The Federal Cabinet has decided on the “National Hydrogen Strategy”. The government hopes to decarbonize "important German core sectors" such as steel and chemicals, but also the transport sector. Morocco should also help.


According to economics minister Peter Altmaier (CDU), the strategy that has now been adopted should contribute to making “Germany the number 1 in the world in hydrogen technologies”. "The time for hydrogen and the technologies required...

Daimler has taken another organizational step on the way to the joint venture around commercial vehicle fuel cells with Volvo Trucks: All of the Group's fuel cell activities are now bundled in the newly founded Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co. KG.


Andreas Gorbach (45) and Christian Mohrdieck (60) are appointed managing directors of the new company, as Daimler announced in a message. In April, Daimler Trucks and the Volvo Group entered into a preliminary, non-binding agreement...

Toyota is establishing a joint venture in China with FAW, Dongfeng, GAC, BAIC and SinoHytec for the joint development of fuel cell systems for commercial vehicles. However, the Japanese will hold the majority in the joint venture called United Fuel Cell System R&D (FCRD).


As Toyota wrote in a statement, 65 percent of the FCRD stake will be held by the Toyota Motor Company. The Chinese hydrogen specialist SinoHytec will hold 15 percent, the four car companies each five percent....