Series # of Hyundai it’s like the BMW’s Mlike the Toyota GRthe Mercedes-AMG and so many other examples. This is the sports version or with more character, for those who see a human trait in a car. The Korean brand’s N family is the one that has its models competing in the World Rally (WRC) and Touring (WTCR) Championships, although still with cars which, in their street and racing versions, are powered by internal combustion engines.
We have known for a long time that they were developing in collaboration with Rimacthe electric mobility brand that, in addition to its own line of hypercars, works for many companies in the sector, an electric Hyundai for sports projects, so that The surprise was not so great when the arrival of a concept car called Hyundai N Vision 74 was announced.
And the name of the car says almost everything, even if it needs to be explained. the letter Nas said, is the sports version hyundai word The vision expresses the idea of the future and is used by many brands to name concept models, and finally the mysterious number 74which is nothing more than a reference to the design on which the brand’s first car was based which left the local market to reach other countries, the 1974 Hyundai Pony.
What they hear with this new N Vision 74 is to make a specific car to show the developments related to durability and high performanceand this will be done through different sporting challenges, both in drift mode and on tracks like the demanding Nürburgring, Germany. The car will not be a production vehicle, but a technological showcase.
For this, the new propulsion offered in this concept car is that of combine hydrogen fuel cells with electricity in the conventional sense. This is done with two electric motors powered by a battery, but it is not a common battery like those found in fuel cell projects. It is a means of converting hydrogen into electricity by reverse electrolysis, however, in the N Vision 74 this is not the case.
The 62.4 kWh lithium-ion battery operates with a voltage of 800 volts and is also a buffer that stores while transmitting electricity. The capacity of the fuel cell is much higher than other FuelCell vehicles, as it has a capacity of 95 kW. This allows the boosters, both located only on the rear wheels, achieve a power of 670 hp and more than 900 Nm of torque. The capacity of the pressurized hydrogen tank is 4.2 kilograms, which can be fully recharged in just 5 minutes. At maximum speed, the Hyundai N Vision 74 is able to overcome the barrier of 250 kilometers per hour. The installation of a third engine on the front axle is also being studied, to provide the car with 300 HP of additional power and counterbalance the balance of the two trains.
Moreover, in this conceptual model, a unique logic with e-TVTM (Electronic Torque Vectoring from Twin Motors) to improve the cornering experience with 235 kW motors, equivalent to 315 hp at each rear wheel. For Hyundai, development does not just mean show the potential of their technology, but also show that they continue to bet on hydrogen, something that had remained in uncertain territory when last year it was announced that such projects were being temporarily halted.
The final message is much more global, it is addressed to the world of motorsport, which in the FIA world championships is following the path of partial electrification with hybrid propulsion in Formula 1, Endurance and Rally, and which could start to look differently at the application of hydrogen in fuel cells and electric motors as another alternative to be explored.
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