The Ineos Grenadier may also be available with an electric powertrain and a fuel cell. A hydrogen version of the Grenadier will hit the road next year and uses Hyundai technology.
Ineos and Hyundai announced at the end of 2020 that they wanted to enter into a collaboration in the field of hydrogen technology. A logical expectation was that this could possibly lead to an Ineos Grenadier with a fuel cell. That indeed appears to be happening. Ineos announces that it is preparing a hydrogen version of the Grenadier and that it has indeed called on Hyundai’s expertise in this area.
The Ineos Grenadier FCEV Concept will have an electric powertrain developed by AVL, which will therefore receive electricity from Hyundai’s fuel cell. It is not known what kind of electric powertrain it is and Ineos is not yet commenting on the fuel cell. Of course, the Hyundai Nexo is the conventional benchmark in this respect, the hydrogen car from Hyundai that is parked (on photo 2) next to the Ineos Grenadier. The Nexo has 156 liters of storage capacity for hydrogen and the fuel cell supplies enough electricity for a range of up to 665 km (WLTP).
According to Ineos, it will take until the end of next year before the hydrogen Grenadier will be tested at all. The project is therefore still in its infancy. If the Grenadier actually becomes available with a fuel cell, that will probably not be until 2023 at the earliest. First, in July next year, the Ineos Grenadier with BMW diesel engines will go into production.
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