Recently, Hyundai's hydrogen fuel cell SUV Nexo China Edition officially obtained the Beijing new energy vehicle license, which is undoubtedly a milestone in the development of hydrogen fuel vehicles in China, which also means that the first hydrogen fuel cell passenger car that complies with Chinese regulations has begun to be legally launched. Ordinary consumers can legally buy hydrogen fuel vehicles, get on the new energy green card, and legally drive it on the road.
How much does a hydrogen-fueled car cost?
At present, the Chinese version of hyundai NEXO has not been officially listed, referring to South Korea it is priced at 33,900 won after subsidies, equivalent to about 217,000 yuan, while the Chinese version of NEXO, in terms of endurance has shrunk, a hydrogen charge in clTC-P working range of 596 km, compared to the overseas version of 800 km is much lower, but considering that it can complete hydrogen refueling in 5 minutes, so this mileage is enough to meet the demand.
Where to go for hydrogenation?
At present, 10 hydrogen refueling stations have been built in Beijing, of which 8 hydrogen refueling stations have been put into operation. On April 12, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "Beijing Municipal Urban Management And Development Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan Period", which proposes: "74 hydrogen refueling stations will be completed and put into operation by 2025." In two years, the problem of hydrogenation will no longer be a problem.
Is hydrogen fuel vehicle expensive?
The overseas version of hyundai NEXO is designed under the body of three hydrogen storage tanks with the same specifications, with a total volume of 156L (about 6.3kg of high-pressure gaseous hydrogen), which can travel 800 kilometers, while according to the current price of Beijing Hydrogen Refueling Station, the price per kilogram of hydrogen is 30 yuan, and the driving cost per kilometer is about 0.23 yuan, which is lower than that of gasoline vehicles, and electric vehicles using commercial charging piles are close, but the cost of use is higher than that of electric vehicles that use home charging.
Advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen fuel vehicles
Hydrogen fuel vehicles are a hot topic in recent years, and for this new energy model, the Internet is constantly controversial.
On the one hand, hydrogen-fueled vehicles can be said to be truly green, and their emissions are only water. Compared with pure electric vehicles, it only takes 5 minutes to complete the charge, and the endurance performance is stable, less affected by temperature and speed, and there will be no winter seconds to become an electric daddy. At the same time, hydrogen can be produced from water, but also can be purified by industrial by-products of gray hydrogen, once hydrogen energy is popularized, it can get rid of dependence on petroleum resources in one fell swoop.
On the other hand, the biggest problem facing hydrogen fuel is two aspects, one is the production and transportation of hydrogen, the production cost is high, and hydrogen needs high-pressure and low-temperature transportation, which brings obstacles to the large-scale laying of hydrogenation networks across the country. The other is the cost of hydrogen fuel vehicles themselves, hydrogen fuel cell cathodes need to use a large amount of platinum to catalyze oxygen reduction reactions, but platinum is a precious metal, the cost is high, however, major car companies are developing low platinum catalysts and non-platinum catalysts, perhaps it will not be long, the cost of hydrogen fuel vehicles will be greatly reduced.
Of course, there are still many people who are worried about the safety of hydrogen. First of all, hydrogen and hydrogen bombs are completely different things, and this is not much to say. The safety of hydrogen fuel vehicles themselves does not need to be worried, but the safety of hydrogen transportation and storage is still a problem.
In August 2021, the state identified five major hydrogen fuel cell vehicle policy support demonstration city clusters including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Henan and Hebei. From the national strategic aspect, in the impression of many people, Japan has mastered most of the patents of hydrogen fuel cell technology, so China's research and development of hydrogen fuel vehicles is completely for others to make a wedding dress, but in fact, the current localization of China's fuel cell system has increased from 30% in 2017 to the current 90%. In the end, or because the potential of hydrogen fuel vehicles is too large, countries do not want to and dare not give up, once the hydrogen energy technology breakthrough, will bring about subversive changes in the domestic energy structure, China as the world's largest hydrogen energy producer, for hydrogen fuel vehicles this outlet, we can not miss, should not miss.