Bosch has now begun quantity manufacturing of its Gas-Cell Energy Module (FCPM) at its Stuttgart-Feuerbach location. Nikola Company, primarily based in the USA, will function the pilot buyer with its Class 8 hydrogen gas cell electrical truck, which is scheduled to enter the North American market within the third quarter of 2023.
The Bosch plant in Bamberg, Germany, will provide the Feuerbach manufacturing facility with the fuel-cell stack. Essential system parts similar to the electrical air compressor and the recirculation blower come from the Bosch plant in Homburg, Germany.
Manufacturing the Gas Cell Energy Module within the Feuerbach plant.
Manufacturing of the fuel-cell energy module will not be solely beginning in Feuerbach, but in addition in Chongqing, China. The parts it requires will come from the Wuxi plant. Bosch is the primary firm to supply these techniques in each China and Germany, mentioned Bosch chairman Stefan Hartung. As well as, Bosch can be planning to fabricate stacks for cellular functions in its US plant in Anderson, South Carolina. Worldwide, the corporate expects that, by 2030, one in 5 new vans weighing six tons or extra will function a fuel-cell powertrain.
Bosch believes that solely with hydrogen can there be a climate-neutral world. The corporate due to this fact strongly advocates the institution of a hydrogen financial system, and is stepping up its investments in hydrogen. Between 2021 and 2026, Bosch could have invested a complete of almost €2.5 billion within the improvement and manufacturing of its H2 applied sciences—one other billion euros greater than was earmarked within the funding plan for 2021 to 2024.