24 November 2021

Toyota hydrogen car sets world record


A Guinness World Record has been set by the Toyota Mirai fuel cell car of 1,360 kilometres without refuelling, writes Brian Byrne.

The distance was achieved on a single fill of hydrogen which took just five minutes to do. With hydrogen as the fuel source, the only emissions from the car was water vapour.

The trip was undertaken over two days around California in the USA. It was estimated that an equivalent internal combustion engine car would have emitted around 300kg of CO2 on the same trip.