• Dr. Volker Wissing (Federal Minister for Digital and Transport and Federal Minister of Justice), Daniela Schmitt (State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate) and Dr. Andre Baumann (State Secretary at the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Sector of the State of Baden-Württemberg) jointly handed over the notice of funding to Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck.
• The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate approve funding totaling € 226 million for Daimler Truck for the development, small-series production and customer deployment of 100 fuel cell trucks.
• The funding is part of the Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) Hydrogen program of the European Union.
• The fuel cell trucks are to be built at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth and are expected to go into operation at various customers from the end of 2026 onwards.

Leinfelden-Echterdingen – The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) and the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate approve funding totaling € 226 million for the development, small-series production and customer deployment (operation and maintenance) of 100 fuel cell trucks. The application had been subject to extensive review, also by the European Commission. Today, Dr. Volker Wissing (Federal Minister for Digital and Transport and Federal Minister of Justice) was joined by Daniela Schmitt (State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate) and Dr. Andre Baumann (State Secretary at the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Sector of the State of Baden-Württemberg) in handing over the notice of funding to Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck, at the Daimler Truck Test and Development Center in Wörth am Rhein.

Read the full press release here.