Automotive

On a nice sunny Friday morning, Mrs. Cazalea and I headed for Tustin Toyota to take a long-awaited test drive in a real production Toyota Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Powered Mirai. Regular readers of this site may remember my report from the LA Auto Show about 18 ...  

I kept noticing them on the roads in the past few months since they first began deliveries and unsurprisingly it did not leave me terribly impressed. It would appear from your writing that you were not particularly impressed either. Granted, it is their f... 

But the manufacturers like Honda, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, etc have been working on them for decades. The trouble is they have too many constraints right now. They have to meet safety standards while hauling around two tanks of 10,000 psi hydrogen. The... 

to read your impressions after having used the car for a while. Ironically, I was watching a little bit of TV tonight and this ad came on.... Toyota Mirai Ad

The car does seem a little on the ugly side but maybe one can get used to it. I find the prius super ugly but they sell like hot cakes. Enjoy the weekend. Ps i love the citroen dash console. Looks like a spaceship.

I got my Casio calculator out to work out that it takes 140 miles journey round trip to fill a 310 mile capacity. You are left with 240 miles when you get home but need to reserve 70 miles for the next run to the gas station. Thus your usable range is 170... 

which is in-between my favorite local watch boutiques. Alternatively, my wife's father who we are visiting 2-3 times a month lives near 3 stations in Torrance - one of them offers FREE hydrogen - so we could fuel up there. But it still doesn't make sense ... 

It seems that the product will still need a while to be a practicable solution for many people. The driving like a Prius may not wow us enthusiasts but it shows that the technology is ripe for mass use - if you have a gas station nearby. Still very intere... 

...there are so many aspects and prospects of this development but here are few of my own initial considerations. I am not sure of the clean energy production/utilization/wastage ratios with the comparables that being the most important reason to sway awa... 

The sales lady gave me a handful of brochures, which I failed to include in my previous article. Can we take a quick look now instead? If the thought of fuel cell vehicles, gives you a headache, you'd better stop now. If instead you feel like this, then p...  

Buying an alternative fuel vehicle in California is very complex. Here's how the Mirai stacks up: 58,335 initial price LEASE $5000 down ( $3650 down + $1400 tax, license, registration, etc.) $540 / month ( $500 month lease payment + tax) $5000 rebate from... 

MIrai Production Line in Japan

How the Marai works

why must Toyota design their very ugliest cars when creating high mpg vehicles? I'm stunned by how super-ugly the new Prius is--even super-uglier than the first models... And this model here is only slightly less horrid, chuckle.... But credit where credi... 

This is the newest-generation Prius, decorated my one of my neighbors. Actually, I like it. Cazalea ...  

Litterally Have to see it in the flesh to really judge it though F

Stop rubbing your eyes and shaking your head in disbelief. It accentuates the better points of the car. Mike

That red convertible (don't ask me what it is) with the white stripes also happens to belong to that same neighboor ?

There is a surplus of them in my neighborhood! Here is is from a couple years ago: AND ALL THE REST!!!! ...  

It looks like 1970's tube socks.... chuckle... Cazalea I certainly admire your watch collection though here we may differ haha.

Mike

This is another of your superlative reviews. Really appreciated. I've always been astounded by the pressure the Hydrogen tanks have to take. I am wary enough filling scuba tanks... Great job. I wish I had a chance to drive one.

.. yes i watched all videos till the end. Pretty amazing to finally see this technology going ... errr ... onroad . Unfortunately Toyota again has a name to keep up ... of keeping things ugly and un-exciting ... like most other brands producing electric c...