H2 Mobility will shut down 22 smaller hydrogen refuelling stations for passenger cars by mid-2025, as the company moves to prioritize infrastructure for commercial vehicles. Eleven stations will go offline by the end of March, with another eleven set to close by the end of June.
“Older, small refuelling stations with a focus on passenger cars, some of which were built more than 10 years ago and no longer meet today’s technical and economic requirements, must be removed from the network where this is unavoidable,” said Martin Jüngel, Managing Director & CFO of H2 Mobility.
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The company, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, has shifted its focus to supporting light and heavy commercial vehicles, a segment that requires larger refuelling infrastructure and greater hydrogen storage capacity.
The first round of closures includes stations in Neuruppin, Bonn, Flensburg, Geisingen, Potsdam, Ulm, Siegen, Aachen, Bad Rappenau, Heidelberg (Speyerer Straße), and Mönchengladbach. The locations for the next phase of shutdowns have not yet been disclosed.
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Despite the closures, H2 Mobility is in discussions with other market players about the potential continuation of some passenger car refuelling sites.
However, the company expects the majority of its future sales to come from 350-bar hydrogen refuelling, which is primarily used by buses and commercial vehicles. Larger refuelling hubs, such as those in Düsseldorf and Ludwigshafen, will continue to offer 700-bar refuelling for cars, though commercial vehicle demand will take precedence.
Source: Electrive