Car-power - on sale now

In Japan started sales of the Toyota Mirai — the world's first production car with a hydrogen engine. The company planned to begin implementation in the spring of 2015, however, it was decided to postpone the date to an earlier date, as the number of pre-orders exceeded expectation.

Mirai is a 4 — door sedan, the engine which is electric motor producing 151 horsepower. Energy provides the Converter, the starting material is hydrogen, which is stored under pressure of 70 MPa in two tanks of carbon fiber. The oxygen required for the chemical reaction comes straight from the car radiator during its movement. One filling is sufficient for a mileage of 480 kilometers, while the filling 5 pounds (170 liters) of hydrogen lasts about three minutes.

The official presentation of the electric vehicle in Europe will take place at the Geneva motor show, in America, sales will begin in late 2015, and only 200 copies and only in California. The fact is that today in the U.S. no hydrogen filling stations. However, by the start of sales of Toyota and Air Liquide plans to build 12 such stations. It is expected that the final price for the car with all the state subsidies and discounts will be about 45 thousand dollars, which is comparable with the price of electric cars Tesla.

It is worth noting that the powertrain of the car can be used as a kind of home power. Engineers report that by using a system that they power the average Japanese house can be powered generated electricity for 5 days. The idea of such a non-standard use of the machine there because of the significant risk of accidents on the island, when the whole city can stay without electricity because of the tsunami.

Source: alternativenergy.ru