Heavy-duty trucks lead China’s FCEVs market in 1H2023
Heavy duty trucks occupied the biggest market share among all the FCEVs applications in China in 1H2023, according to latest released industry survey.
In 1H2023, 2,262 FCEVs started operation in 44 cities in China, among them 39% could be classified into heavy-duty truck category, including trailers, waste management vehicles and dumpers.
image : FCEV heavy-duty trailer, produced by Dongfeng Auto
image: FCEV waste management vehicle
image: FCEV heavy-duty dumpers
Bus, including coach, ranked the second, accounting for 24% of the FCEVs. Most of these buses are 12 meters long using 110kw or 120kw fuel cell system.
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image: FCEV bus, produced by Higer Auto
imagez: FCEV bus, operating in Qingdao
Logistic vehicles, or light and medium trucks, hold 22% market share. Mega cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are testing the economic feasibility of hydrogen fuel cell logistic vehicles to pave the way to large scale commercialization.
image: FCEV logistic vehicles, operating in Beijing
image: FCEV logistic vehicles, operating in Shanghai