article thumbnail

Plug Power unveils stationary high-power fuel cell system for charging commercial electric fleets

Green Car Congress

Plug Power unveiled a new high-power stationary fuel cell system for charging commercial electric vehicle (EV) fleets. Plug’s standard 18,000-gallon liquid hydrogen tank combined with its new megawatt-scale PEM fuel cell solution can provide more than 60 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy—enough to charge more than 600 EVs.

Fleet 321
article thumbnail

Plug Power partners with Lightning Systems on hydrogen fuel-cell-powered Class 6 trucks for logistics industry; “middle-mile” solution

Green Car Congress

Plug Power Inc. This collaboration enables both companies to offer the first electric, fuel-cell-powered Class 6 trucks (up to 12.5 This technology enables customers easily to track vehicle and fuel cell system data for analysis, driver training, and route optimization. —Tim Reeser, CEO for Lightning Systems.

Plug 448
article thumbnail

Plug Power and BAE Systems enter strategic partnership on hydrogen fuel cell buses

Green Car Congress

Plug Power Inc. The company was also an early advocate for hydrogen-based transit, having integrated fuel cells into its electric propulsion systems since 1998. Plug Power, with more than 40,000 fuel cell units deployed over the past 20 years, offers modular ProGen fuel cell engines for OEM integration ranging from 30kW to 125kW.

Hydrogen 360
article thumbnail

BAE Systems to supply Gen3 propulsion systems to ElDorado National for battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

Green Car Congress

BAE Systems, a leader in heavy-duty electric propulsion, will provide ElDorado National (California) or ENC, a subsidiary of REV Group, with its Gen3 product line solutions for ENC’s next-generation battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell transit buses.

Supplies 243
article thumbnail

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

Green Car Congress

The ICCT has conducted a comprehensive global and temporal life-cycle assessment of GHG emissions from a variety of alternative passenger car powertrains and fuels. This study considers the fuel and electricity consumption in average real-world usage instead of solely relying on official test values.

Hydrogen 418
article thumbnail

Toyota reveals hydrogen fuel cell electric Hilux prototype

Green Car Congress

Toyota has unveiled a prototype hydrogen fuel cell electric Hilux. The development project has explored how these qualities might be maintained while adopting a new fuel cell electric zero emission powertrain. The new powertrain uses core elements from the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric sedan. Earlier post.)

Hydrogen 335
article thumbnail

Honda to begin US production of plug-in fuel cell electric vehicle based on CR-V in 2024

Green Car Congress

Honda will produce an all-new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the recently launched, all-new Honda CR-V starting in 2024 at its Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio. Underhood of all-new Honda FCEV coming in 2024.

Honda 273