The NamX HUV (for ''Hydrogen Utility Vehicle'') is a
hydrogen-powered coupe SUV
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from the French-Moroccan
startup company
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NamX. It was designed by French designer Thomas de Lussac, and Italian car design firm
Pininfarina
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.
Overview
The NamX HUV was presented for the first time on May 11, 2022 in
Italy
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and in October at the
2022 Paris Motor Show
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. It is the result of four years of development and collaboration between the Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina and NamX (which stands for New Automotive and Mobility Exploration).
Features
The HUV offers interchangeable hydrogen tanks. Six interchangeable hydrogen tanks are added to the main tank and provide a range of . This system makes it easy to exchange the six removable tanks in a station without refueling the main tank, service stations for hydrogen being rare.
The main tank stores 5 kg of hydrogen at , and each hydrogen bottles stores 0.5 kg of hydrogen, for a total storage of 8 kg.
Powertrain v1
In its original conception, NamX created an SUV that used a fuel cell to generate electricity from hydrogen powering the electric motor(s). In the rear-wheel drive version, it has a motor while the all-wheel drive version has two motors for a combined power of .
Powertrain v2
In December 2023, NamX announced that they would update the HUV design to use a
hydrogen internal combustion engine manufactured by Solution F.
This combustion engine emits less than 1g of
CO2 per 100 km (mainly through engine oil combustion residue).
The engine uses dihydrogen (H
2 or pure molecular
hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol H and atomic number 1. It is the lightest and abundance of the chemical elements, most abundant chemical element in the universe, constituting about 75% of all baryon, normal matter ...
) as a fuel. Solution F claims that 1 kg of H
2 has the energy equivalence of 3 kg gasoline (4 liters).
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References
External links
Official website
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