Segway APEX H2, the work of the Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi, will arrive in 2023 and its price will be around 9,000 euros.

If we had seen this bike a few years ago, it would have been like when we saw video calls being made in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 1968 and thought it was surreal. Nowadays, we make video calls with our mobile phones at any moment, and maybe that's why this Segway APEX H2 powered by an electric motor and hydrogen is not so far away from ending up in our garages.

And we are not faced with an invention without a future; in fact, the Segway Apex H2 brand has been able to reserve as part of a crowdfunding campaign carried out since April 1, 2021; so it is not far from becoming a reality. We know that the Apex H2 will not arrive until 2023, which is still there, but also that its price will be around 9,000 euros, which is not bad at all.

As you can see, the Segway Apex H2 looks like a complete sports bike. The swingarm is single-sided, yes, but so is the front suspension, which reminds us of the legendary Yamaha GTS 1000. The handlebars are hidden and only the handles protrude on each side of the fake tank. At the front, LED lights draw a low front and the tail rises high and sharply behind.

There is not much information about it yet, but we know that the power is 60 kW, the maximum speed can reach 150 km/h and the acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h will take about 4 seconds. And the great virtue of this motorcycle is not that it is electric, but that what it uses to power itself is hydrogen, stored in large replaceable batteries that make it easy to supply, to save time and comfort.

Consumption? Well, according to the manufacturer, the Apex H2 consumes 1 gram of hydrogen for every kilometer traveled, but what we still don't know is what autonomy it will have. But from what we can see, it doesn't look like it will be much of a problem. Fuel cells store hydrogen and inject it into the cells, where, by reacting with oxygen and through electrolysis, electrons are produced that power an electric motor, and the only waste produced is water vapor. So we are facing a "zero emission" vehicle.

Without a doubt, we are facing a risky bet. Making hydrogen motorcycles a reality still seems like a utopia, because if we think that charging points for electric vehicles are scarce, we are not even talking about hydrogen charging points. The technology is expensive, and while Segway and Xiaomi are able to offer a revolutionary affordable motorcycle, much still needs to change before the landscape can be enjoyed one day. But today we have devices in our pockets that make video calls, and one day we thought it was impossible; it is clear that everything is a matter of time.