(H2V) HOPIUM MACHINA REACHES 1,000 PRE-ORDERS

Premium hydrogen-powered vehicle manufacturer, Hopium Māchina, has revealed it has reached the first 1,000 pre-orders of its new luxury hydrogen sedan, it revealed today (Sept 28).

The hydrogen sedan ‘Hopium Machina Alpha 0’ has been produced in the Linas-Montlhéry test workshop and, following design and architecture phases and implementation of components within the vehicle, the vehicle has been evaluated and perfected.

As well as this, the sedan can achieve speeds of 200km/h (124mph).

With an initial price of €120,000 ($142,000), the vehicle has been situated in the mid-luxury market for cars with a turnover of €120m ($142m) forecasted by 2025 which is when the vehicles will be delivered.

Olivier Lombard, founder and CEO of Hopium, said, “I would like to welcome the future users of Hopium Māchina to our community.

“By being the first to reserve their model, they have demonstrated both their support for our project and their trust in hydrogen technology, the energy source of the future.” - the brilliant H2 View - link - George Heynes - link - more like this - link

BEHOLD - THE HOPIUM MACHINA

French company Hopium has designed a sleek hydrogen-fuelled sports car that it hopes could take on Tesla in the zero-emissions vehicle race.

Led by French racing driver Olivier Lombard, Hopium unveiled a prototype for its luxury car, the Machina, in June. The 100 per cent hydrogen-powered sedan has 500 horsepower and a range of 1,000 kilometers, the company claims.

But prospective customers face a wait, as the car won't be available before 2025 at the earliest.

“It’s true that we are compared a lot with Tesla and our ambition is to have a higher-end car and to try to have a big experience for the driver using hydrogen,” Lombard told Euronews Next at the VivaTech 2021 conference in Paris.

“But I don’t know if we can be compared to Tesla. I think each company has its history, however, I think it can be some inspiration,” the 30-year-old said.

Hopium has so far produced a single prototype of the Machina, the Alpha 0. Deliveries of the production version of the Machina are estimated to begin in 2025, with the company currently accepting deposits for the first 1,000 cars - link