HYDROGEN TAKES ON THE HARD CELL

TOYOTA IS A BIG believer in hydrogen fuel cell cars, and we’ve driven the car to prove it – the second-generation Mirai. This zero-emissions electric car produces its electricity onboard by mixing hydrogen and oxygen in a fuel cell stack, with only water and heat produced as waste.

Mirai embodies Toyota’s kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement. Compared with the first-generation Mirai from 2014, the fuel cell stack is smaller but more powerful, range has increased to 650km, and the vehicle is transformed from freaky Prius cousin to svelte Lexus clone.

Toyota only produced 11,000 firstgen cars and was coy about the list price, but then you couldn’t really buy one;