Sustainable transportation solutions

The actual assembly of the vehicle and the DEKRA approval of the complete vehicle took place at the GRW plant in Toddin, where Schmitz Cargobull's project production still takes place. This makes Schmitz Cargobull the first certified bodybuilder partner of Hyundai in Germany.

Together with Dirk Nuxoll, Managing Director of GRW, and Sabine Essmann, International Key Account Manager Logistic/Food Business at Schmitz Cargobull, Bruno Altenschöpfer, Fleet Manager at hylane, took delivery of the vehicle for its first use on the road. "I am delighted at how quickly this concept could be implemented. This vehicle is another building block for sustainable transportation solutions with hydrogen in Germany," says Bruno Altenschöpfer.

"Solutions for sustainable freight transportation are particularly important to Schmitz Cargobull. We are delighted to be able to realize this fantastic pilot project in such a short time and will complete a total of 17 vehicles in the coming weeks. The box bodies from Schmitz Cargobull are ideally equipped to accommodate the hydrogen tanks on the bulkhead," says Sabine Essmann.

"As the first hydrogen series truck registered in Germany, we were able to present the vehicle together with Schmitz Cargobull at the BMDV specialist conference "Climate-friendly commercial vehicles in Berlin. There, we were also able to present our concept for the practical use of the trucks in detail," says Sara Schiffer, Managing Director, HyLane GmbH, "The "XCIENT Fuel Cell" vehicles are prepared for use on the road, depending on customer requirements. Refrigerated and dry freight boxes are mounted on the motor vehicle chassis in order to be able to transport the goods properly. Some of the vehicles will also be fitted with a refrigerated trailer.

As a provider of exclusively climate-neutral mobility for rent, hylane offers its vehicles at favorable conditions thanks to funding from the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. Users only pay for the kilometers they actually drive. As a hylane customer, you not only demonstrably save CO2 - a certificate of individual CO2 savings is issued - but also costs.