Together with its development partners IAV GmbH and Paul Nutzfahrzeuge, DEUTZ has put the first of two HyCET trucks with DEUTZ TCG 7.8 H2 hydrogen engines into operation, the company said.The first test drive went smoothly and shows that hydrogen engines are a reasonable alternative for their use in trucks. Less than two years after the start of the HyCET research project, the first truck with a DEUTZ hydrogen combustion engine will be sent out on the test track in September this year. The application in plant traffic at BMW and DEUTZ is planned for early 2025.
“The fact that our hydrogen combustion engine is not only being used in stationary applications, but now also in logistics, is an important milestone on the way to a green product portfolio that is aligned with market requirements,” says Bert van Hasselt, CEO of the Green division at DEUTZ.
A total of two 18-ton and two 40-ton trucks are to be equipped with hydrogen combustion engines and tested in regular operations at BMW and DEUTZ logistics. To this end, TotalEnergies is building two hydrogen filling stations in Nuremberg and Leipzig for heavy commercial vehicles, among others.
HyCET stands for Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks and is a consortium research project led by the BMW Group, in which DEUTZ AG, DHL Freight GmbH, KEYOU GmbH, Total Energies Marketing Deutschland and the Volvo Group are involved. The project is funded with €11.3 million by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs.
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