Passenger vehicles

Opel has unveiled a new plug-in fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) today (May 17) that needs only three minutes to refuel, has 6.1 cubic metres of cargo space and a range of 400km.

This year’s f-cell event will feature around the motto ‘energising hydrogen business’ and will showcase various innovative applications of hydrogen and fuel cells with registration now open.

New Zealand’s Transport Minister, Michael Wood, has released a report highlighting the need to phase out fossil fuel vehicles by 2050 which could see a switch to hydrogen-powered vehicles.

A new €8bn ($9.6bn) proposal dubbed ‘White Dragon’ could produce around 250,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year in Greece with the project duration intended between 2022 and 2029.

In a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, executives of 25 multi-national companies have called for major new investments to the hydrogen infrastructure as part of a zero-emission vehicle plan in California, US.

Hyundai Motor Group has reaffirmed its commitment to hydrogen today (May 13) by stating that it will invest $7.4bn in the US by 2025 with some of the funds looking to accelerate the hydrogen ecosystem.

The world record for the longest distance travelled in a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a single tank has been broken by a Hyundai Nexo in Australia.

BMW announced at its 2021 annual general meeting on Wednesday (May 12) that it plans to run a small-scale production of a limited series hydrogen fuel cell powered SUV in 2022.

Great Wall Holdings and Sinopec have signed a cooperation framework agreement today (May 12) to explore hydrogen energy opportunities and decarbonise Chinese transport.

Ahead of its highly anticipated prototype unveiling next month, Hopium has placed an order for hydrogen storage systems that will be integrated in its hydrogen-powered luxury car, Hopium Māchina.