Hydrogen truck manufacturer Hyzon Motors will establish an Australian headquarters in Melbourne, under a new partnership agreement between the RACV and Hyzon.
Under the agreement, Hyzon Motors in conjunction with the RACV at their Noble Park location, will develop a purpose-built facility including corporate offices, showroom, assembly warehousing and workshop. The move is expected to generate over 100 localised engineering and manufacturing jobs by 2025, with hundreds more indirect jobs expected through the supply chain.
The partnership also includes a first order of hydrogen powered vehicles for RACV-owned subsidiary Nationwide Group, the first order of such vehicles for a towing company in Australia.
These will be trialed by Nationwide Group on arrival, which is scheduled for end 2022.
Hyzon Motors is expected to deliver three locally manufactured Hyzon HyMax TT7 tilt-tray trucks and one of Hyzon’s fully imported HyMax prime movers, to the Nationwide Group.
“We are focused on generating new jobs, new manufacturing and technology facilities, and a fundamentally new industry in Australia and New Zealand, that will underpin a sustainable future for the region,” said managing director for Hyzon Motors in Australia and New Zealand, John Edgley.
“With governments across Australia and New Zealand shifting their focus towards hydrogen as a cost-competitive and zero-emission fuel source, Hyzon stands ready to support and partner on key projects and initiatives,” he said.
Hyzon has already hit the ground running in the region, with scheduled 2022 deliveries including coaches to Fortescue Metals in Western Australia, Prime movers to Coregas in NSW and TR Group in New Zealand, Road train prime movers to Ark Energy in Queensland and the HyMax GSL garbage trucks with Superior Pak across the region.
