The ambition of each companions is to make the brand new firm a number one world producer of gasoline cells, and thus assist the world take a serious step in direction of climate-neutral and sustainable transportation by 2050. 

The Volvo Group will purchase 50 p.c of the partnership pursuits in Daimler Truck Gasoline Cell for about EUR 0.6 billion on a money and debt-free foundation. Closing of the transaction is anticipated through the first half of 2021.

“For us at Daimler Truck AG and our meant accomplice, the Volvo Group, the hydrogen-based fuel-cell is a key expertise for enabling CO2-neutral transportation sooner or later. We’re each absolutely dedicated to the Paris Local weather Settlement for decarbonizing street transport and different areas, and to constructing a affluent collectively held firm that can ship giant volumes of fuel-cell methods,” says Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Administration of Daimler Truck AG.

Collectively, the Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have longstanding expertise in expertise improvement, industrialization and large-scale car manufacturing. The long run three way partnership will be capable to profit from this from the beginning, which is a singular place for a start-up firm. Information of modularity, effectivity and reliability might be in place from the get-go, in addition to processes in areas akin to high quality, manufacturing expertise and industrialization.

Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo Group are each profitable world gamers due to a deep understanding of their prospects’ companies, enabling them to maximise buyer worth. The long run three way partnership will construct on that custom to take an identical place in fuel-cells that the Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have in industrial autos.

Along with vehicles, there are additionally different areas of utility for this kind of fuel-cell system. The three way partnership will develop a system with a number of energy phases, together with a twin system with 300 kW steady energy for heavy-duty long-haul vehicles. Primarily based on the demanding situations in heavy-duty truck purposes, the three way partnership’s merchandise are additionally ideally fitted to different use circumstances akin to stationary energy era.

In 2020, Rolls-Royce and Daimler Truck AG signed an settlement to cooperate on stationary fuel-cell mills for the CO2-neutral emergency energy provide of vital services akin to information facilities. The intention is to supply emission-free options to diesel engines, that are presently utilized in mills for emergency use. A last cooperation settlement is anticipated to be signed by the top of the 12 months.

The Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG will personal equal pursuits within the three way partnership, however proceed to be rivals in all different areas akin to car expertise and fuel-cell integration in vehicles.

Each corporations’ aim is to start out with buyer assessments of vehicles with fuel-cells in about three years and to be in collection manufacturing through the second half of this decade. Closing of the transaction is anticipated through the first half of 2021.