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Toyota Mirai sets world record for distance traveled on hydrogen

The fuel-cell-powered car managed the equivalent of 3.62 L/100 km on a trip through France

Alex Reid
Jun 02, 2021  •  June 2, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Join the conversation
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Toyota early June announced it’d set a new record for distance traveled in a hydrogen-powered vehicle, with its new Mirai. The Mirai is driven by electric motors, fed by a hydrogen fuel-cell instead of battery power.

Starting in Orly, France on May 26, 2021 at 5:43 am, the company’s record-setting Mirai was filled up with 5.6 kilograms (12 pounds) of hydrogen from a HYSETCO station.

Four drivers were employed to complete the journey, including Toyota Europe Engineer James Olden; Toyota of France product manager Maxime Le Hir; PR manager Marie Gadd; and Victorien Erussard, captain and founder of Energy Observer.

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The Mirai has an EPA estimated range of 675 km (420 miles), but at the end of the test, the trip counter showed the car had traveled about 1,003 km (623 miles). The average fuel consumption was calculated to be 0.55 kg/100 km, which translates to roughly 65 miles per gallon (3.62 L/100 km).

The record for longest distanced traveled by a vehicle on any fuel was set back in 2011, when a Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI travelled 1,581.88 miles on one tank of diesel. The Passat managed to achieve an average of 76 miles per gallon.

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