It's not quite clear from the article, but is this a stock Hyundai Nexo or was it modified to add more fuel tanks? The stock range of the car is 413 miles or 664km, so how exactly was this new record achieved?
The factory recommendations are not always the maximum theoretical distance you can get from your cars, those recommendations are based on real world usage, e.g. 120 km/h on a highway or 30km/h average with stops in the city center.
It is called "hypermiling", you can do that with gas cars as well, by driving on a level road, minimal breaking and accelerating, plus driving in the engine's optimal RPM period in the highest gear possible. In short, the ideal conditions for the car.
The arricle says it was a production spec Nexo, it was just being driven for maximum efficiency. As the driver says “it’s actually possible to go way beyond Nexo’s official range”.
We were getting 1000km between fill ups (60L tank) on a family road trip in a bog standard 1.8L gasoline (!) Ford Mondeo, seating 2 adults 2 kids and with trunk loaded to the brim and A/C running on full.
Really difficult to be excited or impressed by these "records". Both Tesla and H2
You can make hydrogen from solar panels and store it until you need a refill vs. to charge your Tesla with solar, you'll need to surrender it in the middle of the day and wait for a full charge.
