Mahle has been awarded funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology as part of a New Vehicle and System Technologies programme which also includes “six well-known companies in the automotive supplier and logistics industries as well as three renowned research institutes and universities”, according to the supplier.
The three-year project began on 1 July and aims to convert Ford light commercial vehicles with conventional internal combustion engines to hydrogen operation.
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“We consider hydrogen to be an important building block for sustainable road transport. Our participation in this future-oriented project is another aspect of the technological transformation of our company,” said Mahle chairman and CFO Michael Frick.
The participants will build a demonstration vehicle for the first time with Mahle developing and producing the prototype engine and valve train components for the hydrogen-powered engine with direct injection.
