New Delhi: The Hydrogen Council has named Hyundai Motor Firm President and CEO Jaehoon Chang as its new Co-Chair alongside Sanjiv Lamba, CEO of Linde.
Collectively, they may collaborate with Hydrogen Council member CEOs because the group enters a brand new part. This part will concentrate on harnessing the worldwide demand for hydrogen and making a framework for worldwide commerce and funding.
Chang succeeds Yoshinori Kanehana, Chairman of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., who served as Co-Chair for 2 and a half years. His appointment follows Hyundai Motor Group Govt Chair Euisun Chung, who led the Council from January 2019 to July 2020.
Hyundai Motor has been dedicated to hydrogen applied sciences because it established a Gasoline Cell analysis and improvement division in 1998.
Their steady funding and analysis have cemented Hyundai’s management within the hydrogen sector. Achievements embody the unbiased improvement of a gasoline cell stack in 2004 and the world’s first mass manufacturing of a Gasoline Cell Electrical Automobile (FCEV), the Tucson ix35 FCEV, in 2013.
In 2018, Hyundai mass-produced NEXO, the primary devoted FCEV. In 2020, they started the world’s first mass manufacturing of industrial quality hydrogen-powered vehicles, the XCIENT Gasoline Cell.
At CES 2024, Hyundai introduced plans to develop HTWO, their hydrogen gasoline cell system model. Initially launched in 2020, HTWO covers all the hydrogen worth chain, together with manufacturing, storage, transportation, and utilization.
In Could, Hyundai shared its imaginative and prescient for hydrogen and launched its U.S. clear logistics enterprise on the Superior Clear Transportation (ACT) Expo 2024. This strengthened Hyundai’s main place within the world hydrogen ecosystem. Moreover, XCIENT Gasoline Cell electrical heavy-duty vehicles just lately surpassed a cumulative driving distance of 10 million km in Swiss fleet operations, showcasing their reliability.
As President and CEO, Jaehoon Chang has actively promoted the creation of a hydrogen financial system and proposed sensible options for future vitality transitions.
In his new position as Co-Chair, he’ll talk about world hydrogen vitality demand and work intently with CEOs of the Hydrogen Council’s member organizations to speed up world commerce and funding.
