Back to the Future X Toyota Mirai

Posted by Karlo Samson on October 21, 2015 in Geek, Tech, Wheels | Leave a comment

Following the much-watched, much-enjoyed Toyota Mirai teaser video reuniting Back to the Future stars Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, Toyota has finally released the full 5-minute video, dubbed “Fueled by the Future.” In the video, Fox and Lloyd (we can’t not think of them as Doc Brown and Marty McFly) are introduced to Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell technology, a real life version of the trash-to-energy converting Mr. Fusion, in the form of Toyota’s Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle .

The video demonstrates, in a nutshell, hydrogen’s potential to be sourced from almost anything, including solar, wind and, yes, trash. And, although the conversion isn’t as simple as tossing garbage into a car-mounted converter, the sentiment is similar.

“Fueled by the Future” debuted at a Back to the Future-themed Toyota event in Hollywood. October 21, 2015, the future date that Marty McFly and Doc Brown time travel to in Back to the Future, marks the official on-sale date of the Mirai in the United States.

The Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle at its launch event at Quixote Studios on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Toyota/AP Images)

Toyota displays a customized Time Machine at the launch of the Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle at Quixote Studios on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Toyota/AP Images)

Owners receive ceremonial keys to the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car at Toyota’s “Back to the Future” themed event on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Toyota/AP Images)

Toyota celebrates the launch of the Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell car, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Toyota/AP Images)