Toyota said Wednesday it is recalling all the Mirai fuel-cell vehicles it has sold globally due to a software glitch that can shut off its hydrogen-powered system. The auto giant said it would call back about 2,800 Mirai vehicles made between November 2014 and December 2016 to repair the defect.
Toyota launched Mirai - which means "future" in Japanese - in late 2014 as it looked to push further into the fast-growing market for environmentally friendly cars.
Mirai was its first mass-market hydrogen fuel-cell car, after Toyota scored a win with the top-selling Prius hybrid, which combines a regular engine and rechargeable electric battery.
Separately, Toyota on Wednesday launched a new plug-in model of its Prius, after the first version sold poorly following its 2012 release. The new model can run in electric-only mode - unlike the original Prius - at higher speeds and longer distances than the previous version, Toyota said.
Fuel cells, meanwhile, work by combining hydrogen and oxygen in an electrochemical reaction, which produces electricity.