Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Airbus is developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine. Airbus will start ground and flight testing this fuel cell engine architecture onboard its ZEROe demonstrator aircraft towards the middle of the decade. A hydrogen gas turbine can also be coupled with fuel cells instead of batteries in a hybrid-electric architecture.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Ford unveiled the all-electric 2022 F-150 Lightning Pro, a version of the electric F-150 Lightning ( earlier post ) targeted at commercial customers. More than 145 million miles of telematics data show that for the average F-150 commercial customer in the US, 95% of their daily travel is less than 174 miles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP), will assess the suitability of alternative fuels and power options for Great Lakes shipping. Lawrence Seaway System is one of the largest commercial waterways in the country and is essential to strengthening the economy, supply chain, and the creation of jobs. The bi-national Great Lakes-St.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The baseline for the Toyota-Kenworth T680 FCEV truck—codenamed “Ocean”—was a 2017 diesel engine operating about 200 miles a day. The T680 FCEV has a range of about 300+ miles when fully loaded to 82,000 lbs. Earlier post.). The Ocean trucks reduced Greenhouse Gases (GHG) by 74.66 and Southern Counties Express.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2022

Volvo Trucks (not to be confused with Volvo Cars) already sells battery-electric commercial trucks, but is now experimenting with hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The company on Monday unveiled its first fuel-cell trucks, with a claimed 600-mile range, 15-minute refueling time, and 65-ton hauling capacity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2022

Fleet electrification provider Zeem Solutions has opened its first commercial EV transportation-as-a-service depot in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

Hyzon Motors announced the successful completion and factory acceptance testing of the first nine single-stack 200kW Fuel Cell System (FCS) B-samples at its production and innovation center in Bolingbrook, IL. By achieving this milestone, Hyzon remains on track to declare Start of Production (SOP) and commercialization of its FCS in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Symbio, the French producer of hydrogen fuel cell systems for transportation, reports that it has delivered 150 commercial hydrogen-electric vehicles which have now travelled a combined 220,000 miles (350,000 km). It combined a 22 kWh Li-ion battery pack with a 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell range extender, fueled with 1.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Hylane GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEVK Versicherung, one of Germany’s largest motor insurers, has purchased 18 fuel-cell-electric trucks from Hyzon Motors, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2022. Hyzon also plans a Class 6 fuel-cell-electric truck for the European market. —Craig Knight, Hyzon CEO and co-founder.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

The Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH ( AGR ), a waste management company in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has put a converted DAF CF 340 hydrogen fuel cell truck into operation as part of the EU-funded HECTOR (Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe) project.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

Ballard Power Systems announced that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel-cell technology and products have now successfully powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in commercial Heavy- and Medium-Duty Motive applications for an industry-leading cumulative total of more than 30 million kilometers (18.5 availability in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2020

To maximize the opportunities for hydrogen in Europe, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has established a Fuel Cell Business Group to oversee its hydrogen activities across the region. —Thiebault Paquet, Director of the Fuel Cell Business Group. The base price in Germany is now €64,000 and offers a 650 km (404 mile) range.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group’s (GCV) subsidiary brand, Yuan Cheng, launched two new zero-emission buses at a ceremony in Beijing: the F12 hydrogen fuel cell bus and C11 battery-electric bus. Yuan Cheng F12 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus. F12 fuel cell bus. kg of hydrogen per 100 km. kg of hydrogen per 100 km.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company released images of its newly upgraded XCIENT Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-produced, heavy-duty truck powered by hydrogen. Hyundai will begin production of 2021 XCIENT Fuel Cell in August this year. Hyundai will begin production of 2021 XCIENT Fuel Cell in August this year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Three of Hyundai Motor Company’s next-generation NEXO fuel-cell-electric vehicles ( earlier post ) have completed a self-driven 118-mile (190 km) journey from Seoul to Pyeongchang. This is the first time that level 4 autonomous driving has been achieved with fuel-cell-electric vehicles. Level 4 commercialization.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company will deploy the company’s latest hydrogen fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks in California in two publicly funded projects to improve the air quality in the region. The US model provides a maximum driving range of 500 miles, or about 800 kilometers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work over the next few years to bring to market high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells. Artist’s concept of a heavy-duty vehicle equipped with high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has taken delivery of 23 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEV), marking the company’s first purchase of hydrogen-powered vehicles. View footage of the Toyota Mirai HFCEVs [link] Each vehicle in our light duty over-the-road fleet is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Bosch has equipped two vans with hydrogen fuel cell technology and started test operation on the road. The fuel cell enables long ranges and short refueling times, which makes long journeys more economical. The developers were able to use Bosch components almost throughout for the fuel cell system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Groupe Renault is extending the range of its electric light commercial vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells. The vehicles are equipped with a range extender fuel cell providing electric and thermal power of 10 kW, increasing the range of Renault MASTER Z.E. Hydrogen to more than 350 km (217 miles). Renault KANGOO Z.E.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division presented its latest eMobility kit, which now includes all-electric central drives, axle drives and eComponents. With our modular electric drive kit, ZF can provide customers with everything they need to electrify their commercial vehicles from last-mile delivery vehicles up to 44-ton truck.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. The commencement of ClearFlame’s first pilot fleet trial with Beck’s, highlighting strong interest from commercial fleets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2021

