Toyota Mirai pricing revealed

Toyota Australia has launched the second-generation 2021 Toyota Mirai fuel-cell electric car, confirming 20 examples will be targeted at organisations and businesses at a cost of $1750 per month for three years.

The $63,000 total incudes hydrogen refuelling, while servicing will be a $2693 additional cost over three years. The cars will be handed back when the lease expires.

The 20 new Toyota Mirai vehicles supersede 10 first-gen examples that were distributed to Melbourne councils in a 2018 trial.

At today’s launch, Toyota did not name any of its Mirai customers and wouldn’t confirm any deals had been done as yet.

Private Mirai purchasers are not a priority for Toyota and the car will not have a recommended retail price to buy outright.

They arrive only weeks after Toyota opened a hydrogen production and refuelling centre at its Toyota Centre of Excellence in Altona, west of Melbourne, formerly its local manufacturing plant.

The new Mirai has a claimed 650km range and refuels in about the same time as a petrol-fuelled internal combustion vehicle.

That is a significant advantage over battery-electric vehicles that have a shorter range and take far longer to recharge.

But EVs have a ready-made refuelling network via the electricity grid, while the Australian hydrogen refuelling network is almost non-existent.

The second-gen Mirai is roughly the size of a Toyota Camry. It also now seats five passengers, unlike the smaller original.

The new Mirai is powered by a 134kW/300Nm e-motor mounted on the rear axle. It is fed electricity by a 128kW fuel-cell stack mounted under the bonnet.

The fuel-cell stack combines oxygen with hydrogen in a chemical reaction that produces electricity and water, the latter expelled via the exhaust.

Standard equipment on the 2021 Toyota Mirai includes synthetic leather trim, an 8.0-inch digital instrument display, 14-speaker JBL audio, dual-zone climate control and a 12.3-inch touch-screen that incorporates satellite navigation, Bluetooth connectivity and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.

Safety features include a pre-collision system with day/night pedestrian and day cyclist detection, emergency steering assist, lane trace assist, lane departure alert, intersection turn assist, road sign assist (certain speed signs), auto high beam and adaptive cruise control.

In addition to this, the new Toyota Mirai is also fitted with blind spot monitor and rear cross traffic alert, parking support brake, seven airbags and a panoramic view monitor to ensure excellent all-round vision when parking.

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