Hydrogen Truck News (29)

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the NextGenH2 Truck, its latest hydrogen fuel‑cell long‑haul tractor, marking the next major step in Daimler Truck’s hydrogen strategy. Following extensive testing of first‑generation prototypes, the new model moves closer to series‑ready technology, with a small production run of 100 units planned from late 2026. Product Evolution The NextGenH2 builds on the…

Scania’s main focus remains on battery-electric transport, but the company is still carrying out research into the operational viability of hydrogen fuel cell trucks in real world operation. At Transport.CH in Switzerland, Scania showcased its collaboration with logistics partner, Asko Norge AS, to test hydrogen fuel cell trucks in business operations. Although these vehicles are…

Daimler Truck has carried out a year-long customer trials of its Mercedes GenH2 fuel cell trucks, with five prototype vehicles totalling more than 225,000 kilometres in day to day operations. The trucks were deployed in Germany by Amazon, Air Products, Holcim, INEOS Inovyn, and Wiedmann & Winz, each operating the vehicles on dedicated routes to…

Mercedes Truck’s development team has built up first prototypes of Mercedes’ next generation fuel cell trucks and has recently put them through their paces in a first series of tests. Two vehicles of the next development stage of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck underwent intensive winter testing at the Simplon Pass in the Swiss Canton of…

Iveco has delivered two Iveco S-eWay Fuel Cell heavy-duty trucks to BMW, a partner in the H2Haul project. This European project, co-financed by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, aims to demonstrate the high reliability of hydrogen-powered trucks as a viable zero-emission solution for Europe through field tests across multiple real-world operations. The Iveco S-eWay Fuel Cell…

The hydrogen combustion truck MAN hTGX has won the Truck Innovation Award 2025. MAN Truck & Bus will be the first European truck producer to set up a small series with hydrogen combustion.  “We are particularly pleased to receive the IToY jury’s award. With the hydrogen combustion truck MAN hTGX, we are offering a useful…

Diesel, electricity & hydrogen all on test In the run-up to Germany’s huge truck show, the IAA in September this year, MAN Truck & Bus gave a preview of its September set up this month. The focus of the test drives in front of the Austrian Alps was on decarbonising road freight transport. For the…

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS), the UK’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell truck OEM, has today signed a Partnership Agreement with Explore Plant & Transport Solutions (Explore) to supply 30 HVS hydrogen electric tractor units onto their fleet.  Under the terms of the Agreement, HVS will deliver 30 hydrogen-powered fuel cell tractor units for Explore to deploy…

Fuel Cell Vs Hydrogen Combustion Engines for Trucks This is not intended to be a technical piece aimed as a discussion about which technology is best for the future of long distance transportation. We hope to simplify and explain the basis of the technologies that may help to hitting our net zero targets whilst still…

The Truck Pages braved the weather at this year’s Road Transport Expo at the NAEC in Stoneleigh. Unlike other UK truck shows, this one actually had some truck manufacturers taking part. All the major truck manufacturers had a presence and most of them had pushed the boat out with impressive displays. So, what were the…

Volvo Trucks is developing trucks with combustion engines that run on hydrogen. On-road tests with trucks using hydrogen in combustion engines will begin in 2026, and the commercial launch is planned towards the end of this decade. Trucks that run on green hydrogen provide a significant step for Volvo to achieve its net zero goal…

MAN Truck & Bus started off well in 2024 – despite offsetting effects such as weaker demand and higher material prices. For the company as a whole, revenue rose to €3.5 billion – an increase of 3% compared to the first quarter of 2023 (€3.4 billion). Around 24,000 new vehicles sold across the world represented…

EU lawmakers have sealed a deal cementing the most ambitious CO2-reduction targets for trucks and buses globally by 2030. By 2030, the CO2 emissions of new vehicles must be at least -45% lower than 2019/2020 and, while vehicle targets are part of the puzzle for decarbonising truck and bus transport, the truck manufacturers believe that…

MAN Truck & Bus will be the first European truck producer to launch a small series with a hydrogen combustion engine. The small series of around 200 units is to be delivered to customers in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Iceland and selected non-European countries as early as 2025. The “MAN hTGX”, as the vehicle will…

Iveco and Hyundai have been working together successfully since 2022 and have already produced an eDAILY fuel cell van amongst others. Taking this relationship one step further, it has been announced that Iveco will market a Hyundai-manufactured battery electric chassis cab with a gross weight of between 2.6 and 3.5 tonnes. The van will be…

BP has joined as the newest member of the H2Accelerate collaboration, a collaboration that aims to accelerate the uptake of low carbon hydrogen for trucking in Europe that includes Iveco, Daimler and Volvo Trucks. With an ambition to become a net zero company by 2050, or sooner, bp aims to invest in building infrastructure to…

If you listen to Mercedes-Benz Trucks, they will tell you that both hydrogen and battery electric trucks will be needed to replace diesel in long haul applications. There is little doubt in most areas of the commercial vehicle industry that local and regional distribution will be carried out by battery electric trucks by 2040. Whether…

Zero-emission, hydrogen-powered commercial vehicle developer, Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS), has taken delivery of its engineering prototype test “mule”, X1.5, at the HVS test facilities. This marks the beginning of the crucial development phase to bring the UK’s first full-sized hydrogen HGV to market. X1.5, powered by the same hydrogen fuel cell as will be used…

Until June this year, Iveco was tied to a joint venture with Nikola as far as heavy duty electric and fuel cell trucks were concerned. At this time, the company took the joint venture under sole ownership and now have the ability to market the trucks under their own Iveco brand. The Electric Truck Components…

We have already seen Volvo’s fuel cell trucks, but now the company is running them on public roads in a more major trial. This doesn’t mean that we will be seeing them available for sale any time soon – especially because there is practically nowhere to refuel them at present. However, Volvo does say that…