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European Vehicle Manufacturers & Energy Companies Announce Joint H2 Plans

BRUSSELS, September 30 – The day before the opening of the Paris Motor Show, six European car and truck manufacturers and two energy companies declared their intent to cooperate in efforts to advance hydrogen as a transportation fuel.

In a joint position paper released yesterday, energy companies Shell Hydrogen B.V. and Total France together with vehicle manufacturers BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Europe AG, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG and Volkswagen AG said in a press release issued here they believed “that now is the time to move forward.”

They said their common position paper defines “a near and mid term action plan to pave the way for the introduction of hydrogen-based mobility in Europe.” They added they are “convinced that a joint approach between energy companies and vehicle manufacturers is an excellent means to bridge the gap between the present individual demonstration activities and future commercially available hydrogen vehicles, including the corresponding refueling infrastructure.

“While each company is pursuing its own specific timelines, the group has commonly identified key phases over the next decade, comprising continuous technology development and cost reduction, pre-commercial technology refinement and market preparation, with commercialisation of hydrogen powered vehicles potentially starting around 2015,” according to the release.

(A longer story will appear in the upcoming October online and print editions of “The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter.”)

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