Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 8, 2023) - $FIRST HYDROGEN CORP (FHYDF.US)$ is pleased to report the successful completion of the first two trials of the Company's hydrogen-fuel-cell powered vehicle (FCEV) with SSE Plc (SSE) and Rivus. The FCEV achieved a range of 630 kilometres on a single refuelling during the trials. Driver feedback from both companies complemented the Company's FCEV on its smooth and effortless drivability, quick refuelling times and automatic transmission. The Company will now look to speed up FCEV trials with the remaining 14 UK fleet operators, including grocery, utility, delivery and health care, by holding track days with multiple fleet operators.
Additionally, the Company will open up trials to North American companies. The Global Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCVs) Market was valued at US$ 9.3 billion and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 15.8% during 2023-20233(1). Hydrogen FCVs offer a viable solution in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as the FCVs produce zero tailpipe emissions contributing to cleaner air quality and mitigating the impact of transportation on global warming.
Data taken during the trials suggests that overall vehicle performance is even better than expected, as it exceeds the results set in pre-trial commissioning tests, especially when driven at a constant speed, as less braking and accelerating means less fuel is consumed. For several journeys, the FCEV drove fully loaded one way and was partly loaded on the return. SSE drivers noted that heavier loads did not noticeably decrease vehicle speed, reduce vehicle range, or affect fuel cell performance.
SSE was the first utility business to road test First Hydrogen's FCEV. As one of the UK's largest energy infrastructure companies, SSE has established a Net Zero Action Plan and has recently increased investment in renewables and its electricity networks to £18 billion. In 2019, SSE committed to transitioning over 3,000 fleet vehicles to electric by 2023, and already it has over 1,100 full EVs in its fleet.
Rivus, which manages approximately 120,000 vehicles, including approximately 85,000 LCVs, was the first fleet management company to test drive the first-of-its-kind hydrogen vehicle on UK roads. Fleet management specialists Rivus will use data gathered by First Hydrogen's onboard telematics to make direct performance comparisons between similar BEV and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that have undertaken the same duty cycles.
Balraj Mann, Chairman and Group CEO, commented, "As our FCEV data is monitored with each real-world trial, adjustments have resulted with a 630 km range in the most recent trial with SSE. We are very pleased with the substantial increase from the 500 km range achieved during FCEV commissioning. Fuel consumption averaged an efficient 1.58kg H2/100m, the Company looks to improve fuel consumption under various real-world conditions during additional fleet trials in the coming months. We are seeing with trials that hydrogen is the better alternative to equivalent battery electric vehicles for commercial use."
不列顛哥倫比亞省溫哥華--(Newsfile Corp.,2023年8月8日)——$FIRST HYDROGEN CORP (FHYDF.US)$很高興地向大家報告,該公司與SSE Plc(SSE)和Rivus一起成功完成了該公司氫燃料電池動力汽車(FCEV)的前兩次試驗。在試驗期間,FCEV一次加油就達到了630公里的續航里程。兩家公司的駕駛員反饋對公司的FCEV進行了補充,包括其平穩而輕鬆的駕駛性、快速的加油時間和自動變速箱。該公司現在將尋求通過與多家車隊運營商舉行跟蹤日來加快其餘14家英國車隊運營商的FCEV試驗,包括雜貨店、公用事業、送貨和醫療保健。
此外,該公司還將向北美公司開放試驗。全球氫燃料電池汽車(FCV)市場價值爲93億美元,預計在2023-2023年將以15.8%的複合年增長率增長(1)。氫燃料電池車爲減少溫室氣體排放提供了可行的解決方案,因爲FCV的排氣管排放量爲零,有助於實現更清潔的空氣質量,減輕交通對全球變暖的影響。
試驗期間獲得的數據表明,車輛的整體性能甚至好於預期,因爲它超過了預審調試測試中設定的結果,尤其是在恒定速度行駛時,因爲更少的制動和加速意味着更少的燃料消耗。在幾次旅程中,FCEV 單程滿載行駛,返回時已部分裝滿。SSE 司機指出,較重的負載不會明顯降低車速、縮短行駛里程或影響燃料電池性能。
SSE是第一家對First Hydrogen的FCEV進行路試的公用事業企業。作爲英國最大的能源基礎設施公司之一,SSE制定了淨零排放行動計劃,最近將對可再生能源及其電力網絡的投資增加到180億英鎊。2019年,SSE承諾到2023年將3,000多輛車過渡到電動汽車,其車隊中已經有超過1,100輛全電動汽車。
Rivus管理着約12萬輛汽車,包括約8.5萬輛輕型車,是第一家在英國道路上試駕首款氫能汽車的車隊管理公司。車隊管理專家Rivus將使用First Hydrogen的車載遠程信息處理系統收集的數據,對使用相同工作週期的類似純電動汽車和內燃機(ICE)車輛進行直接性能比較。
董事長兼集團首席執行官Balraj Mann評論說:“由於我們的FCEV數據在每次真實世界試驗中都受到監控,因此在最近的SSE試驗中,調整後的續航里程爲630公里。我們對FCEV調試期間實現的500公里續航里程大幅增加感到非常滿意。平均油耗爲1.58kg H2/100m,該公司希望在未來幾個月的額外車隊試驗中改善各種現實條件下的油耗。我們通過試驗看到,氫氣是商用等電池電動汽車的更好替代品。”