Daimler Truck and bp lay foundations for hydrogen highway
Daimler Truck and bp are to pilot the development of hydrogen infrastructure and the introduction of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks in the UK.
Under their memorandum of understanding, bp said it will assess the feasibility of designing, constructing, operating and supplying up to 25 green hydrogen refuelling stations across the UK by 2030. For their part, Daimler Truck expects to deliver hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks to its UK customers from 2025.
“Hydrogen is critical to decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors – and for heavy and long-distance freight it is sometimes the only answer,” said Emma Delaney, bp’s executive vice president for customer and products. “Working with a leading manufacturer like Daimler Truck AG we can accelerate the deployment of both vehicles and infrastructure and pioneer the use of hydrogen to fuel the next generation of [UK] freight.”
Daimler Truck intends to offer new vehicles that are CO2-neutral to drive in Europe, North America and Japan by 2039 and is focussing on technologies including battery power and hydrogen fuel-cells. Currently, the truck manufacturer is testing a new enhanced prototype of its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck on public roads in Germany with customer handover expected in 2027.
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