Hyundai has built and shipped out the world’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell heavy-duty commercial trucks to Switzerland.
This achievement is a historic moment for Hyundai and commercial transportation.
Hyundai sent ten units of the world’s first XCIENT Fuel Cell, a mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy-duty commercial truck.
The first batch got sent to Switzerland, and an additional 50 units can is expected to be sent later this year.
Hyundai’s goal is to ship out 1600 units total of these trucks by 2025.
Coincidently, the same year Hyundai-Kia aims to be one of the top three manufacturers of EVs globally.
The Hyundai XCIENT gets powered by a 190-kW hydrogen fuel cell system with dual 95-kW fuel cell stacks. There are seven large hydrogen tanks with a combined storage capacity of 32.09 kg of hydrogen.
Expect the truck to have a driving range of about 400km or 248 miles. It will take about 8-20 minutes to refuel.
The refueling time is excellent; however, the range of about 248 miles is one-tenth of a traditional diesel semi-truck, which gets about 2000 miles in driving range.