{"id":124565,"date":"2021-07-03T16:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T23:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/hyundais-experimental-hydrogen-powered-trucks-are-america-bound"},"modified":"2021-07-03T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T23:22:18","slug":"hyundais-experimental-hydrogen-powered-trucks-are-america-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/hyundais-experimental-hydrogen-powered-trucks-are-america-bound","title":{"rendered":"Hyundai\u2019s experimental hydrogen-powered trucks are America-bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/hyundais-experimental-hydrogen-powered-trucks-are-america-bound2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/hyundai\/\" data-ylk=\"elm: context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec: donut-hole;cpos:0;\">Hyundai\u2019s<\/a> fleet of hydrogen-powered <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/truck\/\" data-ylk=\"elm: context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec: donut-hole;cpos:1;\">truck<\/a> prototypes reached a significant milestone in Europe in June 2021. With a successful testing phase comes a tremendous amount of data, and the information gathered during 11 months of real-world evaluation across the pond will ultimately help the firm design a truck sized for American roads.<\/p>\n<p>Real-world users have collectively put <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/polestar\/1\/\" data-ylk=\"elm: context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec: donut-hole;cpos:2;\">1<\/a> million kilometers (about 621400 miles) on the 46 trucks that Hyundai built for testing purposes, meaning each rig has covered an average of around 13500 miles. They\u2019re in the hands of 25 different companies operating in Switzerland, including some in the logistics, distribution, and supermarket sectors. So far, users have been pleased: They praised the Xcient truck\u2019s long driving range and short refueling times, attributes that a comparable electric model wouldn\u2019t be able to offer. Specific figures weren\u2019t released.<\/p>\n<p>Hyundai will continue manufacturing the Xcient for early adopters in Switzerland. It plans to build 140 units of the truck for the Swiss market in 2021, and it hopes that number will grow to 1600 by 2025. Starting the project in Switzerland was a decision that carried relatively few risks. It\u2019s a country that\u2019s roughly a tenth the size of California, and its road network is relatively well developed. Next, the South Korean company will branch out into other European countries. It hasn\u2019t decided where yet, but it singled out Germany and Holland as likely candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude00 Hyundai\u2019s fleet of hydrogen-powered truck prototypes reached a significant milestone in Europe in June 2021. With a successful testing phase comes a tremendous amount of data, and the information gathered during 11 months of real-world evaluation across the pond will ultimately help the firm design a truck sized for American roads. Real-world users have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}