Hyundai Motor will begin the construction of a hydrogen fuel cell plant at its Ulsan, South Korea, facility this year, with mass production targeted for 2028.
Set to be its third fuel cell manufacturing plant, the facility will reportedly be capable of producing systems for up to 6,500 hydrogen-powered cars per year.
Hyundai’s fuel cells for passenger vehicles (Nexo), buses, Xcient trucks and its new SUV are currently produced at its Guangzhou facility in China, with an annual capacity of up to 6,500 units, and at its fuel cell factory in Chungju, South Korea, which can manufacture 23,000 units per year.
The Ulsan fuel cell plant has been introduced under Hyundai’s strategy to expand hydrogen consumption to three million tonnes per year by 2035, in line with the global decarbonisation shift.
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