April 30, 2021 Share
Germany’s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden’s Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies.
The companies said Thursday their fuel cell joint venture, named cellcentric, is carrying out preparatory work at a facility in Esslingen, Germany and that a decision on a location for large-scale series production will be announced in 2022. Daimler Truck and Volvo said they plan to start with customer tests of fuel-cell electric trucks in about three years and to launch large-scale production by the end of the decade.
Daimler Truck, Volvo to Make Fuel Cells in Europe in Joint Venture
Components are assembled into a finished fuel-cell system in Nabern, Germany. (Daimler)
FRANKFURT, Germany Germany’s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden’s Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies.
The companies said April 29 their fuel cell joint venture, cellcentric, is carrying out preparatory work at a facility in Esslingen, Germany, and that a decision on a location for large-scale series production will be announced in 2022. Daimler Truck and Volvo said they plan to start with customer tests of fuel-cell trucks in about three years and to launch large-scale production by the end of the decade.
Daimler Truck, Volvo to Make Fuel Cells
The two companies said that they would remain competitors in developing new truck models even as they cooperate on fuel cells.
Apr 29th, 2021
In this Feb. 2, 2017 file photo the logo of Mercedes is photographed in Stuttgart, Germany. Germany s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden s Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policy makers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies.
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) Germany s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden s Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies.