Toyota has been working on hydrogen-powered cars for 23 years — longer than any other automaker — and we're finally starting to see the results of its work. In October 2015, the automaker began selling its hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirais in California — marking the first time hydrogen-powered vehicles were sold in the United States. We spoke with Craig Scott, Toyota's national advanced technology manager, to learn more about Toyota's plans for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Here's what he had to say:
According to the Alternative Fuels Data Centre there are 12,131 electric charging stations for EVs in the country , but if Toyota is to achieve its target to supply 3,000 of its hydrogen - powered Mirai models by 2020 , it will have to improve its country - wide capacity of hydrogen storage . Currently there are 49 hydrogen fuelling stations in California that are either open , or waiting or being built , with 12 stations about to be constructed on the East Coast , and a few stations scattered throughout the rest of the US . Despite the limitations with the advent of hydrogen vehicles , Toyota 's national advanced technology manager said " My belief is we will eventually find a new way to sell hydrogen ... When those breakthroughs start to happen it becomes ostensibly easier to do longer than . "