- Note: This article was written on January 23d 2014. So they might be available right now to lease if they haven't already run out of them. However, if they are popular likely there will be more available more places next year since California is setting up many hydrogen fuel cell refueling sites. So, if you live in Southern California in the right Zip Code maybe you can still lease one. However, it is a closed end lease so you won't be able to ever buy this model from the dealer (at least this year).
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- 88,000 interested in Hyundai Tucson fuel cell, first units due in 60 days
88,000 interested in Hyundai Tucson fuel cell, first units due in 60 days
Posted Jan 23rd 2014 7:56AM
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Hyundai thinks it has a hit on its hands with the Tucson Fuel Cell CUV, an Internet hit at the very least. At the Washington Auto Show this week, Michael O'Brien, the vice president of corporate and product planning for Hyundai Motor America, announced that 88,000 people have visited the car's microsite. Since the company isn't yet taking orders for the vehicle, we'll have to take this as a sign that people are interested in a hydrogen-powered CUV. "The response surprised even us," O'Brien said.
"The response surprised even us"Hyundai expects to deliver the first Tucson Fuel Cell to a "small group" of customers in the US within 60 days, O'Brien said. As we learned last year, Hyundai will lease the CUV for $499 a month (and $2,999 down) for 36 months. That price includes as much hydrogen refueling as you like, plus Hyundai's Valet Maintenance.
The Tucson Fuel Cell is already in production and available in other markets (as the ix35 Fuel Cell), following 16 years of development and what O'Brien said were "hundreds of millions of dollars" spent on R&D. Hyundai has tested its fuel cell cars for over 2.4 million miles, including extreme heat, cold and altitude tests (but it hasn't shot a bullet into the tank a la Toyota). Hydrogen cars are "as clean and by some measures cleaner than today's EVs" but are more practical, with longer range and shorter refueling times, O'Brien said in DC. There's more in the press release below.
