At 9:00 a.m. on September 1, 2022, the signing ceremony of Weichai's hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicle strategic cooperation with the theme of "Green Power Hydrogen Energy Society" was held in Weifang, Shandong. Following the operation handover of 200 hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles on August 27, Weichai once again signed a large order for 1,100 vehicles, pressing the "accelerator key" for the commercial application of hydrogen fuel cells in larger scale and more scenarios.

At the meeting, Weichai and Sinotruk signed strategic cooperation agreements with Qingdao Shengtonghua Co., Ltd., Zibo Zhanhong Automobile Co., Ltd., Tongxinzhixing Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. and other customers. Relevant leaders of Shandong Heavy Industry, Weichai Group, China National Heavy Duty Truck, upstream and downstream partners of the hydrogen energy industry chain, and mainstream media in the industry jointly witnessed another milestone moment in the development of Weichai's hydrogen fuel industry.

The 1,100 commercial vehicles signed this time include 4.5-ton urban logistics vehicles, 18-ton logistics vehicles, and 49-ton tractors. The equipped Weichai hydrogen fuel cell has a power capacity of 50-200kW, and has the characteristics of zero-carbon comfort, safety and reliability, and can meet the needs of various complex working conditions such as long battery life and low temperature. "Hydrogen Power".

During the event, the products and performance advantages of hydrogen-fueled commercial vehicles were also highlighted. The guests visited the Weichai Fuel Cell Industrial Park on the spot and felt the hard core strength of Weichai’s hydrogen energy industry, which further enhanced their confidence in cooperation.

Mutual benefit and win-win, build a hydrogen energy development ecosystem

Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality have become the consensus of global development, and hydrogen energy is the most important energy carrier. Since 2022, the state and various provinces and cities have intensively issued a series of planning policies to support the development of the hydrogen energy industry.

On March 23, 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the "Medium and Long-Term Plan for the Development of Hydrogen Energy Industry (2021-2035)", which clarified that hydrogen energy is an integral part of the future national energy system, a strategic emerging industry and a Future industry focus. Under the guidance of national policies, Shandong Province is constantly accelerating its layout in the field of hydrogen energy. The "Shandong Province Hydrogen Energy Industry Development Project Action Plan" released this year makes it clear that by 2025, the scale of the hydrogen energy industry will exceed 100 billion yuan, and the number of fuel cell vehicles will reach 10,000, and 100 hydrogen refueling stations will be built. The energy industry scale exceeds 100 billion yuan.

The development of hydrogen energy requires efficient coordination between the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and cohesion to build an industrial ecosystem. This event invites more than ten partners in the whole industry chain of "production, storage, transportation, processing, and use" such as Air Products, Sinopec, Shandong Haihua, China Resources Gas, CIMC, Dongyue Future Hydrogen Energy, etc., to discuss hydrogen energy technology. Jointly discuss innovation, industrial collaboration, market expansion, etc., and make every effort to open up the closed loop of the industry, improve the efficiency of each link, reduce costs, and create a domestic leading and world-class hydrogen energy business demonstration cooperation model.

Since 2010, Weichai has invested 4 billion yuan to deploy new energy business and built the world's largest R&D and manufacturing base for 20,000 hydrogen fuel cell engines. Relying on the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center, we seized the major opportunity of the "Hydrogen Entering Thousands of Homes" technology demonstration project, actively deployed a full range of commercial vehicle hydrogen power, and launched a series of commercial products with mature technology and proven technology, which are China's hydrogen fuel A veritable leader in battery commercial vehicles.Editor/XingWentao