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Visit to the Capital: Daimler Truck presents new fuel cell truck and emphasizes cooperation between politics and industry in decarbonization
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29.01.2026 Press release
Visit to the Capital: Daimler Truck presents new fuel cell truck and emphasizes cooperation between politics and industry in decarbonization
Daimler Truck CEO Karin Rådström yesterday met with Federal Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder in Berlin to exchange about the decarbonization of the transportation sector. The meeting highlighted the need for close cooperation between industry and policymakers to swiftly advance and scale up technology and infrastructure.
Daimler Truck presents Mercedes-Benz NextGenH2 Truck with small-series production planned from end of 2026
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26.01.2026 Press release
Daimler Truck presents Mercedes-Benz NextGenH2 Truck with small-series production planned from end of 2026
Following the development and successful testing program with prototypes of its first-generation fuel cell trucks, Daimler Truck presents the Mercedes-Benz NextGenH2 Truck. The fuel cell truck represents another development milestone for Daimler Truck on the path to sustainable transportation powered by hydrogen.
Next Generation Fuel Cell Truck: Development Vehicles Demonstrate Performance in High Summer Temperatures in the Alps
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18.09.2025 Press release
Next Generation Fuel Cell Truck: Development Vehicles Demonstrate Performance in High Summer Temperatures in the Alps
Following successful winter testing, Daimler Truck has returned to the Swiss Alps for summer testing with four advanced prototypes of the next generation of its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck. The region of Valais, with its demanding mountain passes ranging from 600 to 2,478 meters in elevation – some only accessible in summer – offered ideal test conditions.
Five and a Half Times Around the World: Daimler Truck Fuel Cell Trucks Successfully Complete More Than 225,000 Kilometers in Real-World Customer Operations
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03.09.2025 Press release
Five and a Half Times Around the World: Daimler Truck Fuel Cell Trucks Successfully Complete More Than 225,000 Kilometers in Real-World Customer Operations
Daimler Truck looks back on a successful year of initial customer trials for its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck. In July 2024, the company started the trials with the deployment of five Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks together with Air Products, Amazon, Holcim, INEOS Inovyn and Wiedmann & Winz in regular logistics operations. The aim was to test the reliability and efficiency of the vehicles under real-world…
Next generation fuel cell truck: Daimler Truck tests first prototypes in the Swiss Alps
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24.03.2025 Press release
Next generation fuel cell truck: Daimler Truck tests first prototypes in the Swiss Alps
Daimler Truck’s development team has built up first prototypes of Mercedes-Benz' next generation fuel cell trucks and has recently put them through their paces in a first series of demanding tests. Two vehicles of the next development stage of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck underwent intensive winter testing at the Simplon Pass in the Swiss Canton of Valais. …
IAA Transportation 2024: Daimler Truck puts the focus on CO2-neutral long-distance haulage – start of series production of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 in November
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15.09.2024 Press release
IAA Transportation 2024: Daimler Truck puts the focus on CO2-neutral long-distance haulage – start of series production of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 in November
Daimler Truck, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles, presented its path to sustainable transportation on Sunday, in anticipation of the IAA Transportation 2024 trade show in Hanover. The company’s focus was placed on the topics of decarbonization and digitalization. Daimler Truck’s display features the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 truck as its trade fair highlight. …
Fuel cell trucks deployed in real-life operations: start of initial customer trials with Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks
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25.07.2024 Press release
Fuel cell trucks deployed in real-life operations: start of initial customer trials with Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks
As one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, Daimler Truck is driving sustainable transportation forward. The company’s objective is to offer only new vehicles that are CO2-neutral in driving operation across its global core markets (EU30, USA, Japan) by 2039. Hydrogen-based drive technologies can thereby be an optimal solution, especially for very flexible and particularly demanding…
Fuel-Cell Technology: Daimler Truck Builds First Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck Customer-Trial Fleet
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19.12.2023 Press release
Fuel-Cell Technology: Daimler Truck Builds First Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck Customer-Trial Fleet
Daimler Truck is entering the next development phase on the road to decarbonize transportation with hydrogen-powered trucks. After a rigorous testing phase on the test track and on public roads, the fuel-cell trucks have now reached an advanced development stage for deployment in first customer fleets.
Daimler Truck #HydrogenRecordRun: Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck cracks 1,000 kilometer mark with one fill of liquid hydrogen
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26.09.2023 Press release
Daimler Truck #HydrogenRecordRun: Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck cracks 1,000 kilometer mark with one fill of liquid hydrogen
Daimler Truck has successfully demonstrated that hydrogen fuel-cell technology can be the right solution to decarbonize flexible and demanding long-haul road transportation. A public road approved prototype of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck completed Daimler Truck’s #HydrogenRecordRun covering 1,047 km of distance driven with one fill of liquid hydrogen.
Touring the Alps with battery and hydrogen – CO2-neutral trucks from Daimler Truck demonstrate their capabilities
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03.05.2023 Press release
Touring the Alps with battery and hydrogen – CO2-neutral trucks from Daimler Truck demonstrate their capabilities
Locally CO2-neutral trucks from Daimler Truck have successfully completed demo tours up to an altitude of1,560 meters in the heart of Tyrol's Alpine landscape. Two prototype variants of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck with a hydrogen-based fuel cell drive and a near-production-level, battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 Tractor for distribution haulage were deployed. …
With hydrogen power across the Brenner Pass: Daimler Truck carries out first altitude tests with fuel-cell truck
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16.11.2022 Press release
With hydrogen power across the Brenner Pass: Daimler Truck carries out first altitude tests with fuel-cell truck
On the road towards the sustainable transport of the future, a Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck prototype successfully completed its first high-altitude tests on public roads. A major point on the checklist of the test program: crossing the Brenner Pass, one of the main arteries of European freight traffic.
Daimler Truck demonstrates practicality of hydrogen trucks at the IAA Transportation 2022
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20.09.2022 Press release
Daimler Truck demonstrates practicality of hydrogen trucks at the IAA Transportation 2022
Stuttgart/Hanover – On the road to sustainable transportation, first prototypes of the fuel-cell powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck have been undergoing intensive testing since last year – both on Daimler Truck’s in-house test track and on public roads. At the IAA Transportation 2022, Daimler Truck will be offering selected visitors a ride-along in one of its fuel-cell trucks. …
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