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Having reached this new milestone, Mirai make up more than 80% of all hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the United States.

The Toyota Mirai, a four-door, mid-size sedan, is a zero-emission hydrogen vehicle with an EPA estimated driving range rating of 502 kilometres and 28 km/L city/highway/combined.

With a refueling time of approximately five minutes, the Mirai creates electricity using hydrogen, oxygen and a fuel cell, and emits nothing but water vapor in the process. »

Image copyright SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images Image caption The ivory trade will now be phased out in Hong Kong by 2021.

Prior to the vote, demonstrators gathered outside Hong Kong's legislature with signs reading: "Do you really need ivory chopsticks?".

Ivory from animal tusks - mostly those of elephants - has been traded in Hong Kong for more than 150 years. »

A USA Gymnastics spokeswoman said on Friday that the full board intended to resign.

“We are in the process of moving forward with forming an interim board of directors during the month of February, in accordance with the USOC’s requirements,” USA Gymnastics said in a statement.

The USOC has urged USA Gymnastics to name an interim board of directors by the end of February. »

Elephants have already shown they can recognise themselves in a mirror, something that is thought to be relatively rare among animals.

“The elephants understood that their bodies were getting in the way, so they stepped aside to enable themselves to complete the task.

“This implies that elephants may be capable of recognising themselves as separate from objects or their environment. »