Zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell units capable of powering cars, trucks and buses are set to roll off the Intelligent Energy production line in Leicestershire. The tech company is working on fuel cells for clients around the world which leave nothing behind other than water - and testing has started on the company’s first hydrogen fuel cell car engine prior to installation in an SUV next month.
The Loughborough University spin-off has been refining the technology for years and has now created two high-power IE-DRIVE units – one for use in a car and another suitable for heavy-duty applications including buses, trucks, trains and powerplants. The products are in final testing before dispatch to customers in South Korea, the UK, US, Spain, and Taiwan.
Last autumn the business - which employs 250 people - signed an agreement with Hogreen Air to assemble an initial 100 of the high-power fuel cells under licence for South Korea and other Asian countries. Those units will be used in powerplant applications.
