Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) has injected a €54m ($64m) investment for a new hydrogen mobility research laboratory in Bavaria.

Part of the German Recovery and Resilience Plan, the funding is aimed at creating a facility to support the development, testing, and market readiness of hydrogen technologies.

Located in Pfeffenhausen and named the Wasserstoff Technologie-Anwender-Zentrum (WTAZ), the site will focus on heavy-duty transport and urban air mobility applications.

It will feature testing infrastructures including laboratories, test benches – for storage tanks, combustion engines, and completed vehicles – and a hydrogen liquefier.