Hyundai Completes DevelopmentOf Tucson ix Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle
- Fuel-cell system downsized by 20% via modularization of key components
- Substantial improvement in fuel efficiency and driving range
- Can travel 650 km per charge -- equal to a gasoline-powered car
- Mass production targeted for 2015(Seoul, Korea) Hyundai Motor Company has completed development of its next- generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle -- the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle -- and will begin testing next year with an eye toward 2015 mass production.
Hyundai’s third-generation FCEV is equipped with a 100-kilowatt fuel cell system