GM and auto car industries have agreed to collaborate on the development of the vehicles
General Motors and auto car industries have jointly announced that they will be working together on the development of H2 powered heavy vehicles equipped with GM's Hydratech
hydrogen fuel cells. The companies will be collaborating on the heavy vehicles powered by the Hydratech unit
The hydrogen fuel cells will be installed in heavy vehicles such as dump trucks, garbage
trucks, cement mixers, terminal tractors and road maintenance vehicles that would conventionally
be powered by diesel engines. The first of those vehicles are expected to go into production in auto cars Birmingham
Alabama plant in 2026. We want to enable zero tailpipe emissions solutions for the largest, highest energy
consuming vehicles and fuel cells are ideal for the most energy intensive applications
said Carl Fried, executive director of GM's Hydratech in a media statement
Hydratech power tubes comprising over 300 hydrogen fuel cells will be installed in the vehicle
Hydratech's job in the collaboration will be to provide the power tubes as well as thermal
and power management systems and proprietary controls. Each power tube consists of more than 300 H2 fuel cells and provides 77 kilowatts of power
As a growing number of operators seek to decarbonize, a growing focus is being directed toward H2
for its use in powering trucks and vans. This is particularly true in areas where battery electric vehicles aren't feasible due to the
need for power, range and rapidly fueling. While the majority of the passenger vehicle industry has gone in the direction of battery
electric cars in the zero emission category, the same cannot be said about heavier duty
vehicles with far greater demands than what current battery technology can realistically provide
As regulations change, we see Hydratech fuel cells as an additional avenue for our customers
to meet their Environmental Protection Agency requirements with zero tailpipe emissions vehicles, said a statement from Eric Schwartz, president of Auditor Industries
Vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells have considerably longer ranges and can refuel
in minutes timing similar to diesel refueling, with which most operators are already familiar
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