Hydrogen fuel cell technology continues to develop at pace and in line with its work in promoting this alternative power source, the London Hydrogen Network Expansion project has just set two new fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) records.

The UK government backed organisation’s vehicle broke the record for the longest journey in the UK on a single tank of hydrogen, travelling 400 miles, and have also broken the longest continuous journey for an FCEV by travelling 6,096 miles over the course of six days.

The record was broken in a Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell car as part of the LHNE partners’ contribution to Hydrogen Week. The group of companies that comprise the project, which is led by Air Products, completed around 50 of laps of the M25 motorway, plus mileage to and from one of the four publicly-accessible hydrogen refuelling stations.

Hydrogen FCEVs produce no harmful tailpipe emissions with water being the only by-product. With range and refuelling times similar to those of petrol or diesel cars, they can be seen as direct replacements for conventional vehicles.