I believe there are police officers everywhere who want to switch to electric cars — or are at least interested in finding out more about them. In Europe, the Hyundai Kona EV is a particularly popular model with the police.
The South Korean electric vehicle market doesn’t get the most attention, but it is bubbling up, with 2% of passenger vehicle sales in the country now EV sales. Similar to the USA, though, the market is dominated by just a few models.
There seemed to be too many shiny cleantech highlights from the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show (aka Auto Shanghai 2019) to stuff into one article. So, following up on the article published earlier this evening, here’s another piece highlighting other goodies from the show.
Robert Llewellyn and the fine fellows over at the entertaining and informative Fully Charged show flew off to South Korea to spend some quality time in the new Hyundai NEXO fuel cell electric vehicle. They were able to tour it around the country before hopping on a Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell electric bus for a quick trip up into the mountains.
At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show we got a good look at three competing drivetrain architectures. Both Mercedes and Hyundai did have displays on their stands that demonstrated that they don’t yet realize how superior a battery electric drivetrain is.
A picture says more than a thousand words.
