{"id":949625,"date":"2026-11-02T07:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/949625\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T07:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:50:12","slug":"not-dead-hyundai-considers-future-hydrogen-car-for-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/949625\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNot dead\u201d \u2013 Hyundai considers future hydrogen car for Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new wave of hydrogen-powered passenger cars could be bound for Australia.<\/p>\n

Hyundai says the company is considering a new hydrogen vehicle locally, and insists the technology still has a future here \u2013 provided it can find buyers.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Hydrogen isn\u2019t] dead for passenger vehicles,\u201d said Scott Nargar, Senior Manager of Future Mobility & Government Relations at Hyundai Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re still under evaluation for the next generation fuel-cell car. The biggest thing is you’ve got to find is customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As first reported by CarExpert in September 2025,<\/a> the hydrogen Nexo<\/a> received Australian Design Rule certification from the Department of Infrastructure, with a spokesperson for the brand saying the model was set to be launched in 2026 \u2013 though the vehicle has yet to make an appearance.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear whether the vehicle under evaluation is the current Nexo, or if there\u2019s a new hydrogen model in development by Hyundai that has yet to be revealed to the public.<\/p>\n

Both Hyundai and Toyota invested heavily in hydrogen several years ago, building refuelling stations at their headquarters in Sydney and Melbourne respectively, while offering the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo to fleet customers \u2013 including Queensland Police.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe technology is not as cheap as electric \u2013 and even in trucks, there’s still a considerable cost over an ICE truck or even an EV truck. There’s certainly people who are interested in taking the vehicle, because we had no shortage of customers,\u201d Mr Nargar told CarExpert.<\/p>\n

\u201c[What] we need to be looking at \u2013 for our transport fuels in the future \u2013 is making ourselves more secure, and we’ve got those assets here to do it: sun, wind, and then fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow are we going to look to change our transport networks to suit the resources we’ve got here with the technology of [the future]? I say the future, but the technology of now, it’s here. We just need to look at the infrastructure required.\u201d<\/p>\n

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