Hydrogen as fuel: For sustainable mobility.

To achieve more climate protection, the transport sector must also reduce emissions. This is where hydrogen comes into play as an alternative fuel, or rather into the tank: filling up with hydrogen only takes a few minutes. The ranges of a tank filling and vehicle performance are comparable to those of petrol or diesel vehicles. And: the drive is clean - only water vapour is produced when driving with a fuel cell.

Benefits that pay off especially in

• passenger cars, where long ranges and short refuelling times are crucial
• Trucks and heavy commercial vehicles
• Buses for passenger transport
• Vehicles for internal logistics such as forklifts or conveyor vehicles
• construction and agricultural machinery.

In the future, it is primarily green hydrogen that will be available at the pumps - this is produced in a climate-friendly way using renewable energies by means of electrolysis.

The number and variety of available hydrogen vehicles are slowly picking up speed: Cars and buses, but also the first trucks, refuse collectors and industrial trucks from various manufacturers are already on the roads. They all run on fuel cells - and particularly quietly. In the fuel cell, the fuel hydrogen reacts with oxygen. This produces electricity and water. The electricity drives an electric motor, which in turn drives the vehicle. The water is emitted through the exhaust. It is so clean that you could theoretically drink it.

In addition, the industry is currently working on vehicles that do their kilometres with an internal combustion engine - powered by hydrogen. With these engines, too, the CO2 limit set by the EU for "zero emissions" can be achieved.

The network of hydrogen filling stations is developing along with the hydrogen vehicles. Hydrogen vehicles that refuel at 700 bar can already find fuel supplies at over 160 stations in Europe. Commercial vehicles that refuel at 350 bar can be supplied with hydrogen at around 50 public filling stations. In Germany, 13 filling stations with 350-bar refuelling are currently in operation, and 19 more are being built. More are needed for the hydrogen ramp-up. That is why we are working with partners on solutions to expand the refuelling infrastructure. In doing so, our customers benefit from our decades of experience in the fields of gases and filling stations as a expert in sustainable mobility.