IVECO delivers two hydrogen trucks to BMW: a new era in heavy road transport begins

Heavy road transport is one of the sectors that is struggling most with the shift to electric mobility. The reasons are varied, but basically they come down to the difficulty of moving heavy vehicles with electric power. To overcome this, trucks have been designed that run on hydrogen. This helps extend range beyond what conventional batteries would allow, and makes the trucks more efficient.

IVECO is working on hydrogen-powered units intended for transport for some of the companies it works with. This is the case of BMW, which has received the first two units of the IVECO S-eWay with fuel cell. These two vehicles belong to the H2Haul programme, which seeks to optimise heavy road transport with this fuel and is promoted by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership.

BMW wants to reduce the carbon footprint of the production and marketing of its models. To do so, it will use these trucks for transporting parts between its plants. These trucks will also play an important role in transporting finished models to their destinations later on, a clear commitment to this type of mobility.

Features of the IVECO S-eWay

This truck model is capable of covering up to 800 kilometres on a single hydrogen fill. Refuelling takes only 20 minutes, during which the 70 kg hydrogen tank is filled at a pressure of 700 bar. This will allow the transport of parts between Bavaria and the BMW plant in Leipzig to be carried out sustainably and without loss of efficiency.

To keep these two trucks running, two hydrogen refuelling stations have been installed for refuelling the trucks. They are located in Leipzig and Hormersdorf and will be an important part of the infrastructure needed for hydrogen-powered heavy road transport.