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Hydrogen research at @Toyota leads to a better battery https://t.co/QUIhxa5uZk pic.twitter.com/6dIPOl3yMz

— Liberationtech (@Liberationtech) May 6, 2016

Ever since Michael Faraday invented the first, crude electrical power generator in the 19th century, the world's technological progress has been tied to finding better sources of electric power. From your cell phone, to your car, to your home, everything runs on batteries!

There has been an arms race for who can make better, smaller, longer-lasting batteries. The new Toyota Prius just upgraded from nickel-metal hydride...

What Is a Million-Mile Toyota Tundra Worth? https://t.co/jCKXGHTmjp pic.twitter.com/2vs96vMFu3

— Toyota USA (@Toyota) May 11, 2016

Victor Sheppard, a long-time brand loyalist, bought his 15th Toyota Tundra in 2007. The Tundra is one reliable truck, which is what Sheppard counts on, because he is no ordinary driver.

The average driver puts about 12,000 miles on their odometer every year. Sheppard drives 125,000.

In nine short years, that 2007 Tundra had exceeded 1 million miles. And Toyota wanted it back.

"Having a million-mile truck in as pristine condition as this one with original..