In 2023, the Japanese company Honda Motor will start producing new hydrogen fuel cell systems, which is a joint development with General Motors.
The new system will be used in Honda's own fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), as well as in commercial heavy-duty trucks, power plants and construction equipment, Reuters reported.
The article noted that Honda plans annual sales of about 2,000 units of the new system by the middle of the decade and 60,000 units in 2030.
"With the 'next-generation' system, the company aims to more than double the service life compared to its older fuel cell system and reduce costs by two-thirds," the authors emphasized.
Honda's hydrogen business development general manager Tetsuya Hasebe said commercial vehicles used around the world will be electrified just like passenger cars.
He added that this would likely lead to a divergence between battery-powered trucks and fuel-cell trucks.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, the world's first hydrogen mining truck, First Mode, debuted at the Mogalakwena mine in South Africa. About 50% of emissions in the sector are created by trucks, so such transport can help in the decarbonization of the industry.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, the American company Airgas will release two Hyzon Motors heavy trucks on hydrogen fuel cells.
