The announcement is still somewhat vague, but many big names have already been mentioned: Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, Toyota Motor Corporation, Bosch, Air Liquide, TotalEnergies, TEAL Mobility, MB Energy "and others."
Starting from Germany, the companies want to tackle all the issues in a coordinated manner that need to be addressed if hydrogen is to play a role in heavy-duty transport. The main long-distance corridors are to be equipped with hydrogen filling stations, aligned with the ramp-up of truck fleets. The hydrogen is to be made available "at competitive prices." According to Daimler Truck, it is to be a hydrogen ecosystem as "a complement to battery-electric solutions." Many of the companies involved are also active in battery-electric mobility.
The approach aligns with the current funding program for hydrogen filling stations and commercial vehicles by the Federal Ministry of Transport of Germany. Here too, filling stations and vehicles are being funded in parallel. Forty filling stations are planned for heavy-duty transport. The application deadline was June 30, and the program was significantly oversubscribed, as the German website HZwei reported. No information on awards has been published yet.
The companies plan to announce details of their project at the IAA Transportation on September 15.
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