I just saw a Mirai

[Nauraushaun]

Near home. In Kew. Didn't think we had any here. Wish I'd taken a photo. Handsome car.

[atfsgeoff]

@nauraushaun I saw a Mirai a few months ago in Pennsylvania. I'm still mystified

[Just Jeepin']

@atfsgeoff Amazing what you can LS swap these days.

[Nauraushaun]

@nauraushaun apparently there are 20 in Australia, likely all in Melbourne
https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/toyota-mirai-pricing-revealed-129402

[StreetsofPerth]

@nauraushaun said in I just saw a Mirai:

Handsome car.

Obviously the new second generation model.

[ranwhenparked]

@atfsgeoff As I believe the nearest hydrogen station is across the COVID Curtain in Ontario, I have no idea how that even happened. Is the guy producing the stuff at home?

[atfsgeoff]

@ranwhenparked said in I just saw a Mirai:

@atfsgeoff As I believe the nearest hydrogen station is across the COVID Curtain in Ontario, I have no idea how that even happened. Is the guy producing the stuff at home?

It had a NJ plate, it may well have been Mike Strizki's car. Was the correct color

https://hydrogenhouseproject.org/toyota-mirai.html

[ranwhenparked]

@atfsgeoff Well, that would certainly explain it

[atfsgeoff]

@ranwhenparked said in I just saw a Mirai:

@atfsgeoff Well, that would certainly explain it

Yeah. That guy is weird but very intelligent and highly motivated. I've been to his hydrogen house project and he legit runs everything off grid with solar panels and uses hydrogen as the energy storage medium. He has a gas stove that runs off hydrogen (he dopes it with some kind of metal to give it color since pure hydrogen burns almost invisibly), all his household water is molecularly-pure water from hydrogen fuel cell/combustion byproduct, and he has a bunch of neat power tools that run on fuel cells too.

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@atfsgeoff These have a habit of turning up way too far away from the nearest Hydrogen station

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/09/junkyard-find-2017-toyota-mirai-fuel-cell/

Though I'll probably never seen one. Shame, since they're quite cool looking.

[Rider]

@nauraushaun I'm pretty lucky that I live in an area where they sell these and I see them surprisingly regularly. I was behind one just the other day and saw it drop a huge load (of water) on the freeway.

[Nauraushaun]

@rider nice haha!

[BaconSandwich]

@rider ah yes, the automotive equivalent of a spit valve (like on a trumpet).

[Cé hé sin]

@nauraushaun
H2 in Oz? What's the refuelling infrastructure like? I'm guessing almost nil.

[pip bip]

@nauraushaun yeah, there's 20 Mirai in Australia

[Hike]

@atfsgeoff I've seen exactly one hydrogen car in PA and it has an Air Products logo slapped on the side. I'm guessing the Mirai that's apparently floating around has some relationship with Air Products or a similar company.

[RiceRocketeer]

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