Hyundai’s fuel-cell systems to power Enginius trucks
By Will Pulson - 11th February 2023
Hyundai’s fuel-cell systems to power Enginius trucks (L) Taewon Lim, Executive Vice President of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Business Centre at Hyundai Motor Group (R) Patrick Hermanspann, CEO, Faun Group
South Korea / Germany - South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), the parent of HMC announced it has agreed to supply, Enginius, a unit of Germany’s special vehicle manufacturer, Faun Group (Faun Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co KG), based in Osterholz-Scharmbeck with more than 1,100 hydrogen fuel cell systems over a period of three years.
Faun Group is a manufacturer of bodies for the waste industry and is a significant player in the European municipal vehicle market. It plans to install Hyundai's HTWO 90-kilowatt (kW) fuel-cell systems in its municipal trucks starting with its Bluepower waste collection truck from the second half of 2023. The company’s Citypower medium-duty cargo trucks will also be fitted with the system for field tests in 2024 ahead of series production scheduled for 2025.
