The World’s Biggest Car Company (Toyota) Wants to Get Rid of Gasoline

The Mirain from Toyota will go on sale in Japan on Dec. 15, it will be available in the U.S. and Europe in late 2015 and has a driving range of 300 miles, much farther than most plug-in electrics can go. It also runs on the most abundant element in the universe and emits only heat and water–and none of the gases that lead to smog or contribute to global warming. "This is not an alternative to a gasoline vehicle," says Scott Samuelsen, an engineer and director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California at Irvine. "This is a quantum step up."

The car can double as a mobile power station: A socket in the trunk can electrify the typical Japanese home for about a week in the event of an earthquake or other emergency.

By Brian Bremner, Craig Trudell, and Yuki Hagiwara

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