2019, of which almost 1,000 were sold in Europe.

The term “Mirai” comes from Japanese and means future.

history

Toyota began developing a hydrogen-powered vehicle back in 1992. The first prototypes were presented in 2001 with the Toyota FCHV .

The launch in Japan is supported by the government. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe promised in July 2014 that every purchase would be funded with the equivalent of 14,000 euros.

In the United States, the Mirai was offered for sale in 2014 for $ 57,500. In Germany, the model is only offered in direct sales through Toyota Germany at a price of 78,600 euros or in leasing . For maintenance there are so-called “Mirai support point dealers” in cities and regions with Mirai customers. In 2017 these were located in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.

At the end of 2015, a Mirai was given to media representatives in Germany for testing. A test drive led from Berlin to Bavaria and to a direct comparison with the pure battery electric-powered Tesla Model S .

The production line in Motomachi near the city of Nagoya uses relatively few robots and allows the production of a maximum of 13 vehicles per day.

At the end of September 2019, Toyota boss Takeshi Uchiyamada announced the second generation of the Mirai for 2020. It will not be an SUV, essentially the European taste is taken into account with a longer bonnet. There is also a switch to rear-wheel drive. The length increases with a wheelbase from 2.92 m to 4.97 m; this goes hand in hand with five seats. Production will start in autumn 2020.

technology

Technically, the Toyota Mirai is a serial hybrid : the electric drive draws its energy from a traction battery . Is composed of 34 modules nickel metal and has a capacity of 6.5 Ah at 244.8 V . This is recharged while driving by a fuel cell that is supplied with hydrogen from 700 bar pressure tanks in front of and behind the rear axle . Each of the tanks can hold around 2.5 kg of hydrogen (total 122.4 L ) at 700 bar . The Toyota Mirai achieves a range of up to 500 km. The fuel cell has a volume of about 36½ liters and thus provides 3.1 kW per liter of construction volume .

The second generation of the Mirai has three tanks that together hold 5.6 kg of hydrogen; the range increases by 30 percent to around 650 kilometers.

The electric motor drives the car with an output of 114 kW (153 HP or 155 PS). The maximum torque is 335 Nm. Acceleration from 0 to 60 mph is 9 seconds, from 0 to 100 km / h is 9.6 seconds, and the top speed is 178 km / h.

During the test drive from Berlin to Bavaria, it was found that the filling time at the 700-bar pressure filling stations can be up to 15 minutes, and that around 7 to 8 liters of water are emitted every 100 kilometers.

When the journey is finished, there is still water in the pipes. The water is pumped out of the vehicle through the pipes using a H2O button . The video shows the process after driving approx. 25 km.

reviews

The “ ADAC Auto Test” 03/2017 rated the Toyota Mirai in the “Environment / Ecotest” category with “1.4”, but pointed out that hydrogen must be obtained in the long term from renewable energy sources such as photovoltaics , wind energy and hydropower ; in the case of hydrogen production from fossil materials, the ADAC comes up with CO 2 emissions of 121 g / km. When looking at tank-to-wheel , the Mirai is like an electric car, quiet and free of harmful emissions.

At the beginning of July 2017, the vehicle was awarded the "KS (= Kraftfahrer-Schutz eV) Energy and Environment Prize", an award for technical developments that support environmentally friendly and economical driving.

In contrast, Gregor Honsel also clarified in a comment on heise.de in July 2014 the fossil primary energy requirement well-to-tank of the Toyota Mirai, which contradicts the positive representations of the climate impacts based on Toyota's tank-to-wheel approach and the company's self-image . He therefore questioned the environmental friendliness of well-to-wheel . Hydrogen is being criticized as an artificially produced secondary energy carrier because of its low volumetric energy density and its almost exclusive production via steam reforming from fossil natural gas.

Gallery of the concept vehicle FCV-Concept

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Registration numbers

In the sales year 2016, 25 Toyota Mirai were newly registered in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2017 there were 61 vehicles. In 2018, 54 vehicles were newly registered.

Source: Federal Motor Transport Authority

In September 2019, Toyota announced, in addition to the announcement of a successor model, that it had produced 10,000 units of the Mirai since the start of production in 2014. This corresponds to an average of around 2,000 vehicles a year.

See also

Web links

Commons : Toyota Mirai  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Mirai website Toyota Germany

Individual evidence

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