Toyota decided to strap on its boots and spurs, and swagger into town for a quick-draw with none other than a tank of compressed hydrogen.
The tank comes from the new Toyota Mirai, which creates zero emissions by relying on renewable hydrogen fuel. It has approximately a 300-mile range, and fuels up in under 5 minutes.
However, because hydrogen is a gas at room temperature, it takes a huge amount of pressure to store it as a liquid. This makes some people worry that it could explode if ruptured in a collision.
That's where the gunplay comes in. To prove how strong the Mirai's carbon-fiber fuel tank is, technicians fired guns at it. Most of the bullets bounced right off, but as shown in the video above, a 50-caliber armor-piercing round penetrated right through.
Still no explosion, though.
In fact, the high-frame-rate footage is quite boring. All you see is gas hissing out through the hole left by the bullet, and dispersing safely into the atmosphere.
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