Hyundai NEXO is a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) and has broken the world record for the longest distance travelled in a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a single tank. The Australian team too the fuel cell vehicle to an historic record proving the technology works in a big country.
Australian Hyundai rally driver Brendan Reeves drove a regular production NEXO from Essendon Fields in Melbourne. He focused on efficiency and arrived in Broken Hill after some 807km. NEXO said there was still some range left in the tank.
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NEXO continued to outback town Silverton, just out of Broken Hill. This tiny town was the setting for Mad Max 2. Not satisfied with that, NEXO went a further 60km to empty the tank.
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ABOVE: 2021 Hyundai NEXO World Record – Australia
NEXO showed a total of 887.5km which blasted past the previous record of 778km. That record was also a NEXO, but driven by French aeronaut Bertrand Piccard. He took his NEXO on a French trip from Sarreguemines to Le Bourget.
An RACV official sealed the NEXO’s tank to ansure things were tickety boo, but to keep things tidy, an NRMA roffical gave it the nod at the other end.
An on GPS unit registered 903.4km for this trip, and Google Maps showed 905km, either way, a big job done by all. For this test though, NEXO’s own trip computer served as official test unit.
“Being a rally driver, I’ve always wanted to achieve a world record, but I could never have guessed it would come about this way,” said NEXO pilot, Brendan Reeves.
“As we set out from Essendon Fields in the early morning, I found NEXO immediately familiar and easy to drive – the controls are intuitive and easy to use, the driving position excellent and seats very comfortable.
“NEXO is in its element on the open road, with its long range, peaceful and refined cabin, and smooth, near-silent fuel-cell electric powertrain,” he said.
“I was constantly checking the NEXO’s efficiency readout to maximise the distance I was getting per kilogram of hydrogen. I found that by using techniques from rally driving, such as looking as far down the road as possible, as well as tips I have learned from my dad for driving a truck efficiently over long distances, it’s actually possible to go way beyond NEXO’s official range.”
All up, a 13 hour six minute trip was done at an average of 66.9km/h. The dreaded low fuel warning came on at 686km, but there was still more than 200km left to run. The light began flashing after 796km, with a further 90km of real range still left.
Here are a few more interesting facts: NEXO used up 6.27kg of hydrogen, at a rate of 0.706kg/100km. It purified 449,100 litres of air on the journey – enough for 33 adults to breathe in a day – its plastic exhaust pipe emitting only water in vapour and droplet form throughout the trip. It emitted zero CO2, where a petrol or diesel car would have produced around 126kg of CO2 for the same trip. That really is something worth crowing about
Hyundai brought in 20 NEXO FCEVs to be used in a variety of roles with the ACT Government.
A new Canberra hydrogen refueling station has become the first commercial H2 station in Australia. There is a further hydrogen refueling station at Hyundai headquarters in Sydney, and at Toyota’s HW in Altona, Melbourne.
A hydrogen station is anticipated for Brisbane by end of 2021. Other states will follow in due course.
NEXO offers an electric powered range of 666km, and it will take 3 to 5 minutes to top up. How does that stack up against recharging EV batteries?
Hyundai’s NEXO is the first hydrogen-powered car certified (ADR) for sale in Australia. Not only that, it is the 1st fuel cell car to get a 5-star ANCAP rating.
Hyundai is only brand in Australia to offer hydrogen fuel-cell electric, hybrid (IONIQ), battery electric (IONIQ and Kona) and plug-in hybrid (IONIQ) vehicles.
To watch highlights of the NEXO word record journey on YouTube please click on the following link: NEXO Distance World Record (City to Outback)