An homage to the never-built 1974 Pony Coupe, the N Vision 74 brings the goods.
Author: Angus MacKenzie
Source: motortrend.com
WHAT IT IS
The N Vision 74 celebrates a Hyundai concept lost to time, the 1974 Pony Coupe concept designed by the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro. Part retro, part race car in appearance, the N Vision 74 is a deeply personal project for Hyundai design chief SangYup Lee. "I've sketched N Vision 74 ideas for years," he says. "I was even sketching them on the plane to Korea, on my way to start at Hyundai. I wanted to create a car that celebrated Hyundai's roots."
WHY IT MATTERS
Although it was presented as one of Hyundai's "rolling lab" concept cars, the N Vision 74 has a lot of production or near-production hardware under its skin. The company is has reportedly decided to build it in limited volumes to showcase its hydrogen fuel cell technology and capability. Hyundai's construction equipment division is already building hydrogen-powered excavators, and the Hyundai Nexo is the only fuel cell car in production other than Toyota's Mirai. The company believes hydrogen will be a major transportation fuel by 2040, powering trucks, buses, and trams, as well as cars.
PLATFORM AND POWERTRAIN
Hyundai calls the N Vision 74 concept a hydrogen-electric hybrid vehicle because its powertrain uses electricity from both a hydrogen fuel cell and from a 62.4-kWh battery that can be plugged in and recharged just as in any normal electric vehicle. In city driving or freeway cruising, the 85-kW (net) fuel cell stack, the same unit as used in the Nexo fuel cell car, provides all the electricity needed to power two motors mounted at the rear wheels, one driving each wheel. On the track in high-load, high-demand conditions, the battery pack provides the bulk of the power to the motors
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