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## Video: Fueled by the Future Back to the Future Presented by Toyota Mirai

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_Published 2015-10-21. Fueled by the Future Back to the Future Presented by Toyota Mirai_


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## Transcript

[ SOUND ] Honey. You've gotta come back with me. Where? Back to the future. I'm a huge Back to the Future fan. I need fuel. Especially all that crazy technology. That's why I got into science and ended up getting my Masters in aeromechanical engineering I'm Misha by the way, and I am thrilled Toyota has picked me to meet my two heroes and show them amazing piece of technology that might just inspire them, just like they inspired all of us. [ MUSIC ] Hoverboards. We haven't gotten there yet. We've got 3D movies. We've got fingerprint technology. Self- tying sneakers. I'm waiting for those. Can you believe we still have fax machines [ INAUDIBLE ] around.

Yeah, I got a fax machine. Who do you fax? Oh, I fax my agent, I fax. He's got a fax machine? It's time to rethink your representation. Well, I'll fax you. I'll [ LAUGH ] Fax me. I'll get back to you. [ LAUGH ] This might be him. [ SOUND ] Hi guys. I'm Misha. Michael. So you're like a real Doc Brown huh? I wouldn't go that far, but I'm a scientist, yeah. So October 21st, 2015. Can you believe this day's nearly arrived. What's the big deal. A pizza hydrator or something. Flying cars? Hoverboard? Trash- compacting robot? Almost. You remember the Mr. Fusion from the DeLorean? So that's why you had me bring this trash.

So you're gonna turn that into energy? Precisely. I'm gonna show you how you can turn your trash into fuel for a car, but I'm gonna need a lot more than this. I'll see you on the 21st. Later, Misha. I liked him. Got a pep in his step. [ LAUGH ] Nice ride. [ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] Thank you. Who was that? Some film crew that paid for our trash. [ MUSIC ] [ SOUND ] [ LAUGH ] Didn't have time to paint it or build it to scale I see. That is the Toyota Mirai. It's a fuel cell car. It's powered by hydrogen, which in its monatomic form- English. Sorry, let's start at the beginning. So when i last left you guys I want on a little trash collection journey.

You might recognize some of these locations. The end of a journey was at the landfill, where all the trash gets placed, decomposes, and produces an enormous amount of bio gas. A special facility then receives the purified gas, combined with natural gas from the grid, where it all gets processed into hydrogen. Hydrogen? Are you telling me this sucker's nuclear? No this sucker's electrical. All that hydrogen is piped or transported into a fuel station, where we can then fuel our vehicle. [ SOUND ] A vehicle which, if my calculations are correct, should be arriving right about now. Give me a minute.

[ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] [ SOUND ] It works right? You bet your **** it works. Can I take it for a spin or what? Hop on in. Shotgun. [ MUSIC ] What do you say we get this baby up to 88? [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Just drive. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Go ahead Chris. Give us a great scott. Great scott. [ MUSIC ]

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