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May 18 2023

Flagship EU hydrogen truck project kicks off in Brussels

IRU and members have joined the H2Accelerate TRUCKS project to advance the decarbonisation of long-haul trucks across the European Union.

 

IRU, together with its members FIAP (Italy) and UNTRR (Romania), as well as the Austrian Economic Chamber (through IRU member AISO), have joined one of the EU’s biggest zero-emission vehicle projects.

H2Accelerate TRUCKS, which consists of hydrogen producers, infrastructure operators, and vehicle manufacturers, will test 150 hydrogen heavy-duty vehicles on the main north-south corridors connecting Scandinavia to Italy.

IRU hosted the kick-off meeting of H2Accelerate TRUCKS, which is a key EU-funded project for the deployment of hydrogen trucks spearheaded by the H2Accelerate partnership, in Brussels.

 

IRU EU Advocacy Director Raluca Marian said, “We are proud to be part of a project implementing concrete research in road transport.”

 

“It will be a true test for hydrogen: 150 hydrogen-powered trucks will run on corridors from Scandinavia to Italy,” she added.

 

The project’s collaborators – Daimler Truck, Everfuel, Volvo and IRU members Iveco Group, Shell and TotalEnergies – are working together to enable the use of hydrogen to decarbonise long-haul goods transport across Europe. Read more

 

Source: IRU