Mirai, Toyota's new hydrogen fuel cell automobile is making a buzz lately. Although there are controversies surrounding the hydrogen fuel cars, many are not liking how it looks.
The designers of Toyota liked a look that noticeably showed this vehicle is "something different." They also wanted a design that will not ever "grow boring" no matter how many times people saw them or how long the vehicle was running on the road.
Hydrogen fuel cell cars like Mirai, need to be filled up with compressed hydrogen gas. This takes approximately 5 minutes, then a "fuel cell" load in the car "combines that hydrogen to oxygen from the atmosphere." This process makes water while "throwing out a stream of electricity." There will be no horrible emissions from the car and "to recharge for a full 300 mile range", it only takes some minutes.
Unfortunately, no one can just buy hydrogen in any gasoline station. Gasoline stations Like Shell don't sell hydrogen, but Toyota as well as other automakers who have hydrogen cars are creating ways to make hydrogen at least a bit simpler to have. These companies are also working on an earth-friendly ways to make "pure hydrogen gas."
Most controversies thrown at hydrogen fueled cars is connected to the idea on how to make hydrogen. Hydrogen is the "most abundant element" in the whole universe, it is also a friendly element which means it does not normally hang out by its own. It has to be break down from some other substance such as water or natural gas.
If it involves natural gas, then it means fracking which is a tremendously controversial method of extracting natural gas out of the planet's crust. This caused furious among many people.
But, hydrogen does not always need to be made from the natural gas "taken out" from the ground. For example, there are "hydrogen fueling stations" that produce hydrogen from the gases produced from the waste that people flush down the toilet or from the rotting garbage.
For Toyota, Mirai is a "fun-to-drive" vehicle plus it has a "futuristic interior." This will be available in the market this year, initially in California only. The expected prices will begin at $57,500.