Seven fuel cell trucks to be built in Australia

Clean energy company Pure Hydrogen Ltd has announced that its new Pure X Mobility division will assemble seven hydrogen trucks equipped with hydrogen fuel cell drive trains supplied by hydrogen vehicle developer H2X Global.

Pure Hydrogen recently bought a 24 per cent share in H2X, which will manufacture hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Gippsland, Victoria and Sarawak, Malaysia.

Now Pure X Mobility will supply seven hydrogen ‘hook bin’ fuel cell trucks and hydrogen fuel for AKM Earth Pty Ltd’s Raw Skips business, which operates short-run, back to base pick up and delivery of building waste in South Eastern Queensland.

The deal is part of Pure Hydrogen’s plans to develop fuelling solutions, forge off-take agreements and supply hydrogen vehicles to Australian industrial users.

Pure Hydrogen managing director Scott Brown said: “We are excited to work with AKM Earth to deliver these HFCV trucks using proven technology that Pure X Mobility brings.

“We believe this will be an excellent example of how we can bring zero emission commercial vehicles to market, paving the way for a local business to set the standard in reducing emissions across their core business.”

He said in a statement that the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were extremely cost effective and would deliver considerable savings over their expected seven-year supply term.

“The trucks will be assembled in Australia and will be the first to be provided under the Pure X brand.

“The hydrogen fuel cells are about twice as efficient as standard internal combustion engines.”

The trucks will be based on diesel trucks with the diesel components removed and replaced with H2X fuel cell electric drive trains.

Picture: Pure X Mobility

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