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• Zero- and Near-Zero-Emission Freight Facilities Project Stakeholders Reveal ‘Shore-to Store’ Project―with Unveiling of Fuel Cell Electric Heavy-Duty Truck

Los Angeles, CA. ―Toyota, Kenworth, the Port of Los Angeles and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) today took the next great leap towards the future of zero-emission trucking, unveiling the first of Toyota and Kenworth’s jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks before a crowd of media, government officials and industry and community leaders during a special event held at the Port of Los Angeles.

– NEXO and Tucson Fuel Cell SUVs Have Accumulated more than 7.5 Million Miles Emissions-free, Circumnavigating Earth’s Circumference by a Factor of 300

– Hyundai Fuel Cells Represent a Massive Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.— Celebrating Earth Day 2019, Hyundai’s U.S.-market fuel cell SUVs, the NEXO fuel cell SUV and the Tucson fuel cell SUV, together have accumulated more than 7.5 million miles, all while emitting only clean water vapor. This cumulative distance is the equivalent of circumnavigating the Earth’s surface more than 300 times at the equator, measuring approximately 24,901 miles at its widest circumference.

Beijing (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to supply fuel cell parts to a commercial vehicle unit of Beijing Automotive Group Co., or BAIC Group.

The unit, Beiqi Foton Motor Co., will mount fuel cell systems using the Toyota parts on large buses.

Powered by Plug Power ProGen hydrogen engines, these new airport vehicles transport packages from the airport sorting facility to FedEx airplanes leveraging clean and efficient hydrogen fuel cell technology

The future of the fuel cell car begins 25 years ago. In 1994, what was then Daimler-Benz AG introduces the NECAR research vehicle with an electric drive and fuel cell pack. The name stands for “New Electric Car”.

The electric current for the drive engine is generated by electrochemically converting hydrogen, the only by-product of which is water. An entire series of other NECAR vehicles follows.

On April 22nd Nippon Air Liquide Co., Ltd. will be at the Laguna Ten Bosch, a complex resort facility in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture to formally open a hydrogen station for fuel cell vehicles (FCV).

It is the first in the country to be opened in a complex resort facility, and it stimulates the demand for FCV in the Higashi Mikawa region, and encourages the visitors of the facility to expand the awareness of FCV’s and hydrogen stations.

Breakthrough in Water Electrolysis via Ruthenium-based Catalysts

Hydrogen fuel, with the advantages of clean, renewable and of high fuel efficiency, is seen as the ultimate fuel and getting more attention around the world. Water electrolysis is an ideal way to produce hydrogen, yet it requires active and stable catalysts which make this process more efficient and cheaper.

On April 17th KEPCO signed an MOU with Ulsan City Hall, Ulsan Techno Park, UNIST, Siemens Co., Ltd., and another 8 organizations and companies.

The agreement aims are for the partners to cooperate with P2G (Power-to-Gas) -based on KEPCO’s microgrid and demonstration project for smart building construction.