SINGAPORE – The first hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicle in Singapore will be on trial for a year at JTC’s Jurong Innovation District, starting in the fourth quarter of 2023.
This is the second hydrogen fuel cell vehicle trial here. In 2003, a small fleet of Mercedes-Benz A-class fuel cell electric vehicles were on trial here. They were refuelled at a hydrogen kiosk set up at a BP station in Upper East Coast Road. It did not proceed further because the technology was deemed not cost-effective.
The truck’s two hydrogen tanks will swopped with fresh ones when they are empty, as there are no hydrogen refuelling points here. “It will enable prospective customers to experience hydrogen transport solutions first-hand and help us engage with potential customers and provide data to inform the development and production of future vehicles,” he said.
He said fuel cells designed by Spectronik are the most cost-competitive in the industry. “We have a collaboration with Toyota Motor, which uses our fuel cells for their football-playing robots featured in the last World Cup,” he said. Mr Anil Das, director of JTC’s logistics and transport cluster, said: “Spectronik’s hydrogen-powered vehicle trials represent a new milestone in the path towards developing a range of sustainable mobility solutions in Jurong Innovation District for fleet operators here and regionally.