Hyundai is certainly on the front foot technologically and will take the covers off this high-tech concept car at next week’s Geneva Motor Show.
Called the Hyundai ‘Intrado’, this SUV concept debuts Hyundai’s next generation fuel cell powertrain and points to future technologies which will make vehicles more readily adaptable to varying lifestyle demands.
For example, the body, which was styled at Hyundai’s European R&D facility in Russelsheim, Germany, is free of unnecessary adornments and add-ons and some panels are made from super lightweight steel sourced from Hyundai Steel.
Likewise the interior which borrows its functionality from the design of mountain bikes – there’s even a ‘see-through’ frame onto which the seats. The colour scheme combines bright ‘Beaufort Orange’ with exposed carbon-fibre.
Propulsion comes from Hyundai’s next-generation hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain and a Li-ion 35kWh battery. Range is about 600kms, exhaust emissions are just water and refilling takes just a few minutes.
BRAD LEACH
