Did hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai set a Guinness World Record? Details inside
Wayne Gerdes, a professional hypermiler, piloted the 2021 Toyota Mirai, with Bob Winger as his co-pilot.
FollowThe Guinness World Record for the greatest distance travelled by a hydrogen fuel cell electric car without refuelling was established by the 2021 Toyota Mirai. During a roundtrip tour of Southern California, Toyota's hydrogen-powered Mirai travelled 1360 kilometres. Guinness World Records extensively followed the record attempt, which took place over two days. The Mirai's tank was sealed and verified by the official at both the beginning and conclusion of the voyage after a 5-minute complete fill-up. Wayne Gerdes, a professional hypermiler, piloted the 2021 Toyota Mirai, with Bob Winger as his co-pilot.
On August 23, 2021, the two-day journey began at Toyota's Technical Center (TTC) in Gardena, California, which houses Toyota's fuel cell development team. On the first day, the FCEV drove south to San Ysidro, then north to Santa Barbara, passing via Santa Monica and Malibu Beach along the Pacific Coast Highway. The GPS had recorded 761 kilometres by the time the couple returned to Toyota Technical Center (TTC).
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Day 2 consisted of additional local driving loops. The crew drove through 600 kilometres of morning and afternoon rush hour traffic on the San Diego highway between Los Angeles and Orange County until the car ran out of hydrogen and coasted back to TTC with a total distance of 1360 kilometres travelled. According to the firm, Mirai utilised a total of 5.65 kg of hydrogen throughout its efficiency-focused voyage and registered an outstanding 152 MPGe with water as its sole emission. The FCEV drove through a total of 12 hydrogen stations along the trip without stopping to recharge.
During the two days of testing, it released zero kilogrammes of CO2. In contrast, a car powered by a standard internal combustion engine would have produced about 300 kilogrammes of CO2 to reach the same distance The historic achievements were achieved, according to the company, by drivers trained in hypermiling techniques, which maximised the Mirai's vehicle performance under certain weather and driving circumstances. They also used some simple fuel-efficient driving strategies that any motorist may use.
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