Wisdom Motor to deliver 147 hydrogen heavy-duty trucks to Australia
Wisdom Motor, a FCEV innovator headquartered in Fujian, China, announced it signed a contract to export 147 hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty waste management trucks to Australia on August 2nd. The contract worth a total of 450mn Rmb ($63mn). This would be the first FCEV heavy-duty truck fleet operating in Australia.
These hydrogen fuel heavy-duty trucks will be equipped with a 110-400kw fuel cell system and has a maximum operation range of 1,000 kilometers, which is applicable for various commercial transportation scenarios such as intercity freight and provincial long-distance transportation.
In November 2022, Wisdom Motor signed a memorandum of understanding with Pure Hydrogen and HDrive in Australia to deliver 12,000 hydrogen-fuel heavy-duty trucks in five years. Australia has excellent green hydrogen potential and it is set to be a leading clean hydrogen supplier globally, according to Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy.
Wisdom Motor is at the forefront of driving change towards a zero-emission future, and they have announced a strategic partnership with several industry leaders to accelerate this change. The joint effort will focus on advancing the development and deployment of new sustainable energy technologies, particularly in the commercial fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) sector.
In May 2022, Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) announced it entered a strategic collaboration with Wisdom (Fujian) Motor Company Limited (“Wisdom”), Templewater Group (“Templewater”), and Bravo Transport Services Limited (“Bravo”) to accelerate the adoption of commercial fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV). Wisdom’s hydrogen vehicle product lines will exclusively deploy Ballard’s world leading PEM fuel cell technology, with modules supplied by the Weichai-Ballard Joint Venture in China. Ballard intends to enter into a joint development agreement with Wisdom to advance the integration and optimization of its fuel cell electric powertrain designs and control strategies.
China’s auto manufacturers have showed great enthusiasm to the commercial FCEV products, regarding them as a new growth engine. Leading players, including First Auto Group, Dongfeng Auto Group, Weichai, Foton Motor, SAIC Group, and GAC Group, have established their subsidiaries focusing on FCEVs innovation and manufacture. In 1H2023, China sold 882 FCEV heavy-duty trucks, mostly in domestic market, accounting for nearly 40% of China’s FCEV market.
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