Through a partnership with a Californian-based logistics firm, Hyundai will be using hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks, in order to bring parts to their US EV plant. This plant is based in Georgia.

Whilst collaborating with Glovis Americas, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) has already placed a preliminary 21 Class 8 XCIENT trucks onto the road. The purpose of these vehicles, will be to transport vehicle parts from suppliers to the factory. Right now, the aim for this transport method is to makes these deliveries on a daily basis.

In order to provide support to this deployment, Hyundai and Glovis’ joint venture, HTWO Logistics, has planned to install a hydrogen refuelling station. This station will be placed as the Megasite. Right now, the parties involved in this are waiting for the hydrogen production capacity to be announced soon.

Due to the trucks connecting suppliers and HMGMA’s on-site consolidation centre, the firms have now released a plan to expand the logistics to a broader network of suppliers.

It was stated that the joint venture, which was set up earlier this year, was highlighted as a brand that will enable “each stage of the entire hydrogen value chain, from production and storage to transportation and utilisation.”

Hyundai’s North America commercial vehicle and hydrogen business boss, Jim Park, commented, “HMGMA’s deployment of XCIENT for logistics and operations is one of the main initiatives of HTWO. This is delivering on our strategy and vision to showcase a closed-loop hydrogen logistics ecosystem and improve the environmental sustainability of manufacturing operations.”