{"id":197140,"date":"2024-10-20T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=197140"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:30:39","slug":"fuel-cell-electric-car-tested","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/fuel-cell-electric-car-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopium demonstrates the potential of hydrogen with its 1,000 km range car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

French company Hopium has taken a major step towards commercialising its hydrogen electric car.<\/a><\/strong> After successfully completing a series of tests in real-life conditions, its innovative fuel cell system proved capable of providing up to 1,000 km of range.<\/strong> This test is a significant step forward in the development of high-performance, sustainable vehicles.<\/p>\n\n

The tests were carried out on the UTAC circuit, where scenarios including acceleration, braking and weather variations were recreated, mimicking what a vehicle would face on the road. Hopium\u2019s 100 kW hydrogen fuel cell<\/a><\/strong> was subjected to vibrations, high speeds and other technical challenges, but emerged unscathed<\/strong> , validating its robustness and reliability. This level of technological maturity provides a glimpse of a future in which hydrogen vehicles are a viable alternative for sectors such as heavy transport. <\/p>\n\n

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Real tests of the hydrogen cell. Source: Hopium <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Hydrogen fuel cell for green transport<\/h2>\n\n

The company’s CEO, St\u00e9phane Rabatel, highlighted the positive impact of these results, indicating that they mark a crucial step towards decarbonized mobility. With a clear strategy, the company is focused on developing fuel cell systems<\/a><\/strong> that can be implemented in heavy transport vehicles<\/a><\/strong> , such as trucks and buses, sectors that traditionally rely on fossil fuels. <\/p>\n\n

Green hydrogen<\/a><\/strong> , a renewable source that only generates water as a by-product<\/strong> , has been the focus of Hopium’s strategy. The success of these tests reinforces the potential of this technology to transform global transport, offering a solution that reduces emissions and ensures long autonomy and fast refueling times, two critical factors for heavy transport. <\/p>\n\n

Next steps and strategic alliances<\/h2>\n\n

Looking to the future, the company is seeking key partnerships for the industrialisation of its technology. It is already planning to build a plant in Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure and develop a 200 kW version of its hydrogen system. The company hopes to launch globally competitive products before 2030, offering a real alternative to diesel in the heavy transport market. <\/p>\n\n

This technology has implications for the road, and applications are also being studied in maritime transport<\/a><\/strong> , where the company is already involved in the K-Challenge project. The possibility of reducing global emissions thanks to hydrogen is becoming increasingly closer to reality. <\/p>\n\n

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Source and photos: Hopium<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hopium’s hydrogen fuel cell system, used in the K-Challenge Project, is more compact and efficient than traditional solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":196820,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13030,13062],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-197140","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-industry","categoria_noticias-transport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/197140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/197140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=197140"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=197140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}