The highly acclaimed "ultimate eco-friendly car", Toyota's second-generation MIRAI hydrogen limousine, will be imported into the GAC Toyota channel for sale at the end of this year. As a luxury car equipped with the world's leading hydrogen fuel cell technology, the market recommended retail price of the second-generation MIRAI is 748,000 yuan, and the first batch will be limited to 50 units for pioneer environmental vehicle suitors to "taste the early days". GAC Toyota will thus take the lead in realizing the sales of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles among the joint venture car companies, and continue to lead the trend of all-round electrification.
The second generation of MIRAI made a stunning debut at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and was put into large-scale use in China for the first time as an event service vehicle. This batch of event service vehicles will also be put into social operation through GAC Toyota, and will be used as the first batch of 111 hydrogen energy network ride-hailing vehicles in Guangzhou and Beijing, providing citizens with a new "hydrogen travel" experience.
The second generation of MIRAI: a hydrogen limousine with an avant-garde design and a pleasant driving experience
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are equipped with fuel cell stacks that allow hydrogen and oxygen to chemically react and generate electrical energy, rely on electric motors to drive cars, use clean energy, "breathe the air, add hydrogen, and emit only water", so it is also known as the "ultimate environmental protection car" with complete zero emissions, and the future will have a great contribution to the realization of "carbon neutrality" society. As Toyota's first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, MIRAI was listed globally in 2014 and is the world's first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, with global sales of more than 20,000 units.
The second generation of MIRAI is listed globally at the end of 2020, as Toyota's many years of electrification technology accumulation and advanced new technology of the sett, the hydrogen fuel cell technology it carries is further innovated in efficiency and performance, adding hydrogen for about 3 minutes at a time, it can achieve a long endurance of nearly 800 kilometers, and has the technical characteristics of "only draining water without carbon discharge", "running freely without fear of severe cold", "can be used as a mobile emergency power station to supply external power when camping", and can better adapt to the "pain points" of new energy travel. Bring users a happier and more reassuring experience.
At the same time, the second-generation MIRAI is not only an environmentally friendly car, but also a luxury car born on the high-end platform of TNGA architecture, with avant-garde cool design, pleasant driving fun and intelligent configuration. The second generation of MIRAI designs an avant-garde and cool appearance with the concept of "SILENT DYNAMISM", and the futuristic shape makes people fall in love at first sight, whether it is in the city or the countryside, it is a dazzling landscape. It is also a pure electric rear-drive model that pursues "pleasant driving fun", with ultra-high torque and smooth acceleration experience brought by electric motor drive, low center of gravity and high rigidity body given by TNGA architecture, as well as the optimal configuration of the FC system, to achieve an ideal weight distribution of 50:50 front and rear, as well as the ultimate tranquility developed as an executive luxury car, which realizes the seamless docking of pure electric drive performance and comfortable and pleasant driving fun of high-class cars, achieving an extraordinary driving experience.
GAC Toyota entered the "hydrogen track", and the "electrification pioneer" once again led the way
With the arrival of the second generation of MIRAI, GAC Toyota will introduce Toyota's world-leading hydrogen fuel cell technology into the Chinese market, take the lead in entering the hydrogen field among domestic joint venture car companies, lead the frontier route of electrification, and strive to provide customers with the ultimate environmental protection "hydrogen travel" experience.
As one of the earliest enterprises in China to realize the mass sales of electrified models, GAC Toyota took the lead in popularizing hybrid technology as early as 2010, after 12 years of electrification layout, it has formed a product line covering a total of 12 electrified models of hybrid, plug-in and hybrid, pure electric, and comprehensively covered the sedans, SUVs, MPV market segments, the cumulative sales of electrified models exceeded 760,000 units, and the dual-engine hybrid was the domestic hybrid sales champion in 2021 and the first eight months of 2022, consolidating the "first hybrid" status.
At present, GAC Toyota's strategy of speeding up all-round electrification not only continues to strengthen the leading edge of "TNGA dual-engine advanced hybrid" in the hybrid field, but also focuses on developing the pure electric market, starting with the first medium-sized SUV bZ4X developed on the Toyota e-TNGA pure electric architecture, and comprehensively expanding the lineup of pure electric products.
From January to August this year, GAC Toyota's electrified model sales reached 209,000 units, achieving a strong doubling growth, electrified models accounted for more than 30% of the company's overall sales, coupled with the full popularization of intelligent driving technologies such as TSS, as well as the high-end, high-value product matrix supported by the three flagship models of Camry, Highlander and Saina, so that GAC Toyota not only entered the joint venture head camp in terms of sales scale, but also built a "new head" characterized by electrification, intelligence and high-end in product structure. Advantages of car companies.
Rooted in Nansha, Guangzhou for 18 years, GAC Toyota has always stood at the forefront of electrification with the mission of "mass production happiness", made practical efforts for the popularization of electrified vehicles, and is committed to providing customers with high-quality electrified car travel experience.
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