Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility’s has a group of XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks that have completed more than 1 million kilometres of driving in Switzerland over the last 11 months. Those kilometres saved  630 tons, compared to diesel-powered vehicles. The 46-strong Swiss fleet hit the road in October with the help of 25 Swiss companies in logistics, distribution and supermarket fulfilment.

Those operators replaced their diesel-powered trucks with the world’s first mass-provided heavy-duty fuel cell trucks. They’ve loved the eco-friendliness, short refuelling times, and a long-range.

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ABOVE: 2021 Hyundai XCIENT Hydrogen Fuel Cell trucks 

“Swiss transport and logistics companies are convinced that hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles have the greatest potential among various alternative energy vehicles. The member companies do not stop at simply introducing hydrogen fuel cell trucks. They have high expectations for the hydrogen energy source that holds great potential for the future and believe that hydrogen will be the key for transitioning to eco-friendly energy,” Jörg Ackermann, Chairman of the H2 Mobility Switzerland Association said. “Specifically, the biggest advantage of hydrogen energy is its excellent storability. This suggests that hydrogen will play an important role in the era of eco-friendly energy. Many distribution companies are already experiencing the benefits directly by using the XCIENT fuel cell trucks, and I think that if summer operation is completed successfully, the demand for the XCIENT fuel cell trucks will increase even more.”

 

 

Growing the fleet

Hyundai debuted the 2021 XCIENT Fuel Cell heavy-duty truck last month. Following on from the first model in 2019, the new truck as a bolder grille, and performance improvements, in either a 4×2 or 6×2 rigid body configuration.

 

140 2021 trucks will arrive in Switzerland by the end of this year. The fleet is expected to grow to 1,600 hydrogen-electric trucks by 2025.

 

 

Shaping Hyundai’s future in hydrogen

Hyundai set an ambitious yearly sales goal of 110,000 fuel cell electric vehicles worldwide by 2025 with its ‘Strategy 2025’ plan. There are further plans to increase production capacity for hydrogen-powered vehicles to 500,000 units by 2030. Commercial operators are anticipated to be the biggest buyers.

 

Hyundai also announced “truck tractor” plans. North America will be the first markets to test and launch these vehicles.