The Hyperion XP-1 hypercar wants to give hydrogen a halo effect
The specs claim more than 1,000 miles of range and a top speed of 221mph. …
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This is the Hyperion XP-1, which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
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Hyperion makes a lot of bold claims about the XP-1, which it says will go into limited production in 2022.
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There’s something quite Bugatti-like about the haunches of the XP-1.
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The car is meant to be a technology demonstrator to prove that H2 is a viable fuel.
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A fuel cell EV needs exhausts, but these just emit water vapor.
Angelo Kafantaris is a man on a mission. He’s the CEO of Hyperion, which on Wednesday morning debuted a new hypercar that wants to prove you can go really fast without wrecking the planet. But this vehicle isn’t packed full of lithium-ion cells. Instead, the XP-1 is powered by a fuel cell, and its job is to give hydrogen a halo effect that more pedestrian fuel cell electric vehicles like the Toyota Mirai or Hyundai Nexo haven’t quite managed.
“The key criterion is to deliver this clean powerful energy source in a cost-effective way so that the rest of the world could enjoy it,” he told me when we spoke a few weeks go. “So we decided we wanted to help this industry grow so that the rest of us enjoy the same benefits, which of course would be really long range, really fast refuel time,
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