FR Drive cleanly with a hydrogen commercial vehicle
Hydrogen commercial vehicles are powered by a fuel cell. Essential for professionals, they offer a green alternative to existing combustion engine vehicles.
With a large payload and towing capability, these trucks and vans designed for goods and passenger transport are ideal for bulky or heavy loads, with better manoeuvrability than a semi-truck. They are particularly well suited to last-mile delivery applications in urban areas.
A traffic solution in low emission zones
Since 2020, low emission zones have been created in some French cities. In 2022, 11 cities had these zones, with 43 conurbations of over 150,000 people set to receive them by 2025. The zones comprise a boundary within which the most polluting traffic is limited. Inside the zones, professional vehicles with Crit'air 3, 4, 5 labels and unclassified vehicles may be subject to travel and parking restrictions set by the regional authorities.
Fuel cell electric or hydrogen/electric hybrid commercial vehicles can help professionals to continue operating in low emission zones.
H2 Mobility Focus
In Vendée, firefighters travel in hydrogen utility vehicles!
Coming to refuel at the Sydev station in La Roche-sur-Yon, hydrogen allows them to refuel:
- Fast, in less than 3 minutes at 350 bar,
- Efficiently, thanks to the high availability rate of the station,
- For long-distance, thanks to the autonomy of their Renault Kangoo ZE Hydrogen of 350km.
In the AURA region, our maintenance technicians were able to try out the Peugeot E-Expert Hydrogen!
During a preventive maintenance intervention at the Hympulsion station in St-Priest, they were able to report on this new vehicle:
- 1000kg payload,
- Refueling at 700 bar in 3 minutes,
- More than 400km of autonomy.
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Advantages of hydrogen for commercial vehicles
No need to change old habits!
To refuel, simply connect the pump to your vehicle. The refueling time is the same as that for combustion engine vehicles.
Optimised payload
Switching to hydrogen has no impact on the vehicle's volume or payload.
Fast recharging
Hydrogen refueling reduces vehicle standstill times. At around 1kg/minute, a light commercial vehicle can be refueled in ~ 5 minutes.
Long range
Drive several hundred kilometres with full autonomy to ensure your continuity of service. The range of H2 vehicles is identical to that of combustion engine vehicles.
Reliability and safety
Our stations are manufactured on an industrial scale. Our dispensers comply with fueling protocol SAE J2601/ISO 19880-1 T30 and are confirmed by the CEP (Clean Energy Partnership).
Reduced environmental footprint
Hydrogen vehicles produce electricity by combining H2 and O2, and emit only water vapour. No CO2 is emitted during this process.
Reducing noise pollution
Hydrogen powered vehicles are very quiet for lower noise pollution.
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