It's no secret that
Hyundai has plans for hydrogen-powered vehicles beyond the currently available
Tucson Fuel Cell. Ever since the debut of the Intrado concept at the Geneva
Motor Show in early 2014, Hyundai has been dropping hints about what the new
big-ish H2 vehicle will offer.
The second-generation
hydrogen fuel cell cars are set to debut in February 2018, when South Korea's
alpine city of Pyeong Chang hosts the Winter Olympics, the carmaker said. The
move is aimed at, among other things, promoting Hyundai's technological prowess
to foreign reporters, who will visit South Korea to cover the Winter Olympics.
Hyundai become the first
carmaker in the world to mass produce a hydrogen-powered car in 2013. Currently,
Hyundai's hydrogen-powered car can travel more than 400 kilometers on a single
charge. A fuel cell car emits only water vapor as it converts stored hydrogen
into electricity, which turns the vehicle's motor. Hyundai Motor said it has
sold a total of 503 units of the Tucson fuel cell vehicles, including 26 units
in Norway.
With the Intrado
concept, Hyundai said it was, "far more than a styling exercise."
We've since heard that Hyundai believes that a CUV/SUV model offers the best
option for customers buying a fuel cell vehicle. The Intrado concept had a
supposed range of around 375 miles.
What that would
translate to outside of the fictional auto show universe is unknown, but it
sounds like Hyundai is ready to make all of this more real.
While we wait for Hyundai
Hydrogen to drop check out the other great Hyundai vehicles and contact us to
test drive one now!
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