As a result, a sedan the size of a Camry can be bought for the price of a Toyota Corolla
Toyota has introduced an incredible discount on its hydrogen Mirai sedan: in the USA the car is sold for 27 thousand dollars instead of 67 thousand. dollars. But that’s not all: the buyer receives a fuel card for 15 thousand dollars as a bonus! The car can also be purchased in interest-free installments. The offer can be called not just tempting, but super tempting, if not for one thing: a very small number of gas stations. For example, in the whole of Sacramento there are… two. And most of the — in San Francisco (about 10) and Los Angeles (about 20).
Toyota announced an attraction of unprecedented generosity after Shell abandoned plans to build 48 new hydrogen stations and decided to close six of the seven operating due to unprofitability.
It should be noted that not the latest Mirai, but cars from 2023 are being sold at a huge discount. In this case, the maximum discount applies only to the car in the top configuration. Discount on the base Mirai priced at $50.2 thousand less — 22 thousand dollars.
Previously, Toyota itself reported that the Mirai project, with meager sales, is almost exclusively for image purposes: the company does not receive any profit from sales of the hydrogen sedan. For this reason, many did not hope to see the second generation Mirai, but such a car did appear. Moreover, by 2024, Toyota has updated its hydrogen car: the complex of active safety systems has been improved — automatic braking and adaptive cruise control.