A Fuel Cell and Hydrogen car receives prestigious innovation award at the Brussels Motor Show
10 January 2013- The zero-emission Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell has been awarded the prestigious FuturAuto accolade at the 2013 Brussels Motor Show. The ix35 Fuel Cell was selected as the winner for becoming the first mass-produced, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle commercially available.
The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking is offering, already since October 2011, the opportunity to EU policy makers and the public, to test drive the Hyundai ix35 Fuel cell vehicles to demonstrate the market readiness of fuel cell technology and experience fuel cell electric driving.
The award, in its 12th year, celebrates technological innovation in the automotive industry and is selected by a respected panel of journalists from the Belgian Automotive Press Union (UJBA).
From a long list of 16 candidates, the judges selected a five-strong shortlist which included innovations from Hyundai, Bosch, Mazda, Mercedes Benz and Volvo.
Series production of Hyundai’s ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle will start in Korea in January 2013, making Hyundai the first automaker to begin commercial production of a hydrogen-powered vehicle.The plan is to manufacture 1.000 units of the hydrogen-powered ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles by 2015, targeted predominantly at public sector and private fleets, with limited mass production of 10.000 units beyond 2015.

Consult the press release from Hyundai

