Criminals may not be impressed with the Metropolitan
Police Service’s latest rides, namely 11 Toyota Mirais, but environmentalists
will.
The first batch was already shipped by the automaker
and all cars are equipped with all the necessary gizmos to help officers fight
crime. Some of them feature the special police livery and roof-mounted
emergency lights, whereas others are unmarked, “for overt and covert response,
as well as general purpose use”, explains Toyota.
Part of London Mayor’s clean air strategy plan, and
an ambitious goal set by the Metropolitan Police Service of having the world’s
largest fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell police cars, the Mirai can
travel for approximately 483 km on a single tank. After that, they
will have to pay a visit to one of the five hydrogen filling stations in
England’s capital, a number that’s said to increase in the future.
Introduced at the 2014 LA Auto Show and put into
production the following year, the Toyota Mirai is a four-door D-segment car.
Officially, it needs less than 10 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h and has a top speed of 178 km/). The sticker price in
Europe is a steep € 66,000 (US$ 81,318) excluding local taxes, but the automaker is
also offering lease plans to interested customers.
