Iveco Group is now a step nearer to its imaginative and prescient of delivering hydrogen-powered vans in Europe later this 12 months, with Air Liquide opening a high-pressure refueling station in Fos-sur-Mer, France.
The businesses signed a associated memorandum of understanding in December 2021.
The station itself can ship one ton of hydrogen per day, drawing on the gasoline by means of a pipeline, and on June 26 fueled a prototype Iveco gasoline cell truck.
It’s a part of the French-funded Hydrogene a Aix-Marseille pour une Mobilite Ecologique et Sturdy (HyAMMED) mission and H2Haul – a European initiative co-funded by the Clear Hydrogen Partnership and launched in 2019.
A second station capable of ship two tons of hydrogen per day at 700 bar will likely be put in in Salon-de-Province to help a fleet of fifty hydrogen-powered Mannequin Yr 2025 Iveco vans.
‘Decisive’ first step
“To encourage the widespread use of hydrogen, we should collectively create the circumstances for the sector to flourish,” Air Liquide vice-president hydrogen vitality world enterprise line Erwin Penfornis mentioned in a press launch.
He referred to as it a “decisive first step and the kick-off to a higher ambition” with Iveco.
“Our technique for more and more sustainable mobility relies on a technology-neutral strategy and hydrogen mobility is a key constructing block on this path,” added Iveco Group CEO Gerrit Marx. “At this time we confirmed that we’ve got all of the capabilities, each the autos and the stations, to place a real hydrogen mobility ecosystem on the street: the technique is turning into actuality.”
Iveco not too long ago assumed full possession of a three way partnership with Nikola Company, permitting it to commercialize its personal battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric vans in Europe, leaving Nikola to concentrate on North America.
Nikola bought its stake within the enterprise for US$35 million and 20.6 million shares in Nikola inventory.