A new hydrogen-powered truck from hylane has been delivered to Nippon Gases Germany and HOYER Group. The purpose of this truck will be to transport dry ice.

This new truck is a Hyundai XCIENT fuel cell vehicle that has been equipped by hylane with a dry box, as well as air ducts. This part of the process was completed in order to meet the logistic requirements of Nippon Gases and HOYER.

It has been shown that the vehicle has a range of a maximum 450km and on top of this, it is possible to refuel it in under fifteen minutes. It has been stated online by HOYER that this makes it, “ideal for everyday use to transport dry ice.”

Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Mona Neubaur, completed the first test run of the vehicle as the co-driver. She emphasised ‘the importance of the technology to sustainable mobility in Germany.’

Neubaur commented, “Hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks have their strengths as a result of short refuelling times and long ranges, which is exactly where battery-electric drives reach their limits. Therefore, the State supports the construction of hydrogen service stations for heavy goods vehicles and procurement initiatives such as HyTrucks.NRW. Because one thing is clear: reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector is an important building block on North Rhine-Westphalia’s pathway to becoming Europe’s first climate-neutral industrial region.”

Managing Director at Nippon Gases Germany, Christoph Laumen, mentioned, “Even with the single use of this new vehicle, we expect to save around 69,000kg of CO₂ in vehicle operation compared to conventional diesel trucks. In addition, we will gain important experience and knowledge that will enable us to use this CO₂-neutral transport for other products.”