We are delighted to have been cooperating with teams from Toyota, the leader in zero-carbon mobility, to accelerate the completion of the development of our McFilling 700 solution to meet growing demand in France and internationally.

Pascal Mauberger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McPhy, commented: “Operating on the hydrogen mobility market since 2015, with products positioned to boost the uptake of hydrogen-powered vehicles, McPhy has strengthened its offering with a range of dedicated refueling stations for 700 bar vehicles. Thanks to our testing platform, and the trials conducted together with Toyota, we are finalizing the design of the first of the series, which will be unveiled in October. We are delighted to have been cooperating with teams from Toyota, the leader in zero-carbon mobility, to accelerate the completion of the development of our McFilling 200-700 solution, of which the first deliveries could begin in 2019.”

The Group has worked with Toyota to complete successfully a testing cycle on its prototyping and testing platform at its Motte Fanjas site, the group’s historical base. There, teams from McPhy have worked to design and develop a 700 bar platform. Refueling tests were carried out on two vehicles, to test, under real-life conditions, the design concept, the components and the processes for a 700 bar refueling station, and optimize user experience prior to market launch. These tests produced positive results and in particular helped identify areas for future optimisation.

Toyota, with its expertise in 700 bar vehicles, will support McPhy in the process of finalizing the development of McFilling 200-700. This will give McPhy a full range of refueling stations, from 350 bar to 700 bar, and a strong position to meet growing demand in France and abroad and to support its clients in deploying clean mobility solutions on a large scale.

Hydrogen makes a valuable contribution to improving urban air quality. As a clean alternative fuel, hydrogen definitely has a key role to play in successful energy transition and the emergence of a lower-carbon society. Mobility was identified as a key market in the study from the Hydrogen Council (1) , which estimated that the requirement for fueling stations could be between 5,000 and 15,000 by 2030, and in the strategic plan announced by Nicolas Hulot, Minister of State and Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition. This devoted €100 million in 2019 to supporting the deployment of hydrogen and making France a world leader in the field: development of zero-emission solutions for road, rail and water transport, etc., with deployment by 2023 of 5,000 light vans, 200 heavy vehicles (buses, trucks, regional trains, boats) and 100 fueling stations providing locally produced hydrogen.

(1) http://hydrogencouncil.com/hydrogen-scaling-up/