Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has announced a new partnership with one of the world’s major commercial vehicle manufacturers, Daimler Truck, for hydrogen fuel cell modules.
Toyota’s second-generation system, the TFCM2-F-60, will be used in the new Daimler Buses city bus, the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Range Extender.
TME President and CEO Matt Harrison expressed satisfaction with the continued growth of the company’s hydrogen powertrain technology across Europe.
The latest cell technology has major advantages; it may expand the range of all-electric buses in urban traffic to around 400 kilometers for solo buses and 350 kilometers for articulated buses.
By combining the battery with the fuel cell, intermediate charging can be eliminated.
“Toyota is dedicated to carbon neutrality, and we believe hydrogen is a critical component of a future decarbonized civilization,” Matt Harrison insisted.
According to the US Department of Energy, fuel cell electric vehicles are more efficient than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles and “emit just water vapour and warm air.”
According to McKinsey’s research of the US hydrogen industry, demand for hydrogen might reach 63 million metric tons by 2050 under the most optimistic scenario. The key driver will be the demand for transportation fuel, followed by demand as a feedstock in industrial operations such as ammonia and methanol production and refining.
Toyota believes that hydrogen fuel cell technology will eventually be used in all passenger cars, heavy-duty trucks, small delivery trucks, boats, and buses.
Additionally, TME strengthens its relationship with additional European OMEs in order to realize its hydrogen goal.
“By integrating various forms of hydrogen applications with hydrogen infrastructure, we can foster the development of ecosystems conducive to the expansion of hydrogen mobility,” the business stated.
