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The longest range electric vehicle, at 380 miles EPA, remains Hyundai's fuel cell SUV.
by 7e 8y ago
The longest range electric vehicle, at 380 miles EPA, remains Hyundai's fuel cell SUV.
- tgtweak 8y agoTechnically it's a hybrid. Just not an internal combustion hybrid.
- 7e 8y agoNo, it runs only on hydrogen (to EV direct drive). https://m.hyundaiusa.com/nexo/ https://m.hyundaiusa.com/nexo/. Zero emissions, refuels in five minutes at one of California's 40 stations. Soon all hydrogen production will be renewable from solar and wind electrolysis. Exciting times.
- adventured 8y agoIt's the hydrogen that makes it a hybrid. The parent comment is correct. Being a hybrid does not require eg a gasoline motor. It's not strictly an electric vehicle, it requires hydrogen in the process. Their own diagram is very clear about this matter: motor + fuel cell + hydrogen + battery. https://m.hyundaiusa.com/images/vehicles/pages/vlp/2019/nexo/main/fuel-cell-explained/system-mobile.svg https://m.hyundaiusa.com/images/vehicles/pages/vlp/2019/nexo...
- 7e 8y agoThat's not the common definition of hybrid. Here, electricity directly powers an electric motor and there are no emissions. Is a Tesla a hybrid because some of its electricity comes from regenerative breaking? How about if some comes from from ions in an electrolyte solution?
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- computerex 8y agoI think you're overthinking it. Hybrid cars are not bad, they are pretty cool. It's a matter of semantics. A hydrogen fuel cell car could be considered a hybrid because the primary source of energy, hydrogen, is converted into energy and stored into an electric battery, which powers the drivetrain. Zero emissions, no internal combustion engine, hydrogen-electric hybrid. Tesla is pure electric. You charge the battery itself, directly.
- wmf 8y agoThat sounds like a series hybrid; when people say electric they mean battery electric. The point is moot since hydrogen is pointless.
- code_duck 8y agoPerhaps for consumer automobiles. There’s a lot of research into hydrogen fuel cells for military and space.
- imtringued 8y agoAlmost every industrial vehicle will have to depend on hydrogen if we want to reduce emissions beyond personal transportation.
- mikeash 8y agoHow much does that fill up cost? That, and the relative scarcity of filling stations, seem to make hydrogen vehicles supremely unattractive.
- selectodude 8y agoIt's like $8 per gallon of gasoline distance equivalent last I checked.
- NotSammyHagar 8y agoit's not like there's no hydrogen stations. :-) i mean there are 2 in california, and then i think no more on the west coast.
- magicbuzz 8y agoWhich you can't actually buy. At least in Australia.
- ecpottinger 8y agoDon't see them in Canada, but there are Tesla cars here.
- w0mbat 8y agoThat's fueled by onboard hydrogen, not onboard electrical charge, so it's not an EV.