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Schmitz Cargobull has delivered the first climate-neutral vehicle combination consisting of a M.KO box body and hydrogen-powered truck to its customer hylane. The body, manufactured at the Schmitz Cargobull production plant in Lithuania, is equipped with a multifunctional floor, two load securing rails, and a tail lift, thus completing the hydrogen-powered truck from Hyundai.
(Horstmar/Toddin) The actual assembly of the vehicle and the DEKRA approval of the complete vehicle took place at the GRW plant in Toddin, where the project manufacturing of Schmitz Cargobull still occurs. This makes Schmitz Cargobull the first certified body partner of Hyundai in Germany.
Together with Dirk Nuxoll, Managing Director of GRW, and Sabine Essmann, International Key Account Manager Logistics/Food Business at Schmitz Cargobull, Bruno Altenschöpfer, fleet manager at hylane, received the vehicle for its first use on the road. “I am thrilled at how quickly this concept could be implemented. This vehicle is another building block for sustainable transport solutions with hydrogen in Germany,” said Bruno Altenschöpfer.
“Solutions for sustainable freight transport are particularly important to Schmitz Cargobull. We are pleased to realize this great pilot project in such a short time and will complete a total of 17 vehicles in the coming weeks. The box bodies from Schmitz Cargobull are optimally equipped to accommodate the hydrogen tanks at the front wall,” said Sabine Essmann.
Concept for Practical Use
“As the first hydrogen series truck approved in Germany, we were allowed to present the vehicle together with Schmitz Cargobull at the BMDV specialist conference ‘Climate-Friendly Commercial Vehicles’ in Berlin. There, we were also able to present our concept for the practical use of the trucks in detail,” said Sara Schiffer, Managing Director of HyLane GmbH. “The vehicles of the type ‘XCIENT Fuel Cell’ will be prepared for their use on the road according to customer requirements. Refrigerated and dry freight boxes will be mounted on the truck chassis to transport goods properly. Some of the vehicles will also receive a refrigerated trailer.”
Users Only Pay for the Actual Miles Driven
As a provider of exclusively climate-neutral mobility for rent, hylane offers its vehicles at favorable conditions, thanks to funding from the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. Users only pay for the actual miles driven. As a hylane customer, you not only demonstrably save CO2 – a certificate of individual CO2 savings will be issued – but also costs.
Photo: © Schmitz Cargobull / Image Caption (from l. to r.): Andreas Kirchner, Dirk Nuxoll (both GRW), Danijel Babic (Hyundai), Bruno Altenschöpfer (hylane), Sabine Essmann (Schmitz Cargobull), R. Keiten-Schmitz (Dekra)
