New Toyota Mirai Travels 623 Miles Or 1,000 km On A Tank Of Hydrogen, Setting New Record

A Toyota Mirai has set a new world record for the longest distance traveled on a single tank of hydrogen for a production car.

The journey took the Mirai a total of 1,003 km (623 miles) from a hydrogen station in the Paris commune of Orly. The car was driven exclusively on public roads in areas south of Paris and in the Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire areas.

Toyota says the latest-generation Mirai can travel around 650 km (403 miles) under normal driving conditions but the 4 drivers used during the record-breaking run were able to eke out much more range.

One of the drivers was a man by the name of Victorien Erussard, the founder of Energy Observer that is a Toyota partner and has previously created a boat with a Toyota fuel cell. Other drivers included Toyota Motor Europe engineer James Olden, Mirai product manager Maxime le Hir, and Toyota France PR manager Marie Gadd.

“It’s an amazing challenge that we achieved with the new Mirai. Internally, it is the mindset of Start your Impossible, going beyond our own limits, that drives us, and we proved it again today,” Toyota France chief executive Frank Marotte said in a statement. “I would like to thank the teams of Toyota France and Toyota Europe, as well as Victorien at Energy Observer, with whom we share the same vision and the same ambition. It is by strong partnerships that we will be able to contribute to a better and more environmentally friendly society. With Toyota’s ambition to go ‘Beyond Zero’ in mind: take a seat for the future.”