SEOUL: Fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen and emit only water have long been a goal of green-energy advocates. They have potential advantages over battery-powered cars, including quicker refuelling and longer range. But they remain a novelty, accounting for less than 0.1% of the nearly 100 million vehicles produced each year.
To find out what may be the future for the technology, we talked to Saehoon Kim, senior vice-president and head of Hyundai Motor Co’s Fuel Cell Centre. Kim has been working on fuel cell technology at Hyundai since 2003 and led the team that produced the world’s first production vehicle running on hydrogen, based on the company’s popular Tucson SUV. In 2018, he led the launch of the Korean automaker’s second-generation, purpose-designed, fuel cell vehicle, the NEXO. Here’s what he had to say about:
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