HYVIA expects to be first-to-market with turnkey hydrogen mobility options: gentle business autos with gasoline cells, hydrogen charging stations, provide of carbon-free hydrogen, upkeep and administration of fleets
Renault Group, a dominant participant within the automotive trade, and Plug Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a world chief in turnkey hydrogen and gasoline cell options, are right this moment launching HYVIA, as introduced on January twelfth, 2021. The three way partnership is equally owned by the 2 companions and is chaired by David Holderbach, with over 20 years of expertise in strategic, product and worldwide gross sales on the Renault Group.
The title HYVIA is a contraction of “HY” for hydrogen and the Latin phrase “VIA” for street, embodying the ambition to open a brand new path in the direction of low-carbon mobility. Business autos equivalent to LCVs require higher vary and shorter refueling time, operational calls for the place hydrogen gasoline cells are the unparalleled power answer.
HYVIA’s actions might be carried out at present Renault services in France:
- The top workplace of the three way partnership in addition to the R&D groups might be situated at Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, with the sunshine business car engineering and growth heart for Renault Group, to maximise synergy throughout groups.
- The method, manufacturing and logistics groups might be based mostly in Flins, as a part of the Re-Manufacturing facility challenge, and plan to start the meeting of gasoline cells and recharging stations by finish of 2021.
- The primary autos, based mostly on Renault Grasp, might be assembled on the Batilly plant.
- The gasoline cell integration might be carried out by PVI, a subsidiary of Renault Group since 2017, situated in Gretz-Armainvilliers.
The HYVIA built-in hydrogen expertise enhances Renault’s E-TECH expertise, rising car vary to 500 km with speedy recharging time of three minutes. These benefits are notably well-suited to sure makes use of of sunshine business autos whereas concurrently addressing the regulatory challenges of decarbonizing metropolis facilities.
The primary three gasoline cell autos dropped at market by HYVIA might be based mostly on the Renault Grasp platform and ought to be out there in Europe by finish of 2021 and accompanied with the deployment of charging stations and the availability of inexperienced hydrogen:
- Transport of products: Van model and Chassis cab model for big volumes.
- Transport of individuals: Metropolis bus model.
As a pioneer in new energies and the European chief in electrical gentle business autos, Renault Group is pursuing its goal of getting the greenest combine in the marketplace by 2030 with the creation of HYVIA. This three way partnership integrates the whole hydrogen mobility ecosystem in a singular manner, from the car to infrastructure and turnkey providers for purchasers. The event of this cutting-edge expertise will allow us to strengthen our industrial base and arrange new value-generating actions in France on this promising phase
Luca de Meo, CEO Renault Group
Plug Energy is a pacesetter in options serving the hydrogen ecosystem, with over 40,000 gasoline cell techniques deployed, 110 charging stations deployed able to distributing greater than 40 tonnes of hydrogen per day. Plug Energy is a technological chief in inexperienced hydrogen options by electrolysis. With HYVIA, we’re bringing hydrogen mobility to France and Europe
Andrew Marsh, CEO Plug Energy
Renault has been a hydrogen pioneer since 2014 with greater than 100 gentle business autos on the street. We’re excited to affix forces with Plug Energy with its built-in options method in the direction of inexperienced hydrogen. HYVIA is now opening a brand new path in the direction of decarbonation with a whole providing of hydrogen options. HYVIA builds on the complementary abilities of Renault Group and Plug Energy and can goal a 30% marketshare in hydrogen powered gentle business autos in Europe by 2030
David Holderbach, CEO HYVIA
SOURCE: Renault Group
