Bertrand Piccard breaks hydrogen-powered vehicle distance record
(November 30, 2019) French aeronaut and president of the Solar Impulse Foundation Bertrand Piccard has broken the world record for the longest distance traveled in a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a single refueling. Driving in a Hyundai Nexo, Piccard left the FaHyence hydrogen station in Sarreguemines, France, on Nov. 25. He arrived the next day at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in Le Bourget, France — a distance of 778 km (483 miles). Never before has a production car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell covered so many kilometers on a single charge.