Low Carbon Hydrogen
Enabling commercial scaling for an after-market H2 engine retrofit system by securing OEM partnership
THE SOLUTION
Hydra Energy is the first company to deliver commercial hydrogen-diesel, co-combustion trucks on the road accelerating the transition to cleaner transport. The company’s unique Hydrogen-as-a-Service™ (HaaS™) approach converts existing heavy-duty vehicles at zero cost to fleet owners in exchange for long-term, fuel contracts at diesel-equivalent prices. Currently Hydra’s proprietary conversion kits can displace up to 40% of diesel with hydrogen.
With funding from CICE, this project will support the development of a machine learning system to expedite the calibration and safety testing of co-combustion engines that will enable scaling from the current conversion of 2-3 trucks per year to dozens of different makes and models.
This project is also removing another obstacle to widespread adoption – the preference for an OEM extended warranty. By not modifying the engine block, Hydra’s retrofit system does not void the OEM warranty. Technical and business preparations to satisfy OEM requirements for obtaining warranty extensions will also be fulfilled.
- PROJECT STATUS
- Complete
- PROJECT CATEGORY
- Low Carbon Hydrogen
- FUNDING RECIPIENT
- Hydra Energy Canada
- CICE FUNDING AMOUNT
- $300,000
- PROJECT VALUE
- $600,000
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"The funding Hydra received from CICE has been instrumental in our ability to scale up our business. With the funding and in partnership with First Truck, we could address a missing component of training mechanics so that Hydra can get our kits onto more trucks as well as offer maintenance. We now have the first version of a training manual for conversions enabling a conventional mechanic to become a Hydra installer."
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