Daimler Trucks to partner with TotalEnergies for decarbonization in heavy-duty transport
The collaboration includes hydrogen sourcing and logistics, dispensing of hydrogen in service stations, development of hydrogen-based trucks, establishment of a customer base as well as other areas.
Daimler Trucks and TotalEnergies have announced the sign of an agreement aimed at developing zero-emission heavy-duty transport in the European Union. «The partners will collaborate in the development of ecosystems for heavy- duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen and the ambition to play a lead role in kickstarting the rollout of hydrogen infrastructure for transportation», is the sentence reported in the official press release. Indeed, Daimler Trucks is moving forward towards its heavy-duty GenH2 fuel cell truck, which has recently obtained license for road use. TotalEnergies, on the other hand, has been signing partnerships and cooperation agreements on the development of clean hydrogen, besides announcing relevant investments in charge points for electric vehicles in France.
Statements from Daimler Trucks and TotalEnergies
«Hydrogen will have its role in TotalEnergies’ journey to decarbonize mobility, especially in European long-haul transportation», said Alexis Vovk, President Marketing & Services at TotalEnergies and member of the Executive Committee. «Our company is actively exploring all aspects of the value chain of Hydrogen for mobility, from production to supply and distribution, and is building important partnerships to this effect. We want to build a multi-energies company with the ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050, together with society. Therefore, the creation of a European network of H2 truck stations for mobility is one of the key challenges we intend to tackle. We are proud to partner with a motivated player like Daimler Truck to develop CO2-neutral truck mobility through a harmonized approach».
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«We are fully committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and want to actively contribute to the decarbonization of road freight transport in the European Union. Regarding the long-haul freight segment, we are convinced that CO2-neutral transportation will be enabled in the future by hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks as well as purely battery-powered trucks. For this, we want to establish a pan-European hydrogen ecosystem together with strong partners such as TotalEnergies. I am fully convinced that this collaboration will play a key role in our intensified activities on the road towards hydrogen- powered trucking», replied Karin Rådström, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Member of the Board of Management at Daimler Truck.
Hydrogen-focused collaboration
Daimler Truck and TotalEnergies are both members of the H2Accelerate consortium. The collaboration includes hydrogen sourcing and logistics, dispensing of hydrogen in service stations, development of hydrogen-based trucks, establishment of a customer base as well as other areas. In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France. As part of the collaboration, Daimler Truck is also to supply hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks to its customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France by 2025.
