Hyundai Motor presents hydrogen fuel cell electric SUV

After Toyota and its hydrogen Mirai, it is Hyundai's turn to rely on fuel cell technology with an original SUV.

 
While some car manufacturers focus their efforts on electric vehicles, others exploit all possible options as an alternative to fossil fuel propulsion.

A few months ago, Toyota was launching the Mirai, one of the first public hydrogen cars, and now Hyundai is following it with an SUV for the moment known as the "Next Generation FCEV (Fuell Cell Electric Vehicle ). "

Hyundai is not on its first try since the brand had already produced some examples of iX35 equipped with a fuel cell. But with its SUV, the brand intends to target the general public even if the production will remain limited compared to those of Toyota or Honda in this segment.

The SUV is located between the recently introduced Tucson and Kona, a modest SUV. As a reminder, the fuel cell is a technology that makes it possible to produce electricity with hydrogen, the only residue created during the process being water vapor.

The vehicle is expected to be commercialized in 2018 and will be exclusively offered in its hydrogen version for a power of 163 hp. Hyundai did not specify the autonomy of its vehicle and for good reason: with this technology, the user must refill with hydrogen as it would with gasoline for a range comparable to thermal vehicles, or even higher.

Unfortunately, there are still some obstacles to the rapid democratization of this technology. On the one hand the price of hydrogen vehicles remains very high. On the other hand, the hydrogen distribution network remains less developed than is the network of recharge of electric vehicles already pointed at as a brake to the development of the electric car market. Finally, the production of hydrogen remains complex and particularly energy intensive, but various solutions already allow to partially answer this problem.

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