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Off-Road & Material Handling

Off-Road & Material Handling

Powering the future of off-road vehicles with hydrogen

Fuel cells improve the performance of electric off-road and material handling vehicles with longer operating hours and higher productivity. Fast refueling and extended run time increase vehicle uptime and reduce operational costs for a faster transition to zero-emission fleets.

Advantages of fuel cell electric off-road vehicles

Advantage Off-road

Zero-emission at the tailpipe

Deployment of hydrogen vehicles will enable faster decarbonization of construction sites, mines, ports and airports

Improve productivity

Fast refueling of hydrogen tanks drastically improves the productivity of off-highway vehicle fleets

Extend operating hours

Using hydrogen as a fuel and energy storage increases the vehicle operating hours and optimizes asset utilization.

Centralized refueling infrastructure

Fleets of fuel cell vehicles can be easily refueled with hydrogen at scalable refueling stations located on site.

Proven solution for off-highway vehicles with FCmove®

Ballard stacks and modules have been integrated into excavators, mining trucks, yard trucks, and material handling equipment

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Lower Life Cycle Cost

FCmove® products deliver low lifecycle cost and a robust and proven design. Ballard’s unique stack design allows mid-life refurbishment and module overhaul for extended engine lifetime.

Simplified System Integration

Ballard FCmove® engines meet the power and space requirements of various off-highway applications with high power density, simple interfaces, and higher operating temperatures to reduce cooling requirements

High Performance

FCmove® modules deliver high efficiency (up to 59%), proven stack durability (>25,000hrs), and best-in-class engine power density (up to 360W/L).

Support Promise

Our promise encompasses the support of our customers through the design phase, vehicle integration, commissioning, training, aftersales, and warranty services to ensure optimum vehicle performance and availability.

Sustainability

Decarbonization of industrial sites

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Hydrogen and fuel cell technology will play a critical role in the decarbonization of construction sites, mines, ports and airports by providing a reliable powertrain solution to electrify fleets of off-highway vehicles without compromising operation and productivity. With zero-emission at the tailpipe and the low carbon footprint of fuel cell engine manufacturing, hydrogen vehicles truly minimize the environmental impact.

Decarbonization of industrial sites
Proven

Ballard’s Experience

With more than 15 years on the road and millions of kilometers of operation fuel cell vehicles powered by Ballard stacks and modules have proven their performance, demonstrating reliable operation in long daily drive cycles during all seasons and in challenging sites. Today, there are more than 1,300+ fuel cell electric material handling equipment powered by Ballard technology. Ballard FCmove® modules have be integrated in 300t mining trucks, excavators and dozers as well as in yard trucks operating at ports in Europe and North America.

of forklifts powered by Ballard technology

1000+

Compiled from 2015

km of vehicle experience

200M

Compiled from 2015

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