Hyundai Motor Group stated Tuesday it has partnered with Chinese language industrial automobile maker Skywell Group to provide collectively developed hydrogen-powered buses to Guangzhou Public Transport Group.
HTWO Guangzhou, Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel-cell programs subsidiary in China, and Skywell collectively developed an 8.5-meter short-rear-overhang hydrogen fuel-cell bus and took half within the public transport operator’s bid to obtain 50 hydrogen buses, the group stated in a press launch.
The 2 firms gained the bid to provide half of the 50 hydrogen buses this 12 months, with the items set to start public transport service throughout the 12 months.
“The profitable debut of this hydrogen bus marks a brand new stage of technical collaboration between Skywell Group and Hyundai Motor, and a pivotal step in bringing hydrogen transportation from technological breakthrough to market utility,” Skywell stated in a separate launch.
The businesses plan to develop their partnership to hydrogen heavy-duty vehicles, cold-chain logistics automobiles and different industrial functions, Skywell stated.
Hyundai Motor Group accomplished its first abroad hydrogen fuel-cell system plant — with an annual capability of 6,500 items — in Guangzhou in June 2023. The plant is wholly owned by the Korean automotive group.
The South Korean group stated it goals to safe a number one place in China’s hydrogen fuel-cell and hydrogen-powered automobile markets by way of the HTWO plant.
