Nantes and Poissy, France: Stellantis, which makes hydrogen-powered vans, has partnered with Lhyfe Heroes, which runs a website with advice on hydrogen use and vehicles.
Stellantis launched its first compact van range over a year ago, including the Citroën E-Jumpy Hydrogen, Peugeot E-Expert Hydrogen and Opel Vivaro-e Hydrogen. These vehicles, which are currently built in France and converted to hydrogen in Germany, will be mass-produced from 2024, in France, with production capacity of 5,000 hydrogen vehicles a year.
Stellantis’s ambition is to develop its range of fuel cell commercial vehicles, which are particularly well-suited to high-mileage commercial users.
“In the fast-emerging hydrogen economy, hydrogen project initiators now need to simultaneously leverage all components of the value chain, ie hydrogen production, refuelling solution, vehicles, etc. This complexity can slow project progress,” Stellantis says.
The Lhyfe Heroes platform, created by Lhyfe, aims to support the efforts of hydrogen project initiators and hydrogen solution providers.
Users are able to:
assess the relevance of using hydrogen for decarbonising their operations with a simulator with an integrated calculation system
identify market-available products and solutions to implement their plans (over a hundred such products and services are already listed on Lhyfe Heroes)
connect with hydrogen vehicle manufacturers, refuelling stations, hydrogen generator suppliers and hydrogen producers.
Through its partnership with Lhyfe Heroes, Stellantis now catalogues online its vehicles with their characteristics and key data. Vsitors seeking a fleet of commercial hydrogen vehicles can access information on various models of vans available. They can also refine their search criteria to find the most suitable options. The data collected from the portal’s usage will help Stellantis better understand customer needs.
Peter Kuhn, in charge of hydrogen development at Stellantis (Citroën, Peugeot and Opel), said: “To accelerate the spread of our range of light commercial vehicles for professionals and the development of hydrogen ecosystems, we need all of the chain to develop simultaneously. The Lhyfe Heroes initiative represents an opportunity to accelerate the projects of our customers and the entire industry in Europe. It’s a real asset for everyone.”
Claire Le Dren, in charge of developing Lhyfe Heroes, said: “We are very proud of the trust that Stellantis has placed in us. Together, we hope to help many project initiators to develop cleaner mobility, quickly, smoothly and massively, using green and renewable hydrogen.”
