Hyundai Nexo
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8 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2026, with 2 listed configurations.
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The Hyundai Nexo is a hydrogen fuel-cell compact crossover — the flagship of Hyundai's "eco car" portfolio and the replacement for the Tucson Fuel Cell that Hyundai leased in small numbers through 2017. It was revealed at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, named after the Danish island town of Nexø, and reached American customers for the 2019 model year. Unlike the Toyota Mirai and Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedans it competed with, the Nexo is shaped like an SUV, and in the United States it has only ever been sold at a handful of dealerships in California, where the hydrogen refueling network exists.
The first-generation car (Hyundai code FE) ran from the 2019 through the 2025 model years and never changed mechanically: a fuel-cell stack fed a single 120 kW front motor rated at 161 hp and 291 lb-ft, buffered by a 1.56 kWh lithium-polymer battery and geared through a fixed single-speed reduction drive. Two trims were offered every year — the efficiency-focused Blue on 17-inch wheels, EPA-rated at 380 miles, and the luxury-leaning Limited on 19s, good for 354. The second-generation NH2 car, previewed by the Initium concept in October 2024 and revealed in production form in April 2025, is longer, wider and taller, wears Hyundai's "Art of Steel" design language with HTWO four-dot lighting, and steps up to a 150 kW motor and a 2.64 kWh battery in U.S. trim.
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