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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

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Two tanks with a three-layer structure made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and other materials are used to store hydrogen at 70 MPa (approximately 700 bars or 10,000 psi). Toyota is using a NiMH battery in the Mirai. —Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President/CEO. High-pressure Hydrogen Tanks. The Prius analogy.

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

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Toyota’s goal was to reduce the cost, weight and volume of the pack from the NiMH system used earlier. The trunk floor panel features a reinforced honeycomb design and is about half the weight of the standard model’s floor panel, while the charging cable stores in a compartment at the rear edge of the trunk floor.

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