The company, whose stable of brands also includes Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat, had planned to begin serial production of commercial vans equipped with hydrogen fuel cells this summer at sites in northern France and southern Poland.
The company cited limited availability of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, high capital requirements, and the need for stronger consumer purchasing incentives.
Hydrogen fuel cell technology was seen as a possible rival to battery electric vehicles to reach zero emissions. When hydrogen and air are fed into a cell it creates electricity and water.
Only Toyota, Hyundai and BMW are still developing fuel cell vehicles and few models are on the roads.
Stellantis said staff at the factories would be reassigned to other tasks, but acknowledged the move would create “financial challenges” for fuel cell supplier Symbio.
Symbio opened a fuel cell factory near the French city of Lyon in 2023.
Forvia noted that Stellantis accounts for nearly 80 percent of Symbio’s activity.
“Stellantis’s announcement will have serious and immediate operational and financial repercussions for the future of Symbio,“ it said. – AFP
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