Innovative Mobile Refuelling Keeps Toyota’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Mirai Fleet On The Road

Toyota hasn’t let the lack of hydrogen refuelling facilities in Australia stand in the way of racking-up kilometres with its fleet of prototype Mirai fuel cell vehicles.

Clearly an interim measure, Toyota’s three Mirai sedans are on a local roadshow and being followed by a Hino 700 Series prime mover towing a trailer containing bottles of hydrogen, a generator and compressor. In fact the trailer is large enough that one of the Toyota Mirais can be loaded inside.

The bottled hydrogen is cooled and pressurized to the required 70MPa before being pumped into the Mirais. Naturally the same mobile refuelling system can be used for other fuel-cell vehicles - at this time most commonly forklifts and some buses.

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