Hyperion XP-1, a Hydrogen Car Following the Tesla Strategy

Can Hyperion convince the market that there is a future for Hydrogen, by making a Hypercar?

The back of the Hyperior XP-1 Hydrogen fuel cell car.

Elon Musk, at the helm of Tesla came up with a simple but brilliant strategy to make electric cars mainstream. You may already know that strategy, but do you know the representative of the opposite strategy?

I know very well, because I am Norwegian and for a period Norwegians where really excited about Norway becoming a real automotive manufacturer just like our big brother Sweden.

While Elon Musk was making his first Tesla model, the Roadster, on the other side of the Atlantic, Norwegian carmaker Think Global was making the Th!nk City car model, which looks like what you see below.

The Th!nk City produced by Norwegian car maker Think Global back in 2008.

It had moderate success in Norway but ultimately failed and few remember it anymore now. But in its heyday I remember thinking the Tesla Roadster was the dumbest idea ever. It was a car for people we in Norway call finance acrobats (people making fast money on the stock exchange living flashy lives). Only a couple of rich guys in Norway bought it, while the Think could be…