Hydrogen (FCEV)
Sustainable Transport
TR Group is leading the way forward in supporting and promoting alternative-fuelled trucks in Australia and New Zealand. Doing the right thing is acknowledging that TR Group has a big part to play in the adoption of low and no-emission transport technology for heavy commercial vehicles due to our position in the industry.
We are proud to partner with New Zealand Post in putting Australasia's first FCEV heavy commercial vehicle on the road. With a further twenty to go into service throughout 2025 TR Group is leading the way in real world trialling of Hydrogen FCEV and Hydrogen Dual Fuel technology for the heavy transport sector.
NZ Post Hyundai Xcient Hydrogen FCEV
Australasia’s first Hydrogen FCEV is now on the road and working. It has has been deployed on commercial operations since 2023, having completed more than 200,000km eliminating the need for an estimated 120,000 litres of diesel which represents 248 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, and purifying the air around the vehicle at the same time.
"It has been exciting to be able to enable this groundbreaking initiative by bringing fuel cell truck technology to the NZ market. This project has been made possible via forward thinking companies such as NZ Post with many more set to come on board."
- Brendan King, Group General Manager, TR Group Ltd.
Hydrogen – Fuel Cell EV (FECV)
We will take the learnings from the Hyundai Xcient with NZ Post and apply this to the additional FCEV’s that we are currently converting.
Our next FCEV truck is on the road as of March 2025 and has been built by GBV in Christchurch, New Zealand. The truck has been built on a DAF CF85 cab and chassis integrated with two Toyota Fuel Cells, as well components sourced from known suppliers around the world. It is expected that it will have a range and the capacity of an equivalent diesel powered 50 max combination.
Testing is underway with both short- and long-range tests under different loads and conditions to allow us to evaluate its performance and optimise the truck to work best in our environment.
Hiringa launches hydrogen refuelling network
Green hydrogen company Hiringa Energy has launched Australasia's first zero-emission green hydrogen refuelling network - Hiringa Refuelling New Zealand (HRNZ).
The initiative was officially opened by energy and transport minister Simeon Brown. With 25% of New Zealand's transport emissions coming from the heavy transport sector in spite of only making up 4% of the vehicles on the roads, this marks a groundbreaking step towards decarbonising the country's heavy transportation sector, says Hiringa.
The network has been established in partnership with New Zealand independent fuel supplier Waitomo Group, and Australasia's largest heavy vehicle fleet owner TR Group.