Volvo to produce hydrogen trucks beginning the latter half of this decade
By Bradley Osborne - 3rd July 2022
Test fuel-cell electric truck by Volvo Trucks
Sweden – Volvo Trucks Corporation of Gothenburg, Sweden has announced that it will begin mass production and sales of heavy-duty fuel-cell electric trucks in the second half of this decade, following the recent start of prototype trials on the company’s test track.
The hydrogen-powered trucks, weighing up to 65 tons or even higher, will have a range of up to 1,000 km and a refuelling time of less than 15 minutes. The two on-board fuel cell systems will generate 300 kW of electricity to power the vehicle. These will be supplied by cellcentric GmbH & Co, a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Daimler Truck which will manufacture fuel cell systems at a projected facility in Weilheim an der Teck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
