Stellantis joins the Lhyfe Heroes platform with its Hydrogen offer for professionals to accelerate the development of ecosystems.
Stellantis , the first manufacturer in the world to mass-market hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles, has become a partner of Lhyfe Heroes , the first digital platform for project initiators who wish to turn to hydrogen or who have already started a transition process and are looking to equip themselves.
Stellantis has been marketing its first range of compact vans for more than a year, Citroën ë-Jumpy Hydrogen, Peugeot e-Expert Hydrogen and Opel Vivaro-e Hydrogen. Currently produced in France and converted to hydrogen in Germany, these vehicles will be industrialized from 2024, on the Hordain site (Hauts-de-France), which will then have a production capacity of 5,000 hydrogen vehicles per year.
As part of its Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, Stellantis has announced its ambition to continue the development of its ranges of utility vehicles equipped with a fuel cell, particularly suitable for professional ‘intensive riders’.
In a hydrogen sector in full deployment, the initiators of hydrogen projects must now rely on the entire value chain at the same time: hydrogen production, distribution solution, vehicles A complexity that can slow down the progress of projects. It is to help customers in the implementation of their hydrogen projects that Stellantis has joined the Lhyfe Heroes platform.
Created by Lhyfe – one of the world pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for transport and industry -, the platform aims to support the efforts of hydrogen players: project initiators and manufacturers. With thousands of monthly visits since its launch in November 2022, it responds to strong user demand for information on new hydrogen-related products and services.
Lhyfe Heroes offers three main services, constantly enriched. Within minutes, users can:
- assess the relevance of using hydrogen to decarbonize their activity using a calculation method integrated into a simulator,
- identify the products and solutions available on the market to carry out their project (Lhyfe Heroes already reference more than 100),
- get in touch with vehicle manufacturers, refueling stations and hydrogen producers.
Thanks to its partnership with Lhyfe Heroes, Stellantis references its different vehicles with their characteristics and key information. In just a few clicks, visitors looking for a fleet of hydrogen utility vehicles will be able to access all the information on the different van models available, and/or corresponding to their criteria.
He can then contact the company directly. Stellantis, for its part, will be able, via the platform’s usage data, to enrich its knowledge of consumer expectations.
Peter Kuhn, in charge of hydrogen development at Stellantis (Citroën, Peugeot, Opel brands) said:
To accelerate the distribution of our light utility vehicle offer intended for professionals and the development of Hydrogen ecosystems, we need the entire chain to be put in place at the same time.
“The Lhyfe Heroes initiative represents an opportunity to accelerate the projects of our customers and the entire industry in Europe. This is a real asset for everyone! “
We are very proud of the confidence that Stellantis has in us,” said Claire Le Dren, in charge of the development of Lhyfe Heroes. ” Together, we hope to help many project initiators to quickly
About Stellant
Stellantis NV (NYSE / MTA / Euronext Paris: STLA) is one of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers and mobility service providers. Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys: iconic and steeped in history, our brands inspire the passion of visionaries who founded them and that of our current customers at the heart of their avant-garde products and services.
Drawing on our diversity, we are shaping the mobility of tomorrow. Our goal: to become the largest sustainable mobility tech company, in terms of quality, not size, while creating even more value for all of our partners and the communities in which we operate. To know more,www.stellantis.com/en .
About Lhyfe Heroes
Launched in November 2022 by the producer and supplier of green and renewable hydrogen, Lhyfe, Lhyfe Heroes is the 1st digital platform designed to help pioneers deploy their hydrogen projects. It is aimed at project initiators who wish to turn to hydrogen or who have already started a transition process and are looking to equip themselves. It already includes a CO2 savings simulator, more than a hundred solutions capable of laying the bricks of a project, and all the information on mobility and stationary uses of hydrogen. Learn more at www.lhyfe-heroes.com .
About Lhyfe
Lhyfe is a European group dedicated to the energy transition, producer and supplier of green and renewable hydrogen. Its production sites and its portfolio of projects aim to provide access to green and renewable hydrogen in industrial quantities, and to enter into a virtuous energy model allowing the decarbonization of entire sectors of industry and mobility.
In 2021, Lhyfe inaugurated the 1st industrial site for the production of green hydrogen in the world in direct connection with a wind farm. In 2022, Lhyfe inaugurated the world’s first offshore green hydrogen production pilot platform.
Lhyfe is present in 11 European countries and had 149 employees at the end of 2022. The company is listed on the Euronext market in Paris (ISIN: FR0014009YQ1 – mnemo: LHYFE).
For more information, visit https://www.lhyfe.com/
Highlights:
- Hydrogen is a major challenge for Stellantis to support its professional ‘intensive riders’ customers in their energy transition, while contributing to its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2038.
- To offer its most suitable solutions to a demanding public, Stellantis will now be present on Lhyfe Heroes, the first digital platform that helps consumers in their hydrogen project.
- Stellantis and Lhyfe Heroes want together to accelerate the creation of ecosystems by promoting cooperation between the different players in the value chain
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Stellantis joins the Lhyfe Heroes platform with its Hydrogen offer for professionals to accelerate the development of ecosystems, Nantes and Poissy, June 15, 2023
