BY ALAN BUNTING. For a decade or more, fuel cells as a form of on-highway motive power have been ‘just around the corner’. They have been demonstrated in numerous prototype cars and vans. But now Hyundai is claiming a breakthrough as the first manufacturer to put a vehicle into commercial production. It expects to have built 1,000 examples of its fuel cell-powered ix35 model by 2015.
For a decade or more, fuel cells as a form of on-highway motive power have been ‘just around the corner’. They have been demonstrated in numerous prototype cars and vans. But now Hyundai is claiming a breakthrough as the first manufacturer to put a vehicle into commercial production. It expects to have built 1,000 examples of its fuel cell-powered ix35 model by 2015.
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