Last summer, a Southern California-based company called Hyperion debuted a wild hydrogen powered hypercar called XP-1. The company referred to the XP-1 concept as an “educational tool”, but there is more to it, it seems, because it took the XP-1 for a walk on the streets of Las Vegas, according to a report published Friday by Motor1.
Now, in case you forgot, the Hyperion XP-1 is a hydrogen fuel cell-powered car that claims a range of 1,600 kilometers per hydrogen tank, 1,500 horsepower, a 0-60 time of about 2, 2 seconds and a top speed of 221 mph. Interestingly, Hyperion claims that there are no batteries on board to store energy (as we see in the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo, for example), which reduces weight.
Despite the lack of a physical CES show this year, Hyperion decided to go to Vegas anyway, and drove the XP-1 up and down the Strip, as well as in the desert. We don’t have many details about the exact speed or what the company was doing in the desert, but it is interesting to see the car covered in camouflage, considering that it has already been seen without it.
Hyperion plans to offer the XP-1 for sale to the public starting in 2022, but with most of the planned production of 300 vehicles scheduled for 2023.
Hyperion did not immediately respond to the Roadshow’s request for comment.
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