A U.K.-headquartered firm said Monday it was building an £80 million ($95.9 million) “gigafactory” specializing in the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components, with operations planned to start in the first half of 2024.
In a statement, London-listed Johnson Matthey said the facility in Royston, England, would be able to produce 3 gigawatts of proton exchange membrane fuel cell components per year. Also known as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, the U.S. government says PEM fuel cells in automobiles “use hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air to produce electricity.” PEM fuel cells are made from a number of different materials.
The idea is that the components will be used by hydrogen vehicles, with the announcement referencing road freight. Earlier reports about JM’s plans for a hydrogen gigafactory were published by The Sunday Times in Nov. 2021.
Johnson Matthey’s plans have received backing from the U.K. government via the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Automotive Transformation Fund, a funding program focused on large-scale industrialization.
Can we not make Musks brandnames part of the normal language?
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A U.K.-headquartered firm said Monday it was building an £80 million ($95.9 million) “gigafactory” specializing in the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components, with operations planned to start in the first half of 2024.
In a statement, London-listed Johnson Matthey said the facility in Royston, England, would be able to produce 3 gigawatts of proton exchange membrane fuel cell components per year. Also known as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, the U.S. government says PEM fuel cells in automobiles “use hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air to produce electricity.” PEM fuel cells are made from a number of different materials.
The idea is that the components will be used by hydrogen vehicles, with the announcement referencing road freight. Earlier reports about JM’s plans for a hydrogen gigafactory were published by The Sunday Times in Nov. 2021.
Johnson Matthey’s plans have received backing from the U.K. government via the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Automotive Transformation Fund, a funding program focused on large-scale industrialization.
Can we not make Musks brandnames part of the normal language?