Inovev expects 5,000 to 10,000 units a year from the new Toyota Mirai
- Toyota has introduced the new generation of its hydrogen powered fuel cell car, the Mirai, which will be marketed from 2020. Launched in 2014 and commercialized from 2015, the first generation of the Mirai was sold to about 10,000 units in six years of commercial career.
- Despite this very low sales volume (3,300 annual sales on average), the manufacturer wanted to give an offspring to this model because it believes in the potential of the fuel cell vehicle. Honda (with its Clarity) and Hyundai (with its Nexo) also believe in the potential of this type of vehicle and intend to renew their offer in this area.
- Based on the TNGA platform, the new Mirai is totally new in style, with a sleeker, slimmer line coming from the recent Toyota Crown limo. 8cm longer than the old (4.97m), wider than 7cm (1.88m) and 6cm lower (1.47m), the new Mirai offers new dimensions, more conventional and more consensual than the previous one.
- The new Mirai will be produced on the Motomachi Japanese site, as previously. Inovev expects 5,000 to 10,000 annual vehicles for the period 2020-2025. The main obstacle to a significant diffusion of fuel cell vehicles is first of all their price (nearly 80,000 euros in France for a Mirai 1, the generation of hydrogen from carbonated sources, and the problem of safety relating to the storage of hydrogen.
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