Honda has debut a Class 8 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Concept at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, showcasing the start of a new demonstration project aimed at the future production of fuel cell-powered products for the North American market. Honda is seeking new business collaborations as the company expands its hydrogen business to achieve its global goal of zero environmental impact, including carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050.
The operational Honda Class 8 truck
concept is powered by three new Honda fuel cell (FC) systems, now in mass
production at Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC (FCSM), a joint venture
production facility with General Motors (GM) in Brownstown, Michigan. The new
FC system is key to the Honda hydrogen business strategy. Co-developed by Honda
and GM over the last decade, the Honda FC system advances performance and
doubles durability while reducing cost by two-thirds compared to the previous
generation system.
Honda has identified four core domains for
the initial utilization of its new fuel cell system: fuel cell electric
vehicles (FCEVs), commercial fuel cell vehicles, stationary power stations and
construction machinery. In addition to the Honda display at ACT Expo, Harty
will provide the keynote presentation at the expo’s Ultra Clean Heavy-Vehicle
Vehicle Summit on May 22 to provide further details about Honda hydrogen plans.
