Yes, you heard us right, the exhaust water from the new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car that was launched just last week is safer than milk, claims Toyota. Unlike other vehicles that emit harmful carbon dioxide, the Mirai only emits heat and water as byproducts.
Seiji Mizuno, who is in charge of designing the car’s fuel stack power generator, disclosed that they tested the health impact of drinking the exhaust water (no, they didn’t drink it, they just tested it) in a special lab. The result is quite surprising, compared to milk, the water from the Mirai contains lesser organic impurities!
However, the Japanese automaker does not recommend actually drinking this water because it is created by sucking in oxygen from the surrounding air and bonding it to hydrogen in the fuel cell. Plus, depending where the Mirai is being driven, some locations in the world might have certain environmental issues that could be hazardous to one’s health. “You never know what the quality of the air intake is,” Mizuno said.
Likewise, the chemical process happening inside fuel stack power generator does not include sterilization or distillation. Still no one at Toyota has ever tried the exhaust water but they claim that it’s slightly acidic, but is less acidic than acid rain and beer.
Source: autonews via worldcarfans
