Seoul - 17 August 2017
1. Wide of start of launch ceremony
2. Unveiling of the Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
3. Various of the vehicle on display
4. Various of Ryu Chang Sung, Director for Korea marketing, on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ryu Chang Sung, Director for Korea marketing:
"The major selling point of our product, the FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) is its mileage on a single charge. The first generation FCEV, TUCSON FCEV could drive 415 kilometres after a single charge. Our next generation FCEV, expected to be launched soon, shows a remarkable improvement in its driving distance. It could run 580 kilometres on a single charge, and further advancement is underway for it to run more than 800 kilometres by the European standards."
6. Men standing around a white Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
7. Close of vehicle charging
8. Mid of inner-engine/ gears on display
9. Close of Hydrogen Tank
10. Mid tilt down of the Hydrogen Tank and the High Voltage Battery System
11. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ryu Chang Sung, Director for Korea marketing:
"We are planning to introduce our next generation FCEV in the first and the fourth quarter next year. The government had made up a plan to supply 10,000 FCEVs by 2020, and we will closely collaborate with the government to resolve issues such as the charging infrastructure or promoting awareness of the product. We will make our best efforts to accomplish the government-private provision plan via mutual cooperation."
12. Close of miniature FCEV car model
13. An employee demonstrating how it works
14. Various of the miniature vehicle moving
15. Mid of two Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
16. Various of vehicles charging
17. Various of vehicles parked outside Fuel Cell Electric House
Taking centre stage... the latest hydrogen fuel cell vehicle from South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co.
The company's second-generation fuel-cell SUV will be launched early next year. Hyundai says the upcoming vehicle will travel 40 percent further than its first generation fuel cell SUV, the Tucson ix FCEV, launched in 2013:
"The major selling point of our product, the FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) is its mileage on a single charge," says Director for Korea marketing, Ryu Chang Sung.
"The first generation FCEV, TUCSON FCEV could drive 415 kilometres after a single charge. Our next generation FCEV, expected to be launched soon, shows a remarkable improvement in its driving distance. It could run 580 kilometres on a single charge, and further advancement is underway for it to run more than 800 kilometres by the European standards."
Fuel cell cars are emission-free like pure electric cars. However they can be refuelled in two to three minutes unlike electric vehicles which can take several hours to fully recharge.
However a lack of hydrogen fuelling stations is seen as an obstacle for mass adoption. Toyota, Honda and General Motors are also investing heavily in fuel cell technology but fuel cell cars are gaining less traction than electric vehicles, which can find charging stations more easily.
South Korea plans to increase the number of hydrogen fuelling stations from 16 stations this year to 100 stations by 2020 to sharply raise sales of fuel cell vehicles.
The country is aiming to have 10,000 fuel cell vehicles on its roads by 2020 as part of its plans to tackle air pollution, its environmental ministry said in March. That would be a jump from just 121 fuel cell cars in 2016. Hyundai says it plans to work closely with the government.
"The government had made up a plan to supply 10,000 FCEVs by 2020, and we will closely collaborate with the government to resolve issues such as the charging infrastructure or promoting awareness of the product. We will make our best efforts to accomplish the government-private provision plan via mutual cooperation," says Sung.
Hyundai Motor Co. also plans to catch up in the eco-friendly car race with longer driving range electric vehicles.
It plans to launch an electric vehicle with a driving range of 500 kilometres after 2021. Before the summer of next year, it plans to release a small electric sports utility vehicle with a driving range of 390 kilometres per charge. In 2021, its luxury brand Genesis will unveil an electric vehicle model as well.
