Hyundai Motor Company has joined the Mayor’s London Hydrogen Partnership group (LHP) to strengthen its commitment to a cleaner, low-carbon future. The carmaker will provide its expertise in fuel cell electric vehicles to LHP, helping to drive development of the infrastructure needed for a hydrogen economy.

Hyundai and LHP representatives, including Deputy Mayor, Kit Malthouse, signed the agreement at the Greater London Authority headquarters in London last week. The LHP has initiated over £50 million worth of hydrogen projects, attracting hydrogen buses, taxis, scooters, refuelling stations and fuel cell Combined Heat and Power units to London.

Kit Malthouse, said: “Hyundai and members of the London Hydrogen Partnership will develop a plan for fuel cell vehicles, and will plan the hydrogen refuelling station rollout across London. Hyundai will provide invaluable insights and bring global experience to the Mayor’s innovative ‘smart’ low carbon, low emission transport activities. This partnership will help to continue placing London’s economy at the forefront of science and innovation.”

As the first and currently only manufacturer in the world to series-produce a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, Hyundai will be able to play an important role in demonstrating the benefits of this technology. The Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell car shows that hydrogen is a practical source of clean and sustainable energy, and the fact that they are currently being leased to public and private fleets shows that hydrogen fuel cell technology is a practical solution to clean transport.

Earlier this year Hyundai became the world’s first vehicle manufacturer to begin assembly-line production of the zero-emission, hydrogen-powered Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell. As well as being delivered to public and private fleets around the world, the car is being used by the European Commission-backed Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) to demonstrate the real-world benefits of hydrogen fuel cell technology to members of the European Parliament, European Commission officials and other policy makers.

Hyundai plans to build 1,000 examples of the ix35 Fuel Cell by 2015 for lease to public and private fleets, primarily in Europe, where the European Commission has established a road map for construction of a pan-European hydrogen fuelling station network. Leading automakers, including Hyundai, have declared support for more refuelling stations to prepare the market for mass production of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Using Hyundai’s proprietary technology, the ix35 Fuel Cell’s fuel cell stack converts hydrogen into electricity, which turns the vehicle’s motor. The only emission generated is water. The ix35 Fuel Cell can be refuelled with hydrogen in only a few minutes, and accelerates from 0 to 62mph in 12.5 seconds, has a top speed of 100mph and can travel 369 miles on a single tank.

The ix35 Fuel Cell is the result of 14 years and several hundred million euros of research by hundreds of engineers at Hyundai Eco Technology Research Institutein Mabuk, Korea. The car has logged more than two million miles of road tests in real-world conditions in Europe, Korea and the US.

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