Hydrogen

A Toyota Mirai has broken the distance record for a hydrogen-powered car just weeks after Hyundai set the record in Australia. The hydrogen-fuelled Mirai completed a round trip of 1003km on one tank of fuel in France last week, ending the record run with 9km of range left in the tank. The previous record was set only a few weeks ago in Australia, with a Hyundai Nexo covering a distance of 887.5km between Melbourne and Broken Hill on one tank of hydrogen.

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Australian pricing and specifications for the 2021 Toyota Mirai have been announced. The second-generation Mirai will hit Australian roads first as part of an "extended demonstration program", which will see 20 vehicles leased by Toyota to "pioneering organisations" and business keen on a low CO2 vehicle.

The race to a hydrogen future appears to have been won by Hyundai after registering its first fleet of hydrogen cars in Australia last month. The Korean car maker and its Japanese rival Toyota are both on the brink of introducing a fleet of hydrogen vehicles. Hyundai is part of a project in the nation's capital while Toyota is co-developing a hydrogen refuelling facility in Melbourne.

The Hyundai Motor Group has detailed its plans to add a dedicated hydrogen fuel cell sub-brand, following in the footsteps of a similar electric division, announced in August 2020. The new company arm, dubbed Htwo (styled as HTWO), continues Hyundai’s existing background in hydrogen fuel cell development, which reaches back over 20 years.