Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on single tank of hydrogen

Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by 542458 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:00AM (#27194648)

“Make it bigger” does work, but it increasingly stops resembling a car. Check out the range this one can get on a single tank of hydrogen!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas-Centaur

I don’t know what you’d consider the max range here to be, but it’s definitely better than 887km.

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Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by dweekly on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:37AM (#27196111)

Excellent range. And to the point of the comment, said linked vehicle is a production vehicle where the tank was not added for the sole purpose of breaking a record, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by beckingz on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:02AM (#27194675)

I think the space shuttle may win for most kilometers traveled on a single hydrogen tank.

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Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by 0x64 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:32AM (#27195076)

Shuttle had solid-fuel boosters and hypergolic thrusters for on-orbit maneuvering. The Delta IV Heavy, on the other hand, is a fully hydrogen-powered rocket: three common cores, with an RL10-powered upper stage. It also launched the Parker Solar Probe, which has been doing rounds around the sun for a while now.

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Re:Hyundai Nexo sets new world record 887.5 km travelled on ... by 542458 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:05AM (#27194705)

I would have citied that, but they use solid boosters which makes the number messier... I could get a lot of range on a Tesla if I was allowed to use solid fuel boosters!

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