Hyperdrive
Toyota Plans 10-Fold Boost to Hydrogen Bet With Restyled Sedan
- Car cast as the company’s future losing science project looks
- First-generation Mirai barely registered on the sales charts
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As others automakers plan battery-powered SUVs and trucks, Toyota Motor Corp.’s vision for the future of driving remains a hydrogen-sipping sedan.
The Japanese behemoth will begin sales late next year of the second-generation Mirai, its fuel cell-powered four-door, and ramp up annual production by 10-fold from the current model. Toyota’s bet that it can position a hydrogen sedan for more of a mass market flies in the face of rivals wagering on putting batteries into the bigger-bodied vehicles consumers are buying.