Hyundai’s hydrogen truck clocks 10 million km complete driving distance in Switzerland.
The Hyundai XCIENT gasoline cell electrical heavy-duty truck achieved a brand new file, just lately surpassing a cumulative driving distance of 10 million kilometers (6.2+ million miles) in Swiss fleet utilization. The corporate achieved this feat in solely three years and eight months, for the reason that hydrogen truck began its fleet operations in Switzerland in October 2020.
This marks a major milestone.
In keeping with a latest Hyundai Motors information launch, surpassing the cumulative 10-million km driving distance in Swiss fleet utilization is a testomony to the world-class hydrogen gasoline cell tech’s long-term reliability.
This milestone is critical not solely as a result of it’s proof of the long-term reliability of the
Hyundai XCIENT, however as a result of the achievement is predicted to contribute to decreasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This discount in CO2 emissions is in comparison with the quantity of carbon that’s absorbed yearly by an estimated 700,000 pine bushes.
Comparatively, a fleet of normal diesel vehicles emits about 6,200 tons of CO2 over an collected distance of 10 km.
Switzerland has 48 Hyundai XCIENT vehicles in operation.
Every of those hydrogen vehicles is powered by two 90-kilowatt (kW) gasoline cell programs, a complete energy of 180 kW. They’re additionally geared up with a 350-kW e-motor, which delivers a most vary of greater than 400 km (248.5 mi).
Hyundai XCIENT Gasoline Cell Vehicles Obtain 10 Million km Whole Driving Distance in Switzerland – Picture supply: Hyundai Motors
What’s extra, all Hyundai XCIENT gasoline cell heavy-duty vehicles working within the nation use solely inexperienced hydrogen. This implies, along with no carbon emissions from the exhaust pipe, no carbon is emitted throughout the manufacturing of the hydrogen that’s utilized by the truck. The usage of the green H2 contributes to creating an eco-friendly hydrogen worth chain in Europe.
The milestone helps Hyundai to repeatedly enhance hydrogen car tech.
This milestone can be helpful for Hyundai as a result of it could actually analyze the vehicles information by way of:
- Millage
- Hydrogen consumption
- Gasoline cell stack efficiency
With this information, Hyundai Motors can proceed to enhance its hydrogen gasoline cell expertise and apply it to numerous other forms of automobiles.
Supporting greater than H2 automobiles.
Past supplying the Hyundai XCIENT gasoline cell vehicles to Switzerland, the South Korean automotive giant can be supporting and exercise participating in making a industrial hydrogen ecosystem. An ecosystem that features your entire manufacturing worth chain, charging infrastructure and consumption of hydrogen.
Presently, the XCIENT truck has been deployed in 10 international locations. Past Switzerland, these embrace Korea, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, and the US.
