11mo ago

Toyota Mirai Turned Into Hydrogen Bomb By Ukrainian Forces Explodes With The Force Of 400 Pounds Of TNT

autos.yahoo.com Toyota Mirai Turned Into Hydrogen Bomb By Ukrainian Forces Explodes With The Force Of 400 Pounds Of TNT

The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle has hardly been an international sales success, thanks to poor hydrogen infrastructure, expense, and polarizing design, but it proved successful to Ukrainian forces which scavenged parts from the hydrogen car to create the world’s smallest hydroge...

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Toyota should add "can become a mini-nuke" to their sales pitch. I'm sure they'll get at least half of NCD with that alone.
- It was not a nuclear explosion, that would be insane. Pure hydrogen is highly explosive, which is why it's suitable for a combustion vehicle like the Mirai.
  
  Mirai isn't a combustion vehicle, it has a fuel cell that generates electricity via a chemical reaction.
  
  At first I thought it was NCD memery, e.g. “Ukrainian soldiers cobble together a nuke from a car they find lying around” so imagine my surprise when I see it’s a real headline. Even though “hydrogen bomb” is technically correct, it certainly made me do a double take. I wonder if that choice of words was intentional.

Finally a use for the Mirai. God knows it wasn't much of a vehicle.

Funny that Mirai mean Future, so this is the future of warfare, drone and hydrogen car lol

video of the explosion: https://xcancel.com/Deepstate_UA/status/1817640662365503883
- Where the FUCK did they find a Toyota Mirai sitting around?? One of the newest cars that literally only exists on 1 state in the US... is sitting around in Ukraine?? Do they even have hydrogen infrastructure or is this just a way to skirt Geneva Convention?
  Man, what a top quality dumbass. Those vehicles are practically worthless, due to having a running cost multiple times that of an F-150, if you can find the fuel.
  And why would the Geneva convention have anything to say about this?
- That url looks sus.
  
  it's a frontend for X without the ads and without the need of an account to access the tweet and the comments. you can replace xcancel.com (the domain part of the url) with x.com if you prefer

9000 Mirai of Zelensky

What up with Toyota trucks and war
- They're relatively cheap, transport a fair amount of people/goods, and, according to Top Gear, absolutely unkillable.
  
  Also, they are seen as more reliable, requiring fewer repairs.

Looks like the Hilux has some competition

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