About 2000 preorders have already been made for Toyota’s Mirai hydrogen-fueled car. The car is currently available for sale in specific California markets. Toyota hopes to meet about 50% of the orders for model year 2016. According to the communications representative for Toyota, Jana Hartline, the United States has been allotted just below one thousand Mirai sedans through mid year 2017. Out of necessity, Toyota will be forced to exclude buyers who are not within the area covered by fueling infrastructure. For instance, a potential purchaser in Fresno will not get a Mirai since the area does not yet have hydrogen stations.

Although some electric vehicle fans have made allegations that Toyota overstated the interest, the major point is there are consumers who would purchase the Toyota Mirai if it were available to them. The actual number of sales of Mirai will be available later; however, Toyota’s reports are regarding a positive reception regardless of minimal fueling stations. A few months ago, the automobile company started a portal for placing online orders. By the end of 2017, the company’s goal is to make 3,000 Mirais. Currently, the company is working with the slightly below one thousand Mirais allocated.

At this juncture, the degree of flexibility that may accompany Toyota’s supply is unknown. However, the production was tripled in Japan last year when the interest was more than conservation projections. Though firm deliveries dates have not yet been announced by the automaker, it is expected that the first Mirais will be handed over to California buyers this month. Mirai was launched a week following the release of 35-year environmental goals by Toyota. The automaker made the decision of challenging itself to minimize carbon dioxide emissions up to 90% by 2050. Contrary to other automobile companies that seem to hugely invest in a few low emission car categories, Toyota plans to embrace several types of technology.

Yoshikazu Tanaka, Mirai’s Chief engineer explained further that Toyota aims at promoting the production of next-generation cars that will have zero or low carbon dioxide emissions. These include plug-in hybrid, fuel-cell, and hybrid vehicles. The spread of the cars will further be accelerated by the automobile company. A comparison of battery electric vehicle to a fuel cell vehicle has revealed that the Mirai can go to further on a single charge compared to most battery-electric vehicles. Toyota is searching for ways of putting up more hydrogen stations countrywide.