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the-global-hydrogen-revolution-for-commercial-vehicles-is-here-and-hyzon-motors-is-at-the-vanguard
the-global-hydrogen-revolution-for-commercial-vehicles-is-here-and-hyzon-motors-is-at-the-vanguard

The global hydrogen revolution for commercial vehicles is here, and Hyzon Motors is at the vanguard

It was 2003 when Craig Knight, George Gu and Gary Robb set out on a mission to build the world’s first profitable fuel cell company. Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies was established in Singapore that year, and has a founding story fuelled with curiosity, ambition and willingness to move forward in one of the most difficult technology spaces.

Technology-agnostic and commercially focused, Horizon’s ambition was to achieve sustainable decarbonisation targets without relying on government subsidies, billions of dollars of private capital, and to create a profitable fuel cell company, in an industry that had not seen a profit in 30 years, and was still quite far from breaking through at the time.

One of Horizon’s main success factors was to start commercialisation with small and simple products that could function on tiny amounts of hydrogen to reduce logistics barriers, while preparing for larger and more complex products. During the past 18 years of Horizon’s journey, the company has successfully scaled up its fuel cell stack capability alongside innovations in stack materials and hydrogen storage, all the way through to heavy vehicle integration expertise.

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