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NEWS
HYZON LIGHTWEIGHT ‘SUPERBUS’
PROJECT ANNOUNCED
DEVELOPMENT of a fuel-cell ‘Superbus’ is
set to start in 2021 after hydrogen mobility
and clean energy company Hyzon Motors
signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with Australian industrial technology
company Warpforge, the companies have
announced.
Warpforge’s first products to market
were lightweight light-vehicle trays
offering increased payload and greater
fuel efficiency, it explains.
Under the collaboration, Hyzon
will incorporate its core hydrogen
fuel-cell technology with Warpforge’s
innovative composite material capabilities
to deliver a new integrated bus shell that
provides significant weight savings and
ensures corresponding fuel savings,
they state.
The Superbus aims to realise longer
driving ranges, reduced manufacturing
costs, improved safety features and
emission-free driving, they explain.
Development of the prototype Superbus
will take place at Warpforge’s facilities in
Perth, Western Australia, and is expected to
start in 2021.
Hyzon’s fuel-cell technology enables
hydrogen commercial mobility without
compromising on performance or cost,
it’s claimed.
Combining world-class fuel-cell
technology with leading-edge composite
technology positions Hyzon and
Warpforge to disrupt many heavy mobility
applications in the coming years as heavy
vehicle and equipment operators seek out
the optimum approach to decarbonising
these hard-to-abate activities, the
companies state.
Hydrogen is emerging as a crucial
component of the future energy
landscape, as it offers the only viable green
solution for high-utilisation commercial
mobility, many industry experts say. The
global heavy transport and equipment
sector is fast becoming a key target for
the implementation of clean energy
alternatives, Hyzon adds.
“We are excited to be collaborating with
an innovator of Warpforge’s calibre and
see this agreement as a first step in a long
and fruitful partnership,” said Craig Knight,
co-founder and CEO of Hyzon Motors.
“This collaboration with Warpforge will
allow Hyzon to take hydrogen mobility
to the next level, as we build on our
stated strategy of accelerating the energy
transition by deploying commercial
vehicles with zero emissions with zero
compromises.”
SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION
Warpforge executive chairman Brian
Maloney said: “We’re pleased to have
secured this agreement with this
pioneering group in global zero-emission
mobility and look forward to developing
this partnership as we collaborate on this
exciting Superbus vehicle.
“Warpforge shares Hyzon’s vision for
scientific innovation and is excited to
develop some of our IP portfolio further to
extract value for our stakeholders, creating
value for the global mobility market,”
he added.
Hyzon Motors earlier this year expanded
existing operations by opening its new US
headquarters and engineering centre at
the former General Motors fuel-cell facility
in Honeoye Falls, New York. Hyzon also
launched its European manufacturing
plant in the Dutch city of Groningen with
JV partner Holthausen Clean Technology.
With production facilities in North
America, Europe and Asia, Hyzon expects
to deliver several thousand fuel-cell trucks
and buses over the next three years,
it claims. By the end of 2025, Hyzon’s
expected turn-key capacity will be
more than 40,000 fuel cell vehicles
annually, it states.
Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group
announced in August, 2020, an agreement
to purchase zero-emission buses from
Hyzon motors.
ABOUT HYZON
US-headquartered hydrogen mobility and
clean energy company Hyzon is a global
supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered
commercial vehicles,.
As part of its mission to decarbonise
commercial mobility around the world it
has established itself in locations, “…where
and when the clean energy markets have
been growing, including USA, Europe, Asia
and Australia.”
Hyzon anticipates its novel zero-emission
mobility model will expand in global
markets over the next few years.
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