“Bosch knows its way around hydrogen, and Bosch is growing with hydrogen, “said Bosch chair Stefan Hartung. Bosch is spending ~€2.5 billion in H2 technology from 2021 to 2026. Bosch is active in the whole hydrogen value chain, developing technology for its production and application. By 2030, Bosch claims it will generate sales of roughly ~€5 billion with hydrogen technology.

Bosch is using it global manufacturing network – some located in totalitarian countries actively hostile to western Democracies – as well as German locations. The Bosch plant in Bamberg, Germany, will supply the Feuerbach factory with the fuel-cell stack. Other system components such as the electric air compressor and the recirculation blower come from the Bosch plant in Homburg, Germany.

“Bosch is the first company to produce these systems in both China and Germany,” said Markus Heyn, member of the Bosch board of management and chair of Bosch Mobility.

Bosch is also planning to manufacture stacks for mobile applications in its US plant in Anderson, South Carolina. Worldwide, the company expects that, by 2030, one in five new trucks weighing six tons or more will feature a fuel-cell powertrain.