Toyota’s Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car: is it really ‘the future’?

Back in 1966, the first hydrogen fuel cell car arrived on the motoring scene. And, of course, the General Motors Electrovan, developed over two years by the American automaker’s 250-strong advanced engineering team, was presented as a “vehicle of the future”.

And, judging by the raw figures, it wasn’t a bad effort at all. The Electrovan could ostensibly reach a top speed of 110km/h and boasted a range of nearly 200km (even if the necessary modifications to the GMC Handivan on which it was based resulted in the six-seater effectively becoming a two-seater). Not shabby for a first effort, right?