2022 Toyota Mirai review

The 2022 Toyota Mirai is unique: It's a luxury car with an upscale design that drives its wheels with electric motors, but instead of plugging into a wall socket for electricity, you fill the car with hydrogen, which it then puts through a chemical reaction to produce electricity. It’s a green-conscious choice, but Toyota limited sales of the Mirai to California and Hawaii, where hydrogen is available. The advantage is that hydrogen fill-ups are currently much faster than charging an EV. Cargo space also suffers due to the bulk of the hydrogen tanks.

The comfortable seat, smooth ride, and upscale materials feel more Lexus than Toyota, and the Mirai is pleasant to drive, but without the performance of most gas, hybrid, or battery-electric luxury cars. If you have access to hydrogen fuel, and you want a very comfortable luxury sedan with unique green cred, the Mirai is worth a look. But there’s no escaping the fact that, for now at least, hydrogen cars like the Mirai are for a very niche audience.