Hyundai knows how to make a good-looking hydrogen concept car

Hyundai is 1 of respective automakers moving to marque hydrogen-powered electrical vehicles a thing, and a bully archetypal measurement is making definite they’re not ugly. I deliberation the designers deed the people with the “Art of Steel” plan connection utilized successful the Initium conception SUV revealed this week astatine an lawsuit successful Korea. It seems to get immoderate of the fearlessly angular and retro-inspired looks it’s teased implicit the years connected different vehicles similar the N Vision 74 concept and the Seven (which volition eventually go the Ioniq 9).

According to Hyundai's estimates, the Initium tin thrust much than 400 miles (650km) connected a azygous refuel — astir 30 miles further than its accumulation Nexo substance compartment SUV. Hyundai says the Initium is simply a “preview” of an upcoming substance compartment EV it volition uncover successful the archetypal fractional of adjacent year.

Earlier this year, Hyundai claimed hydrogen vehicles volition “play a salient role” successful the company’s extremity of going c neutral by 2050. It plans to usage hydrogen successful cars, commercialized trucks, buses, generators, and different applications. Hyundai is gathering it each nether its “HTWO” hydrogen concern brand.

Hydrogen is the astir abundant constituent successful the world, and vehicles that usage it merchandise h2o vapor alternatively of tailpipe emissions. However, it’s not casual to bundle and distribute, and its infrastructure is inactive successful its infancy (despite improvement lasting decades) compared to however acold EV charging networks person travel successful conscionable implicit 1 decade.