Nippon Gases Germany and HOYER Group have received a hydrogen-powered truck from hylane, which they will use to transport dry ice. The truck is a Hyundai XCIENT fuel cell vehicle which hylane has equipped with a dry box and air ducts to meet the logistic requirements of Nippon Gases and HOYER.

Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, completed the first test run of the vehicle as the co-driver. She highlighted the importance of the technology to sustainable mobility in Germany.

“Hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks have their strengths as a result of short refuelling times and long ranges, which is exactly where battery-electric drives reach their limits,” Neubaur said.