American startup Revo Zero Corporation, headquartered in Herndon (Virginia), began accepting pre-orders for its debut model — a three-row Energy crossover equipped with a hydrogen-electric power plant.
Founded in 2020 by a group of American entrepreneurs, Revo Zero Corporation dreams of doing business in the development of hydrogen energy as applied to ground and air transport. Revo Zero is going to build its own network of hydrogen refueling stations for cars on the roads and for planes at airports, and also plans to produce its own line of hydrogen-electric cars.
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The idea is to combine the advantages of a hydrogen and battery electric vehicle in one bottle, so to speak. The founders of Revo Zero are well aware that purely hydrogen cars will not be in demand given the current very poorly developed network of hydrogen filling stations, which is proven, for example, by the failure of the Toyota Mirai hydrogen sedan on the market. However, if you supplement the hydrogen power plant with a sufficiently capacious battery, then the consumer will always have a choice: you can charge the car with electricity from an external source or generate it on board from hydrogen using an electrochemical generator.
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Revo Zero calls its power unit pFC (plug-in Fuel Cell) and considers it a unique solution, although for example Renault and Stellantis have already launched commercial vans with the same type of power units into small-scale production. The main problem with such power plants is that they take up a lot of space, because in addition to the battery plate and electric motors, you need to find space for hydrogen cylinders and an electrochemical generator.
In the Revo Zero Energy crossover, the cylinders are located transversely in the area of the front and rear axles of the car (two cylinders in the front, four in the rear). The electrochemical generator is installed in front under the hood. The company does not disclose how many electric motors are in the design and what their power is. The only specification currently known is the combined range with a fully charged battery and a fully charged hydrogen tank, which is over 700 miles (1,127 km).
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The Revo Zero Energy crossover itself currently exists only in the form of renderings — it is a rather large suitcase-shaped car with three rows of seats and a 2+2+2 seating arrangement. Each row has individual bucket seats with a wide aisle between them. The roof is completely transparent. There are no B-pillars, the side doors are sliding. In the interior trim you can see wood and carbon fiber. The T-shaped front panel looks quite massive. The rim of the flattened steering wheel, judging by the pictures, overlaps the lower part of the instrument screen.
Energy will be the first model Revo Zero, but the company does not say when exactly it will hit the market. Potential customers can, however, pre-order Revo Zero Energy by submitting a $500 deposit to the company. The company's future plans include the Electron roadster and compact crossover Ride, unsightly at the rendering stage, with a combined range of 720 and 640 km, respectively.