Representing more than 100,000 Class 8 commercial trucks globally, the Council will collaborate closely with Hyliion to provide key user insights in the development of the Hypertruck, the company’s electric powertrain for Class 8 commercial trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) unveiled ten new hydrogen fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 heavy-duty transit buses in Santa Ana, California. The order was previously announced in April 2018, at that time becoming the US’ largest procurement and deployment of fuel cell-electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PACCAR announced that a Kenworth T680 fuel cell electric vehicle and a battery electric Peterbilt Model 579EV became the first Class 8 zero emissions vehicles to drive to the 14,115 foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. mile Pikes Peak International Hill Climb course. —Kyle Quinn, PACCAR chief technology officer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

New Flyer of America announced that a test demonstration with a New Flyer 40', heavy-duty fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) achieved 350-miles (563 km) of zero-emission range. These results exceeded the 300-mile range performance target by 17% without refueling.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Traxen, a metro Detroit-based technology, launched its intelligent adaptive cruise control system, iQ-Cruise, for traditional and electric commercial vehicles. The system will be available to both commercial vehicle aftermarket and OE customers. Additionally, driver’s hours of service and time of arrival needs are taken into account.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2019

In the latest effort to make aviation sustainable and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ZeroAvia announced advancements in developing a hydrogen-fueled electric powertrain. These tests confirm the company’s fuel economy and maximum power delivery targets. —Val Miftakhov, ZeroAvia Founder and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

a developer of hybrid electric powertrain conversion technology for commercial and municipal fleets, announced that fleet customers employing the XL3 hybrid electric system ( earlier post ) in their service, delivery and cargo fleets have driven a combined total of one million miles within the first six months of commercial production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

for 10 Ballard FCmove fuel cell modules to power 10 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses planned for deployment with Arriva Nederland in the Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands later in 2021. The 70kW FCmove platform offers a compact, fully integrated, robust fuel cell power solution with reduction in total life cycle cost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

Hexagon Purus and Ballard Power Systems are collaborating to produce Class 6 & 7 Fuel Cell Electric Trucks powered by Hexagon Purus’ turnkey electric drivetrain and hydrogen storage system solutions and Ballard’s fuel cell module. The companies introduced a Class 6 prototype at the ACT Expo in Long Beach.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

Toyota was earlier granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order (A-014-1170) from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit. The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

Nikola Corporation has developed a heavy-duty, 700 bar (10,000 psi) hydrogen mobile fueler capable of direct fueling hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Coupled with Nikola’s hydrogen tube trailer, with a capacity of 960 kg, Nikola’s mobile fueler can refuel customer trucks back-to-back.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Bosch, a longtime leader in powertrain and propulsion technologies, announced that it will also produce fuel cell stacks in its Anderson, South Carolina, facility as part of a more than $200-million investment expected to create at least 350 new jobs by the start of production in 2026. Fuel cell stack production is highly complex.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

Cummins delivers powertrain solutions that provide leading performance and fuel economy through the integration of hardware and software. Gatik is the market leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial delivery service with Walmart.

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JUNE 4, 2021

Commercial vehicles such as LCVs require greater range and shorter refueling time, operational demands where hydrogen fuel cells can offer an attractive solution. The fuel cell integration will be carried out by PVI, a subsidiary of Renault Group since 2017, located in Gretz-Armainvilliers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

At more than 6 megawatt hours, Wabtec’s next version of FLXdrive technology will have an opportunity to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by up to 30 percent—putting the industry on the cusp of a once-in-a-generation improvement in energy savings and emission reductions. —Eric Gebhardt, Wabtec Chief Technology Officer.

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