“The hydrogen fuel cell truck Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck from Daimler Truck will be tested in practice at our company for a year”, the transport company Wiedmann & Winz from Geislingen announced. The test will start in 2024 year.
“In our medium-sized logistics company, the GenH2 truck will transport heavy sea containers, for example, in its daily haulage business”, the company stated.
“If Germany is to achieve its climate targets, the transport sector must also make its contribution. For a successful energy and drive transition, we need hydrogen-powered trucks as well as battery-electric ones,” explains our Managing Director Dr Micha Lege. On 4 December, he took delivery of the eActros 300 in the tractor unit version at the Wörth truck plant, and since then the electric truck has been on regular round trips between Göppingen and Wörth. “We are now looking forward to taking the next step and testing a long-haul truck with a hydrogen fuel cell drive with the GenH2 truck,” says Lege”.
“We at Wiedmann & Winz will be using the hydrogen lorry in climate-friendly combined transport. For the international logistics service provider DP World, the alternatively powered vehicle will transport sea containers on the pre- and onward carriage to industrial and commercial customers. The vehicle will be refuelled in Wörth, while a second hydrogen filling station will be available to the partners involved in the practical trials in Duisburg. Companies can refuel with liquid hydrogen at both stations. This fuel has a higher energy density, which means that more hydrogen fits into the tanks, which in turn increases the range. In September, Daimler Truck demonstrated on a trip between Wörth and Berlin that a distance of more than 1,000 kilometres can be covered on just one tank of fuel.
Managing Director Dr Micha Lege: Federal government has a duty to provide funding Daimler Truck sees hydrogen technology as a complement to battery-electric trucks. The H2 truck can demonstrate its advantages over long distances in particular; drivers benefit from short refuelling times, among other things, and companies do not have to compromise on payload. With a total weight of 40 tonnes, a payload of 25 tonnes is possible. On board is a fuel cell system from cellcentric, which supplies a total of 300 kW of energy, with an additional battery providing additional power”.
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