Hyundai opens first public hydrogen filling station in Germany

South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai has inaugurated the first public hydrogen refuelling station in Germany. The station has been built and operated by Air Liquide in Hyundai’s European headquarters in the German city of Offenbach.

The new station’s daily capability of 200 kilograms of hydrogen can power more than 30 vehicles a day and refuel a Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell car in three to five minutes.

The construction and maintenance of the station has received a 1-million euro funding from the German Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure under the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), a European Union initiative aimed at reducing emissions by 80% by 2050.

“The new station installed and operated by our partner Air Liquide underscores our commitment to democratising zero-emission driving with fuel cell cars, making this future technology accessible to as many people as possible. Hyundai Motor was the first car company in the world to offer a mass-produced fuel cell electric vehicle for the general public with the ix35 Fuel Cell,” said Thomas A. Schmid, Chief Operating Officer at Hyundai Motor Europe.