Hyundai announced that the ix35 Fuel Cell now holds the record for the longest journey completed by a hydrogen-powered production car. In a journey that took no less than ten hours, the vehicle was driven from Oslo, Norway to Malmo, Sweden via Gothenburg, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. The car covered a distance of 700Km on a single tank of hydrogen.
This was a production-spec ix35 and received no modifications to improve its range. The car was driven at an average speed of 76Km/h and the trip computer showed almost 10Km of remaining range after the journey was finished. Hyundai stated that the ix35 managed to cross the official 594Km mark.
That said, the Hyundai ix35 faces stiff competition in the form of another mass-produced hydrogen-powered vehicle - the Toyota FCV. Toyota promises a range of around 482Km for the FCV and the company is likely to offer the car for sale from April, 2015.