Hyundai's Hydrogen Semi Is the Last One Standing in the US — and It's Adding Dealers
Range Zero Emissions in Washington becomes the first Pacific Northwest dealer for the XCIENT Fuel Cell, as Hyundai plans to ship up to 100 hydrogen semis to the US this year.
Hyundai is now the only manufacturer actively selling hydrogen fuel cell semis in North America, and instead of pulling back, it is building out a dealer network. The latest addition is Range Zero Emissions in Fife, Washington, which becomes the first authorized sales and service point for the XCIENT Fuel Cell truck in the Pacific Northwest.
The deal was announced by Hyundai Translead, the San Diego trailer maker owned by Hyundai Motor that handles XCIENT distribution across the US and Canada. Range will cover Washington state from its flagship showroom near the Port of Tacoma, with the rest of the region to follow.
Range opened that location in August 2025 and already sells battery-electric trucks from several brands, including Daimler's Rizon. The company is part of the Ziegler Companies group and describes itself as the country's largest multi-brand commercial EV platform, a claim it hasn't backed with figures.
A market with one player
The timing says more than the release does. Nikola, the only US-based company that had put hydrogen Class 8 tractors into series production, filed for Chapter 11 in February 2025, leaving fleets with parked trucks and no factory support. Hyzon was dissolved by its shareholders the same month.
That left Hyundai as the only active supplier of Class 8 hydrogen trucks on the continent, according to Transport Topics, which reported in November that Hyundai Translead expects to ship 50 to 100 XCIENT tractors to the US in 2026. Hyundai Translead took over as official distributor in October 2025.
The fleet is still small. Hyundai says 63 XCIENT trucks are running in North America, with roughly 1 million miles (1.6 million km) accumulated since 2023. Thirty of them work the Ports of Oakland under the NorCAL ZERO project, and 21 haul parts for Hyundai's Metaplant in Georgia. In Europe, 165 trucks have passed 12.4 million miles (20 million km) since 2020.
What the truck is
The North American XCIENT, shown at the ACT Expo in April 2025, pairs two 90-kW fuel cell stacks with a 350-kW (469 hp) electric motor and a 72-kWh buffer battery. Hyundai quotes a range of about 450 miles per fill and supports both 700-bar and high-flow 350-bar refueling.
Hyundai hasn't published US pricing, and hydrogen fuel remains the biggest cost hurdle for fleets. The company is addressing the supply side itself: its HTWO Energy subsidiary is building a hydrogen production and refueling station in Savannah, Georgia, to serve the Metaplant trucks.
For the Pacific Northwest, the Fife dealership is a starting point rather than a rollout. Neither company disclosed how many trucks Range expects to place or where they would refuel, and Hyundai's stated focus for 2026 remains California and Georgia.
