Confirming the news on Wednesday (July 14), Hyzon Motors said it hopes to deliver the vehicles in the first half of 2022 to help core gas decarbonise its bulk distribution fleet in the country.

Decarbonisation opportunities will be immediate with the trucks expected to deliver emissions reductions of 50% in comparison with diesel trucks currently in use.

To support the trucks, Coregas is in the process of developing a commercial vehicle hydrogen refuelling station at its Port Kembla facility. Once operational, the site will also refuel trucks and buses operators by third parties.

The hydrogen station development is being supported by the New South Wales Government and its Port Kembla Community Investment Fund.

Commenting on the company’s new vehicles, Alan Watkins, Executive General Manager at Coregas, said, “Coregas is working hard to apply our expertise in hydrogen distribution, compression and storage to Australia’s transition to a hydrogen economy.

“Transforming the transport sector is a critical piece of the puzzle, and we are delighted to partner with Hyzon to operate these vehicles out of our Hydrogen refuelling station in Port Kembla.”

In addition to the two trucks, Hyzon and Coregas are actively pursuing the opportunity to scale up hydrogen-powered trucking. The parties are actively engaging with companies operating in and around the port on the opportunity to transition to hydrogen and decarbonise the heavy vehicle fleet.

Craig Knight, CEO of Hyzon Motors, added, “Hyzon is proud to partner with Coregas in our shared effort to decarbonise Australia’s heavy trucking industry. This partnership reflects two truths about the energy transition: first, that the technology is ready to be deployed now; second, that collaborative efforts are integral in accelerating this shift. We are excited to work with Coregas to introduce hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks to Australia.”

The global hydrogen revolution for commercial vehicles is here, and Hyzon Motors is at the vanguard

It was 2003 when Craig Knight, George Gu and Gary Robb set out on a mission to build the world’s first profitable fuel cell company. Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies was established in Singapore that year, and has a founding story fuelled with curiosity, ambition and willingness to move forward in one of the most difficult technology spaces.

Technology-agnostic and commercially focused, Horizon’s ambition was to achieve sustainable decarbonisation targets without relying on government subsidies, billions of dollars of private capital, and to create a profitable fuel cell company, in an industry that had not seen a profit in 30 years, and was still quite far from breaking through at the time.