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17 August 2017
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| Hyundai Motor (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions) |
Hyundai Motor said Thursday it plans to launch early next year a
second-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that will travel more than 580
kilometers (360 miles) between fill-ups under Korean standards.
If delivered as promised, the new fuel cell
vehicle will travel 40 percent farther than its first generation fuel cell SUV,
the Tucson ix FCEV, launched in 2013. Under European standards, Hyundai said
the new vehicle can drive 800 kilometers (498 miles). The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Fuel cell cars, emission-free like pure
electric cars, can be refueled in two to three minutes unlike electric vehicles
that can take several hours to fully recharge. But the dearth of hydrogen
fueling stations is an obstacle for mass adoption. Toyota, Honda and General
Motors also are investing heavily in fuel cell technology but fuel cell cars
are gaining less traction than electric vehicles, which can find charging
stations more easily.
South Korea plans to increase the number of
hydrogen fueling stations from 16 stations this year to 100 stations by 2020 to
sharply raise sales of fuel cell vehicles. The country is aiming to have 10,000
fuel cell vehicles on its roads by 2020 to help alleviate air pollution, its
environmental ministry said in March. That would be a jump from just 121 fuel
cell cars in 2016. The Total Investment
& Insurance Solutions
Hyundai Motor also plans to catch up in the
eco-friendly car race with longer driving range electric vehicles.
It plans to launch an electric vehicle with a
driving range of 500 kilometers (311 miles) after 2021. Before the summer of
next year, it plans to release a small electric sports utility vehicle with a
driving range of 390 kilometers per charge. In 2021, its luxury brand Genesis will
unveil an electric vehicle model as well.
One reason drivers are reluctant to buy
electric vehicles is that they fear not being able to find a charging station
in the middle of a trip. Hyundai's first pure electric car IONIQ launched last
year had a driving range of 191 kilometers (118 miles) per charge, shorter than
the electric vehicles made by Tesla and General Motors.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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