A vehicle powered by converted household waste products was once seen in the movie "Back to the Future," and now that vehicle may soon be seen along the road.
Toyota just launched its new vehicle, the Mirai (Japanese for "future"), a hydrogen fuel cell-powered car, in West Hollywood, California on Oct. 21, the same date that the popular 80's movie predicted for many technologies to change.
At the event, 40 owners were happy to have received the keys to Mirai units, which they can start taking for a ride in a week.
Toyota also said that there will be at least 100 people driving the Mirai by the end of the year. The carmaker also hopes that 1,000 units will be sold at the end of 2016 and 3,000 units by the end of 2017.
Along with the reveal of the new car, the car company also released its promotional video starring no other than "Back to the Future" icons Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd).
The video contained borrowed clips from the hit movie featuring the time-traveling vehicle, the Delorean.
It was then explained how Mirai would work the same way as the Delorean did — running on fuel made from recycled waste.
The Mirai would use tons of garbage collected from households and will be decomposed to produce biofuel, which will be combined with natural gas at a special facility to generate hydrogen.
The hydrogen produced will then be distributed to special fuel stations for owners to refill their Mirai.
Digital Trends reported that the Toyota Mirai will only be available for sale in California first, since the area has facilities for hydrogen fueling.
It takes five minutes to refuel the car but initially, the fuel will come free for three years with vehicle purchase. There will only be 20 fueling stations in California.
Toyota Mirai is now on sale in the United States.
