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Hyundai Becomes a Partner in H2 MOBILITY Advancing Hydrogen Infrastructure in Germany

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Hyundai becomes a partner in H2 MOBILITY advancing hydrogen infrastructure in Germany.

Hyundai Motor announces that it will become a shareholder in H2 MOBILITY, a company that builds and coordinates the nationwide hydrogen infrastructure in Germany.

Hyundai Motor announces that it will become a shareholder in H2 MOBILITY, a company that builds and coordinates the nationwide hydrogen infrastructure in Germany. Hyundai Motor Company will be represented by Hyundai Motor Deutschland GmbH at the shareholders’ meeting.

The Cartel Office has already given the green light for participation and the registration will be formally made shortly. Hyundai is thus the seventh shareholder alongside the founding members TotalEnergies, Shell, OMV, Linde, Air Liquide and Daimler.

Hyundai has been an associated partner of H2 MOBILITY since 2017 and has been actively involved in the development of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany ever since. By signing the shareholders’ agreement, the South Korean company is once again underlining its commitment to hydrogen fuel cell technology.

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The establishment of a functioning and nationwide network of hydrogen filling stations is fundamental to further successfully establish Hyundai fuel cell electric vehicles on the market.

For Hyundai, both hydrogen and the German market play a decisive role. The hydrogen infrastructure in Germany is one of the most developed in Europe.
H2 MOBILITY supports hydrogen mobility and promotes the expansion of a clean mobile future in Germany with the highest priority.

Nikolas Ivan, Managing Director of H2 MOBILITY

We are very pleased about our new shareholder.

“By joining, Hyundai is underlining the increasing importance of hydrogen as a guarantor of sustainable, unrestricted mobility and complementary solutions to the battery.”

Michael Cole, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe

By actively supporting the development of hydrogen infrastructure, Hyundai is once again demonstrating its strong commitment to fuel cell technology.

“By combining our experience in hydrogen fuel cell technology and H2 MOBILITY’s many years of experience in the development of hydrogen infrastructures, this partnership opens up new opportunities for us to create a clean hydrogen ecosystem.”

Partnership with H2 MOBILITY

The decision to merge, after years of strong partnership, is based on H2 MOBILITY’s extensive experience in setting up an infrastructure for hydrogen. H2 MOBILITY has been building and operating the hydrogen filling station network in Germany since 2015.

As the world’s largest operator, the company is currently responsible for 91 hydrogen filling stations, most of them in Germany in the conurbations of Hamburg, Berlin, Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich as well as on the adjacent motorways. Another two filling stations are in the planning phase, 10 in the approval phase. Three are about to be commissioned.

At all H2 MOBILITY stations, fuel cell electric vehicles – passenger cars and light commercial vehicles – can be filled with 700 bar, and at a growing number also medium-duty commercial vehicles with 350 bar.

In order to meet the increasing number of larger commercial vehicles such as buses, garbage trucks, sweepers and trucks with fuel cell drive, future stations will allow hydrogen refuelling to be carried out at 350 bar in addition to 700 from the outset.

Building a hydrogen society

Hyundai has long worked with hydrogen, energy and logistics companies around the world to grow its hydrogen fuel cell systems business and drive the transition to a hydrogen society. By joining H2 MOBILITY as a shareholder, there are additional, new opportunities to develop a hydrogen ecosystem that meets the needs of an environmentally conscious society beyond mobility.

Hyundai is a world leader in the development, mass production and export of hydrogen fuel cell systems, including fuel cell electric vehicles. With the XCIENT Fuel Cell, Hyundai has been using the world’s first mass-produced and hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck in Switzerland since 2020. By 2025, Hyundai plans to deliver 1,600 units of the fuel cell truck to Europe.

In Munich, Hyundai Motor Company, together with two bus companies, has been using the hydrogen-powered ELEC CITY Fuel Cell Bus in test operation in daily operation for several weeks now. The test operation is intended to prove that hydrogen-powered buses are a viable and efficient solution for commercial passenger transport.

In order to further advance the transition to becoming a provider of smart mobility solutions, the company is not only focusing on the construction of emission-free vehicles, but also on the necessary infrastructure.

By joining H2 MOBILITY, Hyundai is taking on a more active role in the field of hydrogen. Hyundai can build on its decades of experience with fuel cells. The goal is not only cleaner mobility, but a cleaner future.

H2 MOBILITY in Germany

H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG focuses on the nationwide development of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany. The aim is to initially operate 100 stations in seven German metropolitan regions (Hamburg, Berlin, Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich) as well as along motorways and important federal highways.

H2 MOBILITY takes on all the necessary tasks, from planning and construction to operation and marketing, which are necessary for the successful network expansion and operation of a hydrogen filling station network.

The founding shareholders of H2 MOBILITY are Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and TotalEnergies. Hyundai is now the seventh company to join the company. BMW, Honda, Toyota and Volkswagen as well as the NOW GmbH National Organisation hydrogen and fuel cell technology advise and accompany H2 MOBILITY as associated partners.

Highlights:

  • Shareholders’ agreement signed by Hyundai Motor and H2 MOBILITY
  • H2 MOBILITY has been advancing the hydrogen infrastructure in Germany since 2015
  • Hyundai is committed to a hydrogen society beyond pure mobility

Hyundai becomes shareholder of H2 MOBILITY, August 5, 2021

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