UK: Hydrogen car brakes record for longest continuous drive

A new world record for the longest continuous journey in a hydrogen car has been set after a 6,000 mile drive around London, UK.

For its latest project, the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LHNE), a government-backed group, spent six days driving over 6,000 miles around the M25 in a Hyundai ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle, reported The Independent.

The group also broke another record as they managed to reach 400 miles on a single tank – the furthest ever until this day.

The demonstration, part of Hydrogen Week, saw a team of drivers complete around 50 laps of the M25 motorway outside London, as well as fuelling-up in four of the UK's hydrogen fuelling stations.

"What we need now for accelerated adoption of hydrogen vehicles is for the government to work with our industry to provide the right framework for the technology to become truly accepted by the public," said Diana Raine, European Business Manager for Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products, the firm which has led the LHNE project.