Faurecia : inaugurates its global center of expertise dedicated to hydrogen storage systems
October 06, 2020 at 06:30 am EDT
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Faurecia inaugurates its global center of expertise dedicated to hydrogen storage systems
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Faurecia, one of the world's leading automotive technology companies, inaugurated its global center of expertise for hydrogen storage systems today in the presence of the President of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region Ms. Marie-Guite Dufay.
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Located in Bavans, France, and representing a total investment of €25 million, this center of expertise aims to develop lightweight and cost-competitive hydrogen storage systems to accelerate hydrogen mobility. More than 60 engineers and technicians have the ability to:
Design hydrogen storage systems and produce prototypes tailored to customers' specifications,
Test hydrogen storage systems using state-of-the-art equipment for hydraulic, gas, leak and burst tests,
Develop new tank designs to increase their performance and in particular the volume of hydrogen stored per kg,
Develop new industrial processes to accelerate production with the prospect of 5 million fuel cell vehicles being produced in 2030,
Work on innovative materials and smart tanks with embedded IoT sensors to both divide the cost of the systems by four by 2030 and increase their safety, durability and recyclability.
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This unique site showcases our commitment to leading the field in zero-emission mobility based on hydrogen. Through innovation, industrialization and scaling, the cost of fuel cell systems will continue to drop dramatically and unlock the potential of this technology for commercial vehicles as well as high-horsepower engines. Hydrogen is a key enabler of the energy transition and will accelerate urgently needed sustainability objectives.
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Patrick Koller
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Faurecia has already started to manufacture hydrogen storage systems for heavy duty trucks and light commercial vehicle fleets for several international OEMs. The Group currently has the ability to produce several thousands of hydrogen storage systems per year and aims to ramp up its production capacity.
In addition to the hydrogen storage systems that Faurecia manufactures, the Group has created Symbio, a joint venture with Michelin, dedicated to the development and production of fuel cell stacks. Faurecia's ambition is to become a leader on both fuel cell stacks and hydrogen storage systems in a market that will represent almost 20 billion euros by 2030.
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FORVIA SE is one of the world leaders in designing, manufacturing, and marketing automotive equipment. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- seats (31.4%; No. 1 worldwide);
- interior car parts (18.1%; 1 worldwide): dashboards and instrument panels (No. 1 worldwide), doors and door panels, and acoustic modules;
- exhaust systems (17.7%; No. 1 worldwide);
- audiovisual and multimedia equipment (15.2%): car radios, multimedia devices, navigation systems, automatic guiding systems, location systems, safety assistance systems with CDD captor cameras, wireless communication, monitors, etc.;
- lighting equipment (13.7%);
- other (3.9%).
At the end of 2023, the group had more than 290 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (6.2%), Germany (10.9%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (29.3%), Asia (27.1%) and America (26.5%).