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novembre 10, 2021 - Daimler

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies partner to develop hydrogen ecosystem for transportation in Europe

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Stuttgart / Paris – #daimler #truck AG and #totalenergies today have signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the de-carbonization of the road freight in the European Union. The partners will collaborate in the development of ecosystems for heavy-duty trucks running on hydrogen, with the intent to demonstrate the attractiveness and effectiveness of trucking powered by clean hydrogen and the ambition to play a lead role in kickstarting the rollout of hydrogen infrastructure for transportation.

The collaboration includes hydrogen sourcing and logistics, dispensing of hydrogen in service stations, development of hydrogen-based trucks, establishment of a customer base as well as other areas. In particular, #totalenergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refuelling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France. As part of the collaboration, #daimler #truck is also to supply hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks to its customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France by 2025. The #truck manufacturer will support its customers to ensure easy operability and highly competitive uptime.

Karin Rådström, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Member of the Board of Management at #daimler #truck, said, “We are fully committed to the Paris Climate Agreement, and we want to actively contribute to the decarbonization of road freight transport in the European Union. Regarding the long-haul freight segment, we are convinced that CO2-neutral transportation will be enabled in the future by hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks as well as purely battery-powered trucks. In order to make this possible, we want to establish a pan-European hydrogen ecosystem together with strong partners such as #totalenergies. I am fully convinced that this collaboration will play a key role in our intensified activities on the road toward hydrogen-powered trucking.”

Alexis Vovk, President Marketing & Services and member of the #totalenergies Executive Committee: “Hydrogen will have its role in TotalEnergies' journey to decarbonise #mobility, especially in European long-haul transportation. Our company is actively exploring all aspects of the value chain of Hydrogen for #mobility, from production to supply and distribution, and is building important partnerships to this effect. We want to build a multi-energies company with the ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050, together with society. Therefore, the creation of a European network of H2 #truck stations for #mobility is one of the key challenges we intend to tackle. We are proud to partner with a motivated player like #daimler #truck to develop CO2-neutral #truck #mobility through a harmonised approach.”

In order to develop these projects and to establish hydrogen-based transportation as a viable option, both companies want to jointly investigate the means of reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of hydrogen #truck operations, in line with their common approach to work together with authorities on the regulatory framework in the European Union. #daimler #truck and #totalenergies are both members of the H2Accelerate consortium. The two companies remain fully committed to working with the consortium, a key vehicle to support the rollout of hydrogen-powered transport in Europe in the coming decade.

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