Written by / Long Shihui
Edited / Kilig
Design / Zoi.
Speaking of future travel methods, many people have the impression that the market share is gradually rising pure electric vehicles are synonymous with environmental protection, from the general direction, pure electric vehicles are indeed more environmentally friendly than traditional fuel vehicles, but the energy consumed when charging is converted into pollution emissions of power plants, and from the perspective of the entire life cycle, the power battery contains heavy metals, electrolytes and other chemicals, and once the production and waste treatment is improper, it will produce huge pollution to the environment.
Maybe you said that for people who are used to driving fuel vehicles, EV is more of a stopgap balance, and environmental protection is far away from me, and now tell me that EV is not the beauty of imagination, don't you let me not drive? Yes, this kind of thinking does dominate, but what would you think if I told you that a car that feels like an EV is not inferior to eviction, and that costs the same amount of money to use, but is more environmentally friendly and convenient to use than EVs, has come around?
This is the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (Fuel cell vehicles), the use of hydrogen and oxygen in the air electrochemical reaction to generate electricity, and use this electricity as the driving force of the engine model, FCV only emits water during driving, so it will not emit any pollutants, and there is no pollution from the production/recycling of batteries. But does this car sound as far away from us as a science fiction story? In fact, although FCV is still in the process of market popularization, this "ultimate environmental protection artifact" is visible to the naked eye for the changes in human future travel and life.
What is the deepest feeling of driving an FCV?
Especially when Chelizi drives the open road of the hyundai NEXO China version in Guangzhou, he can't help but marvel at the use of hydrogen fuel in vehicles that is far more mature than imagined, and it is more heeled than an EV, and the earlier you know it, the more enlightening you are for every road participant.
Hyundai NEXO is the world's first mass-produced dedicated fuel cell SUV, which was listed in South Korea as early as 2018, equivalent to about 390,000-410,000 yuan. Entering China is still at this year's Guangzhou Auto Show, even so, the overall feeling of the hyundai NEXO China version is still stylish and atmospheric, not much different from a fuel car, but the fenders have BLUE DRIVE and the tail label has Fuel Cell to show identity.
The overall shape uses the modern family language, inverted ladder honeycomb grille, LED cross-type running lights, split headlights, suspended roof... Everything was urban SUV style. The side lines are a bit of a coupe SUV feeling is unusual, and the air deflection trim after the D-pillar and the tail triangular taillights are highly recognizable in traffic.
Hyundai NEXO China positioning medium-sized five-seat SUV, length, width and height: 4680 * 1860 * 1640mm, wheelbase 2790mm. In terms of interior, the light gray interior gives people a very futuristic home atmosphere, and the interior materials are not small, such as biological coatings made of vegetable oil extraction, plant artificial leather and other decorative materials, which are both high-end and environmentally conscious.
The 10.25-inch dashboard + 12.3-inch touch central control screen equipped with the car is very friendly in terms of UI design, function and reaction, and when the amount of hydrogen in the vehicle is insufficient, it will also remind users to hydrogenate, and at the same time search and suggest nearby hydrogen refueling stations. However, the interior design of the large touch screen + large physical button area layout is a matter of opinion. Modern engineers told me that in market research before the development of NEXO, everyone preferred to use physical buttons, so the NEXO mass production car retained a large multi-functional physical button. In fact, I think it is enough to retain some, easy to blind touch when driving, too much will weaken the future positioning of NEXO, especially in the domestic market where everyone has accepted new energy models = minimalist style.
Looking closely at the functional areas of the central control, the NEXO is quite complete in configuration, ACC adaptive cruise, 360-degree panoramic parking system, seat ventilation/heating, wireless charging, including lane keeping/assist, side rear collision avoidance, intelligent cruise control and other L2 level driver assistance functions are readily available. It is worth noting that the final discharge of FCV is water, NEXO in order not to affect the environment, NEXO requires the owner to press the "H2O OUT" key to discharge clean water, and engineers are planning the comprehensive utilization of these waters, but also from the side to see the significance of NEXO's forward-looking environmental protection.
The appearance and interior are comparable to a smart car, and the driving texture of the NEXO is very close to a high-end pure electric SUV, because the electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in the air generates electrical energy, so the motor drives the vehicle, so the pure electric vehicle speeds up, accelerates smoothly and silkily. The new Chinese version is equipped with a powertrain of Ward's top ten engines, with a maximum power of 161Ps (120 kW) and a maximum torque of 395 Nm. When full of hydrogen, clTC-P has a cruising range of 596km and is filled with hydrogen in only 5 minutes.
Used to driving fuel vehicles, and then driving NEXO will not have a sense of discomfort, because it retains the adjustment of traditional fuel vehicles, the sense of brake drag is not strong, the sound insulation is also very good, at any speed, you can't feel the sound of hydrogen fuel or motor in operation, and the quiet atmosphere in the car is better than many EV models. Suspension tuning is still based on the comfort of urban SUVs, small bumps are handled very crisply, and through large curves and continuous bumps, feel the tough support of the chassis on the body.
The significance of the modern NEXO's entry into China
After this test drive, Che Lizi in the circle of friends Amway a wave of NEXO as a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle advantage, but the attitude of "eating melon" circle friends is very polar, most of them have an open attitude but have not tried not to understand, a small number of people think that FCV can not become a "climate".
Of course, no matter from the number of hydrogen refueling stations, the choice of passenger cars, and the promotion and citation of hydrogen fuel technology, China is still far from popularizing FCV models. But the significance of FCV is that it represents the trend of future energy development, taking the modern NEXO China version as an example, the energy density of hydrogen is larger than that of fuel and power batteries, so engineers can arrange 3 parallel carbon fiber hydrogen storage tanks at the bottom of NEXO, which can meet the needs of 596km long battery life. And the process of hydrogenation is faster than the EV supercharge, hydrogen is very safe in storage, filling and combustion, and in terms of price, the price of filling up hydrogen fuel once is equivalent to filling up a fuel vehicle.
This is the practical significance of the FCV model to each car owner, but the lack of domestic hydrogen refueling stations is an important factor restricting its development. Of course, if you look at it from the perspective of development, the development of pure electric vehicles before 2013 is also stagnant, it is the policy orientation that makes it overtake in the corner, and the popularization of China has become the world's largest market for new energy vehicles for 8 years, and the current FCV is also on the eve of the EV "outbreak" of that year, not only hyundai, more and more car companies have also entered the development track of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. It is understood that from 2016 to 2020, the number of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in China has increased year by year, and hydrogen fuel vehicles have entered the early stage of commercialization.
Admittedly, Hyundai's entry into the domestic market with NEXO is undoubtedly far-sighted. From its birth to October this year, NEXO sold a total of 20,000 vehicles, is the world's best-selling FCEV; and a NEXO is far more significant than commuter tools, assuming that there are 10,000 NEXO on the road, it can purify 20,000 particulate matter emitted by fuel vehicles, 100,000 NEXO driving for 60 minutes, can purify the air for 4 million people to breathe an hour, is a veritable large "air purifier", which has far-reaching significance for the completion of the "double carbon" goal.
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