After range-extending electric vehicles have become a major mainstream in the new energy industry, the hybrid market seems to have been developed, and the pure electric field is accelerating its sprint to grab the market share that has been separated by the range-extended range. In fact, in addition to EV pure electric vehicles, HEV gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, and REEV range extender electric vehicles, there is a new energy market that has been established earlier that needs to be further developed, that is, the BEV fuel cell vehicle market that was once considered to be "once and for all". After we have seen a large number of "perpetual motion machine" fuel cell exploration, FCEV hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have become the most reliable type at present, and due to cost problems, after a long period of commercialization, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will officially land in the domestic passenger car consumer market, of which the SUV built by South Korea Hyundai - Hyundai Nexo is the most eye-catching.
Hyundai Nexo officially debuted at the 2018 CES Consumer Show in the United States, and in October 2021, it set a cumulative sales record of 20,000 units and accounted for 55% of the global market share, becoming the most popular hydrogen fuel cell vehicle on the planet. In the past three years, it has been sold to the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and other countries and regions, and now, it has officially obtained the Beijing new energy vehicle license, becoming a non-pure electric energy vehicle belonging to the Chinese auto market, and can use the new energy symbol, led by the F letter license plate logo in the region.
During the sales time of the past few years, Hyundai Nexo has several pieces of information that have attracted more attention:
First of all, hyundai Nexo set a record for the single charge range of hydrogen-powered cars at the end of 2019 - 483.4 mi, that is, 778 km, and left a 30.4 mi (49 km) endurance margin, which is also difficult to achieve for a pure electric SUV in the current market. Taking THE NEDC pure electric endurance data as an example, the model with the longest endurance in the Weilai array is the NIO EC6, which has a range of 615km; the Xiaopeng G3 in the Xiaopeng array, as an entry-level SUV, has a cruising range of only 520km; and the WMAR W6 is slightly longer, which can reach the theoretical data of 620km. Of course, GAC Aion has achieved a breakthrough through high energy density, large-capacity ternary lithium batteries, and Aian AION LX can achieve a cruising range of 1008km, but the price of this version is as high as 469,600 yuan, while the AION Y of the same level as hyundai Nexo is still only 600km, which shows the practicality of the modern hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
Second, Hyundai Nexo got the largest level of Top Safety Pick+ in the safety crash test rating released by the American Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS) earlier this year, and the discussion about the safety hazards of hydrogen storage tanks has been answered from the side.
Finally, not long ago, Hyundai motor recovered 54 2019 Hyundai Nexo hydrogen fuel cell SUVs, the reason for the recall is that the batch of vehicles produced from August 10, 2018 to December 17, 2018, there is a risk of fire caused by hydrogen leakage in the hydrogen storage tank, and this part of the leakage is the parts supplier to replace the filter processing process caused by the sealing of the filling port, which is not due to the safety of the vehicle hydrogen storage technology itself does not seem to affect the use of the vehicle itself.
The results and data seen above may change after Hyundai Nexo enters China, because under the restrictions of laws, regulations and industry standards, Hyundai Nexo China has actually undergone some adjustments.
Since the maximum pressure value of the passenger car hydrogen storage tank in the mainland national standard is limited to ≤350 Bar, while the overseas version allows the pressure value of ≤ 700 Bar, this makes the hydrogen storage capacity of the modern Nexo Chinese version of the hydrogen storage tank will be greatly reduced, and finally the Chinese version can only be charged with nearly 4kg of hydrogen at one time, and the CLTC cruising range is about 596km.
However, even this is the case for the modern Nexo China version, which still has a lot to offer. One of the most obvious is in terms of the filling speed of the hydrogen storage tank, the modern Nexo China version of the time it takes to fill the hydrogen storage tank is about 5 minutes, and the pure electric vehicle in the current market even if it uses fast charging, it takes at least 30 minutes to complete the charging, and the charge is calculated by 80% of the electricity standard, which will greatly save the driver the idle time on the long road.
Since the modern Nexo is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, its hydrogen fuel is actually charged for the battery, so the driving method of the vehicle itself is still the electric drive of the motor. Don't look at the modern Nexo's electric motor only 120kW maximum power, but its maximum torque is as high as 395N·m, which is equivalent to a high-performance 2.0T engine, it also makes the vehicle in the output feedback and pure electric vehicles no different, and while maintaining excellent starting reaction, it also feels the fun of pushing back when pressing the acceleration pedal deeply.
In addition, as a compact SUV (positioned as a medium-sized SUV in China), hyundai Nexo's body length and width reached 4680/1860/1640mm respectively, and has a wheelbase of 2790mm, which makes it better than most compact SUVs in the current market in terms of space performance. In addition, the front seats will also provide 10-way electric adjustment, and the rear seats can adjust the backrest angle, and the overall space comfort is good.
It should be noted that Hyundai Nexo on the current domestic hydrogen refueling station situation, about 30 yuan / kg hydrogen fuel price or Hyundai Motor to establish a cooperative relationship with the acquisition, and in accordance with the bar standard price of individuals charged, the full price of about 200 yuan. Compared with the current market, the unit price of commercial charging piles of 2 yuan / kWh, the energy consumption cost of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is really not as good as pure electric vehicles, which may become a major problem in the popularization process of modern Nexo China. In addition, not to mention the new energy import itself is expensive, the development cost and price of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle itself are also higher than that of pure electric vehicles, and the hyundai Nexo Chinese version may only play a "literacy" effect in the consumer market.