Project ICEBreaker to make hydrogen commercially viable for heavy goods trucks.
Intelligent Energy partnered with Viritech, the leading developer of high-performance hydrogen powertrain solutions, and HORIBA MIRA, the leading European automotive engineering and testing consultancy, to develop a hydrogen powertrain solution suitable for a 44-tonne fuel cell electric vehicle.
The three companies, with funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre, developed a lighter, more efficient hydrogen fuel cell heavy goods truck with lower cost of ownership.
- The partnership aimed to radically improve hydrogen powertrain efficiency to produce lighter, better zero-emissions 44-tonne HGVs
- Motive power from new lightweight, high power fuel cells with smaller batteries and intelligent energy management software to deliver mass parity with diesel powertrains
- Pioneering development of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle HGV digital twin to advance competitive total cost of ownership for operators
Applications for IE-DRIVE:
- Automotive
- Stationary Power
- Construction / Off-highway
- Material handling
- Rail
- Marine
We are delighted to be working with Intelligent Energy on this important UK Government grant funded project, from which we expect to deliver a market leading, British engineered hydrogen powertrain solution, for the vitally important, global heavy transportation industry.”
– Timothy Lyons, CEO at Viritech Ltd.