Ford Trucks chooses Hexagon Purus to equip FCEV heavy-duty truck

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Hexagon Purus (Oslo, Norway) continues to make headway in the transportation sector with new purchase order announcements for its Type 4 hydrogen storage systems by Ford Trucks (Dearborn, Mich., U.S.).

The company will be delivering a complete hydrogen fuel storage system for the development of a fuel cell electric-powered vehicle (FCEV) as part of the Horizon Europe project Zero Emission Freight EcoSystem (ZEFES). As a partner in ZEFES, a pan-European project specifically targeting decarbonization of long-haul heavy-duty trucking in Europe, Ford Trucks will develop and deliver a fuel cell electric heavy-duty prototype F-Max truck that will operate as part of a larger fleet of zero-emission trucks collecting data from real-world operations.

The F-Max FCEV will be Ford Trucks’ first fuel cell-powered vehicle, developed and manufactured in Turkey, and will begin European Ten-T corridor demonstrations in 2025 as part of ZEFES project goals.

“We focus our investment, R&D and innovation efforts in line with our global electrification strategy to be a leading player in the decarbonization transformation happening in the automotive industry,” says Ford Trucks’ vice president Emrah Duman. “We are happy to have the support from Hexagon Purus as an experienced partner in our development plan of a fuel-cell electric heavy-duty truck.”

ZEFES will deploy a total of nine different long-haul truck configurations split into six battery electric- and three fuel-cell electric trucks. The nine trucks will operate for 15 months and collect up to 1 million kilometers of driving data from real-world operations. With 40 partners from 14 countries and a total investment program of €35.5 million, ZEFES will bring together the road transport value chain to move the transportation sector one step closer to EU’s Green Deal emission targets.

Delivery of the complete hydrogen storage system is scheduled for Q1 2024.

Hexagon has also aided Solaris hydrogen-electric buses, and the Xcelsior Charge H2 fuel cell electric bus this year.

Hexagon Purus has made an additional announcement for the purchase order of hydrogen distribution systems to a company within the green hydrogen space in central Europe, worth approximately €9.6 million. The systems, including Hexagon’s Type 4 hydrogen vessels, will be used to deliver green hydrogen to industrial applications. Delivery is scheduled from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

This one of many orders received the last few years, correlating with the rapid adoption of hydrogen technologies. Click here to learn more.