Faurecia, an auto parts giant, announced that it has won a large order for Hyundai's hydrogen storage system. According to the contract, Faurecia will start in 2021 and provide Hyundai with 10,000 storages in the next 4 years. Hydrogen bottle.
In fact, Faurecia's hydrogen storage order is part of Hyundai's large hydrogen project in Switzerland.
According to the original plan, Hyundai plans to bring a total of 1,600 fuel cell trucks to the Swiss market by 2025. The first 50 Hyundai H2 XCIENTs will be delivered to Switzerland this year (2020). The Hyundai H2 XCIENT was developed in accordance with European truck guidelines. The fuel cell system uses two 95 kW reactors in parallel, with a total output of 190 kW. The car is also equipped with seven high-pressure hydrogen tanks that can store nearly 35 kilograms of fuel.
The large-scale project is based on a collaboration between Hyundai and Swiss company H2 Energy (H2E). The two parties signed an agreement in April 2019 to set up a joint venture called Hyundai Hydrogen. The goal is to develop a European hydrogen transportation ecosystem using fuel cell trucks starting in Switzerland. Hydrospider was founded in early 2019 to produce and store green hydrogen and transport it to gas stations.
In fact, in addition to promoting hydrogen energy business cooperation with Hyundai, Faurecia is also actively carrying out the layout of the fuel cell vehicle business in China.
"Faurecia will consider building a fuel cell plant in China in the future, but this depends on the size and actual demand of the fuel cell vehicle market in China." Faurecia Bai Lisong, director of business strategy and passenger vehicle product lines in China In an interview with Industrial Hydrogen, Faurecia will continue to promote the fuel cell hydrogen storage tank business, and the fuel cell stack business will be promoted by the joint venture SYMBIO.
According to reports, in November last year, after Faurecia and Michelin Group announced the formal establishment of a hydrogen energy travel joint venture SYMBIO, the company began to accelerate its hydrogen energy industry layout. The joint venture company brings together the technical expertise of Faurecia and Michelin, and has provided solutions for 300 vehicles.