(IEV) INEOS GRENADIER TESTING H2 CELL

Ineos Automotive, the car manufacturing division of British petrochemical giant Ineos Group, plans to begin testing a hydrogen fuel cell prototype of its Land Rover Defender-inspired Grenadier off-roader.

While the first Grenadier 4x4s will reach customers in the third quarter of 2022 powered by BMW gasoline and diesel engines, Ineos says it is also looking further ahead to zero emissions powertrain technology for the future.

The company has announced that a hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator vehicle is under development and will begin testing by the end of 2022 as part of its drive to take “a leading role in the hydrogen revolution.”

It looks like this is a serious project, especially since the company’s partner in developing the Grenadier demonstrator model is AVL, one of the world’s leading automotive powertrain engineering specialists. On top of that, the fuel cell is likely supplied by Hyundai, as Ineos signed an agreement with Korean carmaker in November 2020 for the evaluation of the latter's proprietary fuel cell system used in the Nexo crossover. INSIDEEVs - link - Dan Mihalascu - link - more like this- link

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SCOTLAND and the UK has been left out of an initial wave of hydrogen plants announced by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who owns the huge petrochemical site at Grangemouth, after he revealed plans for factories in Germany, Belgium and Norway.

The billionaire’s company Ineos is to invest more than €2bn into electrolysis projects to make zero-carbon green hydrogen across Europe in a move that could have a major effect on the motoring industry.

The company is is hoping to ‘transform’ zero carbon hydrogen production with what will be Europe’s largest ever investment i electrolysis projects.

The first plants will be built in Norway, Germany and Belgium in the next 10 years.

It comes after Ineos brokered a landmark deal with Hyundai last year.

Ineos said that it also intends to invest in France and the UK, where the hydrogen business will be headquartered, but did not give details.

The chemicals giant and the South-Korean car maker signed a memorandum of understanding that will "explore new opportunities", including hydrogen fuel cell technology being applied to the new Land Rover Defender-rivalling 4×4 - The Herald - link - Martin Williams - link - more like this - link