Bertrand Piccard is a French aeronaut who managed to drive the hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo for 778 km (483 miles) across France without having to refuel, thus setting a world record. Yes, there are two C’s in his last name instead of one (shout out to Jean-Luc), but his achievement clearly stands as being very impressive, […]
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Following a preview earlier this month, Hyundai has unveiled the HDC-6 Neptune concept at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta. Created to highlight the fact that Hyundai is “exploring opportunities” in the U.S. commercial vehicle market, the HDC-6 Neptune concept is a Class 8 heavy duty semi that runs on hydrogen. Besides the […]
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Hyundai has big plans about its electrification program, having set a target of selling more than 560,000 EVs annually by the year 2025 as it looks to catch up with some of its rivals, Reuters reports. During an announcement earlier this week, the South Korean car manufacturer revealed a plan to launch 16 EVs by […]
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Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer has proposed a sweeping $454 billion plan over 10 years that he believes can shift the U.S. away from petrol-powered vehicles to EVs. In a statement outlining the plan, Schumer revealed that his strategy would provide rebates of $3000 or more to individual buyers of EVs. This would consist of $392 […]
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Hyundai has revealed its engineering teams have attempted to set new land speed records with the Nexo and Sonata Hybrid at the Bonneville Salt Flats on September 25th. The vehicles were driven by senior powertrain engineer Dean Schlingmann and were modified for the attempt. The Nexo attempted a land speed record for the hydrogen fuel […]
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Renault has strengthened its light commercial vehicle range by launching the hydrogen-powered versions of the Kangoo and Master. Offered as more versatile solutions to electric vans, they feature technology developed together with Symbio, a subsidiary of the Michelin Group, which was tested by Renault since 2014. The Kangoo Z.E. Hydrogen will launch before the end […]
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The North American Commercial Vehicle Show usually doesn’t get much attention, but that’s changing this year as Hyundai will use the event to introduce the HDC-6 Neptune concept. Billed as the company’s vision for a fuel cell semi, the HDC-6 Neptune is named after the Roman god of the seas and will be unveiled on […]
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Hyundai has announced that its hydrogen Nexo and Tucson Fuel Cell SUVs have accumulated more than 8.4 million miles (13.5 million km) of driving across the United States. There’s no doubt that the market for hydrogen-powered vehicles remains small, particularly due to the limited refueling infrastructure that makes them impractical to own. Nonetheless, the distance […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Army will work together to develop a purpose-built disaster relief vehicle with a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain, CNET reports. The U.S. Army has already collaborated with General Motors to develop the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 fuel cell and sees a number of advantages with such a powertrain. For starters, […]
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Ask any car journalist what they want to do, and they’ll tell you they want to travel the world and drive the finest machines. Trucks and buses aren’t on our daily agenda, but getting behind the wheel of these vehicles that most of us do not pay much attention to out on the road was […]
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