Isuzu Motors and Honda Motor started demonstration testing on public roads in Japan of the Giga Gasoline Cell, a gasoline cell (FC)-powered heavy-duty truck at the moment being co-developed by the 2 corporations.
By way of this demonstration testing, scheduled to run via September 2024, the 2 corporations will proceed making progress in amassing information, amassing information and figuring out technical points in preparation for a 2027 market introduction.
The prototype mannequin getting used for this demonstration testing is similar sort because the one exhibited on the Isuzu Group sales space on the Japan Mobility Present 2023.
With the cooperation of Isuzu Logistics Co., Ltd. and Honda Logistics Inc., the logistics corporations of Isuzu Group and Honda Group, respectively, demonstration testing of the Giga Gasoline Cell will probably be performed on public roads in Japan to confirm the potential of the utilization of hydrogen gasoline and the practicality of FC vans.
Isuzu and Honda consider that FC expertise, using hydrogen as gasoline leading to no CO2 emissions, will probably be efficient to attain carbon neutrality of industrial quality vans that are required to attain high-efficiency transportation (with the potential for long-distance driving, massive load capability, fast refueling).
For the reason that signing of an settlement in January 2020 to conduct joint analysis on FC-powered heavy-duty vans, the 2 corporations have been engaged on the verification of the compatibility of the FC system and heavy-duty vans and the institution of a basis for fundamental applied sciences reminiscent of automobile management applied sciences. The 2 corporations are planning to introduce the manufacturing mannequin to market in 2027 by totally leveraging the expertise, expertise and information gained via the joint analysis.
[source: Honda via Electrive]
Jan 8, 2024