Renault does not intend to focus only on electric cars for its relaunch but also on mobility & agrave; based on hydrogen . In fact, the French Group has created the joint venture HYVIA with Plug Power , a reality; working right in developing hydrogen based solutions. The joint venture will be & agrave; equal, that is; both companies will hold 50% and will be; led by David Holderbach who can & ograve; have a long experience with the Renault Group.
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FOCUSES ON FUEL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES CELL
The manufacturer explains that the given name, HYVIA, is; the sum of & quot; HY & quot; (contraction of the word hydrogen) and of the Latin word VIA which means road. The joint venture's registered office and R&D teams will be located in Villiers-Saint-Fr & eacute; d & eacute; ric, France, the Renault Group's commercial vehicle engineering and development center. Instead, the processes, production and logistics teams will be based in Flins, where they will take care of the activities; assembly of fuel cells and refueling stations starting from the end of 2021.
The joint venture will focus its focus on Fuel Cell commercial vehicles . Precisely for this reason, starting from the end of 2021 will arrivethree versions based on the Renault Master equipped with fuel cell technology. According to the French, the technology that HYVIA will propose will allow; to build vehicles with autonomy up to 500 km and with the possibility; to fill up with hydrogen in just 3 minutes. For Renault these are two important advantages for professional use of light commercial vehicles.
Specifically, the Renault Master Fuel Cell will be & agrave; proposed in the Van, Chassis with large volume cabin and City Bus versions for the transport of people. In addition to the vehicles, the joint venture will take care of; to provide turnkey solutions for refueling infrastructure, hydrogen supply, maintenance and fleet management.
HYVIA punter & agrave; to a market share of over 30% of hydrogen light commercial vehicles in Europe by 2030. Luca de Meo , CEO of the Renault Group, commented:
A pioneer of new energies and a European leader in electric commercial vehicles, Groupe Renault continues to pursue its goal in Europe of offering the most mix of products. green market by 2030 with the creation of HYVIA. This joint-venture integrates, in an inimitable way, the entire ecosystem of mobility; hydrogen, starting from vehicles, infrastructures and turnkey services for customers. The development of this cutting-edge technology allows us to strengthen our industrial apparatus and to launch new activities; creating value in France in this promising segment.
Andrew Marsh , CEO of Plug Power, added:
Plug Power & egrave; world leader in solutions at the service of the hydrogen ecosystem, with over 40,000 fuel cell systems already; marketed and 110 charging stations developed, capable of distributing more; 40 tons of hydrogen per day. Furthermore, Plug Power is a leader in technological solutions for the production of green hydrogen by electrolysis. With HYVIA, we support mobility hydrogen in France and Europe.
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