Stellantis accelerates its hydrogen strategy
Stellantis also completes the fuel cell variants of its medium-sized vans Citroën ë-Jumper, Fiat E-Ducato, Opel resp.Vauxhall Movano Electric and Peugeot E-Boxsert in industrial series production.
Photo: Autoren-Union Mobilität/Stellantis
Stellantis is also finalizing the fuel cell variants of its medium-sized vans Citroën ë-Jumpy, Fiat E-Scudo and E-Ducato, Opel resp.Vauxhall Vivaro Electric and Peugeot E-Expert in industrial series production.
Photo: Autoren-Union Mobilität/Stellantis
Opel's parent company Stellantis is stepping on the gas on the road to climate-neutral mobility. And the picture here is indeed correct, as the world's fourth-largest car manufacturer is relying on highly volatile but climate-friendly hydrogen for its light commercial vehicles and pick-ups. Jean Michelle Billig, responsible for the hydrogen strategy at Stellantis, promises that 5,000 fuel cell vehicles per year will be produced in France and Poland in the future.
In Europe, the company is developing the fuel cell drives at the Opel site in Rüsselsheim. For Europe, production of vans with fuel cells started in January at the Hordain plant in France and the Gliwice plant in Poland. The medium-sized vans are built in Hordain and the heavy vans in Gliwice. The Citroën ë-Jumpy and ë-Jumper, Fiat E-Scudo and E-Ducato, Opel Vivaro and Movano as well as the Peugeot E-Expert and E-Boxer models are offered with a 75 kW fuel cell (102 hp).
The hydrogen used to produce the electricity currently costs around 9.50 euros per kilogram. "The consumption of the vehicles is around 1.2 kilograms per 100 kilometers," says Billig. This means that the operating costs are roughly on a par with battery-powered vehicles or combustion engines. However, Billig expects the price of hydrogen to fall to six to seven euros by the end of the decade. The production costs of the vehicles should also fall significantly by the end of the decade as the number of units produced increases. Stellantis expects them to halve. (aum)
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Stellantis also completes the fuel cell variants of its medium-sized vans Citroën ë-Jumper, Fiat E-Ducato, Opel resp.Vauxhall Movano Electric and Peugeot E-Boxsert in industrial series production.
Photo: Autoren-Union Mobilität/Stellantis
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Stellantis is also finalizing the fuel cell variants of its medium-sized vans Citroën ë-Jumpy, Fiat E-Scudo and E-Ducato, Opel resp.Vauxhall Vivaro Electric and Peugeot E-Expert in industrial series production.
Photo: Autoren-Union Mobilität/Stellantis
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