Shell, Daimler to develop hydrogen-fuelled trucking in Europe
Shell has teamed up with Germany's Daimler Truck to develop the market for hydrogen-fuelled heavy-duty trucks in Europe, the companies said on May 20.
Under an agreement signed by the pair, Shell will start opening hydrogen filling stations for heavy-duty trucks in 2024 between green hydrogen production hubs planned at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Cologne and Hamburg in Germany. Daimler will begin delivering the trucks to customers in 2025.
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"The plan aims to continuously expand the hydrogen-powered freight corridor, which will cover 1,200 km by 2025, in order to deliver 150 hydrogen refuelling stations and around 5,000 Mercedes-Benz heavy-duty fuel cell trucks by 2030," the companies said.
Shell and Daimler are both members of the recently founded H2Accelerate consortium, which is striving to create a mass-market for hydrogen trucking in Europe. Other members include Iveco, Shell and Volvo. Shell already operates hydrogen filling stations in Europe and North America.