Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) in Scotland has received nearly £50,000 in funding from Scottish Enterprise and Transport Scotland.
This assistance was provided as part of the “Can Do Zero Emissions Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDV) challenge” launched in July by Transport Scotland and Scottish Enterprise to assist businesses in developing innovative solutions to decarbonize transportation and aid Scotland’s green recovery.
HVS intends to use this funding to conduct a feasibility and development study for its rigid hydrogen-powered truck. There are currently 486,000 HGVs on British roads, with rigid trucks accounting for roughly half of these. All of these will need to be replaced in the coming years as petrol and diesel bans go into effect.
HVS is working tirelessly to develop zero-emission hydrogen-electric HGVs to replace the heavily polluting diesel trucks that currently contribute 20% of transport emissions, or approximately 23 million tonnes of CO2, despite accounting for only 2% of vehicles.
This research will assist us in reaching a larger market with our products, thereby reducing emissions even further. Through truck innovations, we are also working to improve driver well-being, overall efficiency, and make UK roads safer.
“This HVS study aims to facilitate the decarbonising of the road haulage sector with the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell trucks to uphold the environmental benefits observed from the COVID-19 lockdown and continue the country’s drive towards net-zero. This HVS rigid hydrogen-powered truck will have performance parity with diesel regarding heavy payload, long-range and rapid refuelling,” explained CEO Jawad Khursheed, HVS.
“The zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles projects will provide support for businesses to innovate in this transport space whilst also helping meet net-zero targets. HVS is one of the businesses that received support, and we are excited to see its plans to use hydrogen-electric technology in a range of vans and trucks to decarbonise the road haulage sector in Scotland and worldwide.” said the Head of Low Carbon Transition for Scottish Enterprise Andy McDonald.
HVS, a multi-award-winning company, combines cutting-edge technology with innovative designs to create zero-emission commercial vehicles. HVS’ vehicles will aid the transportation industry in meeting ambitious emission reduction targets of -15 percent by 2025, -30 percent by 2030, and zero-emission fleets by 2040.
