Toyota Canadas Stephen Beatty, right, with the companys FCEV, the Mirai.Toyota Canada Toyota has led the hybrid charge for two decades, and as Toyota Canadas Stephen Beatty tells Plugged In host Andrew McCredie, is now all-in on EVs, particularly fuel cell vehicles.The companys vice president also has some interesting things to say about some provinces push to create electric vehicle sales quotas for 2030, and tells us about Toyotas fascinating, and potentially game-changing, work with Quebec to produce green hydrogen. Plugged In is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google
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Toyota’s 2021 Mirai Concept is a truly stunning hydrogen-powered car
Toyota revealed mid-October a concept for its 2021-model-year hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Mirai, which now looks like it could replace just about anything in your garage.This is only the second-generation Mirai, following up the firsts debut in 2015, and we think youll agree the styling has vastly proved. The vehicle now looks more like a standard sedan, with hints of European styling all around, especially in the rear three-quarter view.Some trick 20-inch alloy wheels are included and look to be sourced from a Lexus classy. The Mirai (which means future in Japanese) uses a hydrogen fuel cell to charge its batteries, which means it makes even less of an environmental impact at fill-up compared to pure electrics. The only emission it creates from the tailpipe is water.This latest generation of Mirai also has a larger hydrogen capacity, and a target 30-per-cent increase in driving range. The previous-gen Mirai had a 500-km range, so the new model could potentially have a 650-km range.To add to the good news, the vehicle is based on a rear-wheel-drive platform, which means the vehicle might even be more fun to drive than previous models.While Toyota is calling this vehicle a concept, we have no doubt it will go into production looking largely unchanged. The second-gen Mirai will go on sale in late 2020, but pricing has yet to be
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Watch: Toyota’s new GR Super Sport supercar spotted at Fuji
Toyotas GR Super Sport Concept, built with Gazoo Racing, on display at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.Handout This past weekend, Toyota Gazoo Racing won the Le Mans 24 Hours in France with a one-two finish following an intense final hour of the FIA World Endurance Championship season. One day later, Toyota’s new GR Super Sport road car showed up for track testing at Fuji Speedway. And guess who was at the wheel? None other than Mr. Akio Toyoda himself. To recap, the GR Super Sport first showed up last January at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Looking for all the world like a Le Mans racer for the street, the machine was said to be powered by a twin-turbo 2.4-litre V6 lashed to a hybrid system. The works of it should make somewhere in the neighbourhood of 1,000 horsepower. You know we live in a gearhead’s paradise when four-figure power outputs are mentioned almost in passing. This road car will form the basis of Toyota’s entrant into the new Hypercar class of racers. They will form a new top category of cars, replacing the current LMP1 prototypes, and be introduced from September 2020. Unlike the current spaceships, the general thought behind the creation of this class is to host cars that are instantly recognizable by their marque. They are charged with a performance goal of 03:22.00 during qualifying at Le Mans. For comparison, this year’s LMP1 pole-sitter ran a 03:15.497. If you’re interested in all the details of this new class, check them out here. As for the machine seen tackling Fuji, its camouflaged bodywork doesn’t give much away in terms of styling choices. We do get a shot of the interior around the thirty-second mark, showing a focused cockpit with a steering wheel surprisingly devoid of the typical myriad of race car controls. A centrally-mounted screen appears to show the GR Super Sport rocketing down Fuji’s main straight at 252 km/h. Cars generally get up to 275 km/h at the end of that stretch, so the GR SS certainly has the goods. No timeframe has yet been announced for
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