Hydrogen

The electric motor offers 110 kW (150 hp) of power and a maximum torque of 410 Newton meters. The 11 kWh lithium-ion battery provides support when starting or accelerating. This means that the fuel cell system always works under optimal operating conditions. Some more zero-emission Opel vans will be...

The hydrogen will be supplied from Lhyfe’s future production site in Schwäbisch Gmünd, the largest green hydrogen production plant in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The two companies signed a five-year agreement.

According to HVS, "the cooperation focuses on promoting hydrogen fuel cell trucks in the UK and EU through product, technical, and service collaboration". A Memorandum of Understanding was signed earlier in August.

Through these hydrogen truck projects, Toyota intends to support the decarbonisation of heavy duty road transport, which accounts for a quarter of European freight transport based on tonne-kilometres performed.

Air Products, Amazon, Holcim, INEOS and Wiedmann & Winz are the very first customers. These companies have the opportunity to gain practical experience in long-distance transport with fuel cell trucks at an early stage, during a trial phase of around one year. On the other hand, the Daimler Truck de...

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks and partner Mörtlbauer Baumaschinen Vertriebs have jointly presented their two prototypes as part of the “WaVe” development project to research hydrogen combustion engines for special-purpose vehicles. Precisely, the Unimog test vehicle and crawler demonstrated their per...