FirstElement Fuel, the California-based provider of hydrogen fueling solutions, has partnered with Hyundai Motor Company to fuel and test the latter company’s XCIENT Fuel Cell Heavy Duty trucks, according to a news release.
FirstElement Fuel will use its True Zero network of hydrogen refueling stations to fuel three XCIENT Fuel Cell prototypes at full 700 bar pressure. In addition, the company is deploying its high capacity mobile refueler, developed in a collaboration between FirstElement, Taylor-Wharton, and Nikkiso. The mobile refueler, which is capable of fueling at 125 kilograms per hour, is being used to support pilot programs for several other Heavy Duty FCEV OEMs.
Later this year, FirstElement Fuel and Hyundai Motor will launch the world’s largest commercial deployment of Class 8 hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks in Oakland, California. The project, titled NorCAL ZERO, was jointly funded by the California Energy Commission and the California Air Resources Board and is being managed by the Center for Transportation and the Environment.
