Japan’s Honda Motor Company will start manufacturing a new hydrogen fuel cell system jointly developed with General Motors Company this year.
As reported by Reuters News Agency, Honda company will be targeting annual sales of around 2,000 units of the new system in the middle of this decade, the company said on Thursday, aiming to advance to 60,000 units per year in 2030.
The Japanese car manufacturer is seeking to expand the use of its new system not only for its own Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs), but also for Commercial Vehicles such as Heavy Trucks, Stationary Power Stations, and Construction Machinery.
“Production of the hydrogen fuel cell system through its joint venture with General Motors will start this year”, Honda Senior Managing Executive Director Shinji Aoyama told reporters during a company event in Tokyo.
With the next-generation system, the company aims to more than double its durability compared with its older fuel cell system and to bring costs down by two-thirds.
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“While commercial vehicles are in use all over the world, they’ll likely see electrification just as with passenger cars,” said Tetsuya Hasebe, General Manager of Honda’s Hydrogen Business Development Division.
That would likely lead to a divergence in trucks using batteries and those running on fuel cells, he added in a statement.
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