Hyundai to build Ulsan fuel cell plant, targeting mass production by 2028
Hyundai’s second facility in South Korea will reportedly be capable of producing fuel cells for 6,500 hydrogen-powered cars annually.
Hyundai’s second facility in South Korea will reportedly be capable of producing fuel cells for 6,500 hydrogen-powered cars annually.
Charlie Ker, Senior Director, Business Development at Cespira discusses the three key technologies to decarbonising heavy-duty trucking: battery electric, fuel cells, and hydrogen internal combustion engines, on H2 View’s Road Mobility webinar.
Ballard Power Systems will provide fuel cell systems totalling 5MW to the Egyptian truck and bus manufacturer.
Tata Motors will deploy two Tata Prima H.55S trucks – one equipped with a hydrogen ICE and the other with a fuel cell – alongside the Tata Prima H.28, an advanced H2ICE truck.
Market demand and technological challenges continue to confront hydrogen mobility operators, with cuts to fuelling infrastructure being applied in the US, Germany, and Poland, and the closure of a US fuel cell and truck firm.
Hyundai’s XCIENT fuel cell-powered trucks will be used to deliver goods to stores across Northern Germany.
The MRNE has said 37 hydrogen fuel cell and ICE-powered vehicles will be tested, and up to nine refuelling stations could be installed.
The troubled US hydrogen fuel cell and truck firm implemented the mechanism after two prior attempts to hold the liquidation vote failed due to insufficient shareholder participation.
The two companies plan to explore opportunities in hydrogen production, blending, transportation and storage, and will also evaluate and develop projects for hydrogen applications across the transport, power and steel sectors.
Bosch said the $200m expansion has been delayed after the hydrogen fuel cell mobility market experienced “significant changes over the past year.”
