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Hyundai

will make its 2019

Nexo hydrogen

fuel-cell

crossover

available in California by end of the year, and while it still hasn’t announced pricing, it said the vehicle will be sold at Hyundai

dealerships

in Van Nuys and Tustin in Southern Cal, with a San Jose

dealer

coming online in early 2019. Read

Autoblog’s

Quick Spin

review of the 2019 Nexo here

.

The Nexo is the replacement for the

Tucson Fuel Cell

, which it

leased

to customers and use to log testing miles in 18 countries. Considered the second generation of

Hyundai’s fuel cell

car, the Nexo boasts an estimated range of 380 miles, 115 more than its predecessor, in the Nexo Blue trim, with an estimated MPGe of 65 miles in the city, 58 on the highway and 61 combined. The Limited model offers a slightly more, uh, limited driving range of 354 miles and an estimated MPGe of 59/54/57. The

EPA

has yet to publish official fuel-economy ratings. Power and acceleration are also improved to 161 horsepower and 291 pound-feet of torque.

Hyundai developed the Nexo on its own dedicated architecture, which it says weighs less (though how much is not known), offers an improved power-to-weight ratio, and delivers a 20 percent faster 0-60 mph sprint time at a not-particularly blistering 9.5 seconds over the Tuscon. Despite the three

hydrogen

tanks, they take up less total space than the

Tucson

FCEV, so rear cargo volume is increased by nearly 6 cubic feet to 29.6 cubic feet, with the battery relocated to the trunk. The Nexo is also longer by 10.3 inches and wider by 1.5 inches, with a longer wheelbase, though it’s shorter by 1 inch.

Overall power increases to 135 kilowatts, with a slightly less energy-dense

fuel cell

but a battery pack that jumps by 16 kW to 40 kW. The Nexo also gets a host of driver-assist technologies, like forward collision-avoidance assist, high-beam assist and what it calls remote smart parking assist, which enables the car to autonomously park or retrieve itself from either a parking space, including parallel slots and rear-first parking spaces.

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