The construction of Cellcentric's fuel cell factory in Weilheim/Teck has been significantly delayed Cellcentric intends to meet the deadline for the start of production - with the help of another location In January, the German town of Weilheim an der Teck had reached an agreement with the last remaining landowner of the central areas, more than a year and a half after the referendum that gave the green light for the new industrial estate. As a result, the negotiations with Cellcentric were to be “finalised” so that the first work could begin in autumn 2024 The excavators were originally due to start rolling in 2023 The FC joint venture founded by Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group has now also confirmed that it is lagging behind the original plan “Due to the delayed purchase of the land we are one and a half years behind the original schedule with the construction of our air conditioning plant,” Cellcentric CEO Matthias Jurytko told Automobilwoche Despite the delay – the final construction phase is now not due to be completed until 2031 – Jurytko remains committed to the location “We chose Weilheim because the expertise for fuel cells is concentrated in south-west Germany,” said Jurytko The original plan was for fuel cell systems for heavy commercial vehicles to be built in Weilheim from the beginning of 2026 – initially for the two shareholders and later also for third-party customers Jurytko now told “Automobilwoche” that the plan for the first delivery should be met in 2027/2028 the first systems are not to come from Weilheim Cellcentric has a building there that was actually only designed for small series production “We will expand capacity here accordingly until we can move to the new factory,” says Jurytko “we will manage the production start-up and the planned quantities by 2030” The CEO did not say how much the unplanned expansion of the Esslingen site will cost in parallel to the actual factory construction in Weilheim or what will happen to the facilities in Esslingen once the Weilheim factory is completed Cellcentric took over the building in Esslingen and many of the current 350 employees from Daimler AG The fuel cell expertise was initially spread across the various divisions of Daimler AG was later concentrated in commercial vehicles and then transferred to the Cellcentric joint venture – critics would rather use the term “outsourced” Since the split of Daimler AG into the Mercedes-Benz Group (passenger cars and vans) and Daimler Truck with its trucks and buses the passenger car division has virtually lost access to its former fuel cell developments Daimler Truck intends to hand over the first test vehicles of a fuel cell truck to customers for practical tests from the middle of this year after the vehicles have already completed many test kilometres on public roads The series production model is planned for the second half of the decade – and will then rely on sufficient fuel cell systems from Cellcentric the two joint venture partners are pursuing different approaches: The Volvo Group favours conventional hydrogen hydrogen stored in gaseous form under 350 bar pressure favours liquid hydrogen cooled to -253 degrees Celsius as this has a higher energy density and therefore enables longer ranges automobilwoche.de (in German) I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology The 24-year-old from Weilheim an der Teck talked about his first season with the Wolfpack and his expectations for this year My first year in the World Tour was a good one during which I got to learn a lot of things and make significant progress as a member of the Wolfpack things didn’t go as I would have liked to in the Tour Colombia where I struggled a bit with the high altitude but I still had an amazing experience there thanks to the incredible fans that came to see us every day I slowly found my shape in Le Samyn and the GP Monseré the enforced break came and we found ourselves in a completely new situation I was lucky that I could still train outside and found the motivation to keep going while spending time with my family I continued to improve my condition as I got to discover a lot of great races like the Bretagne Classic or the European Championships at the same time working for the team whenever my services were required That’s why I came with quite a lot of confidence at the start of the Tour of Slovakia in September and with the support of an extraordinary team it was incredible to take the first GC victory of my career and also make our sponsor Janom happy by becoming the third Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider in as many years to triumph there that first week was very tough and after the first few days I said to myself I won’t reach Madrid if it would continue on that note but I began feeling better and better and grew in confidence by the day The team even gave me the chance to go for a personal result in Puebla de Sanabria and I came close to victory missing out on the win and finishing third only for a mistake from which I learned the Vuelta was a great experience and I came out of it with good legs it felt special to complete my first Grand Tour I can say that despite all the challenges that we faced my season was a good one and I developed as a rider under Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s tutelage I am now looking forward to carrying these improvements into this year and get a good personal result at the National Championships it doesn’t really matter what races I am doing I will give everything wherever the team will send me                         ©Jan Melicher to know how many times a particular page is read We only use this information to improve the content of our website These cookies are only placed after you have given your consent All About The Rock Like the first line of the chorus says: “Night this stand-alone single of LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE consistently continues the path taken on their latest album ‘How To Shroud Yourself With Night’ as it comes from the studio sessions from that album so singer Julian and guitar player Olly got together again and finished what was started in summer 2021 the song contains some references to the band ‘Sentenced’ ‘Obscurity’ was produced by Kristian 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Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA recovered from human remains dating from up to 5,500 BC to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe This image shows phylogenetic network of 39 prehistoric mitochondrial genomes sorted into two groupings – Early Neolithic Node colors represent archaeological cultures LBK – Linear Pottery Culture (Paul Brotherton et al) The research reveals a dramatic series of events including major migrations from both Western Europe and Eurasia and signs of an unexplained genetic turnover about 4,000-5,000 years ago The team used DNA extracted from bone and teeth samples from prehistoric human skeletons to sequence a group of maternal genetic lineages that are now carried by up to 45 per cent of Europeans “We can follow over 4,000 years of prehistory from the earliest farmers through the early Bronze Age to modern times.” “The record of this maternally inherited genetic group shows that the first farmers in Central Europe resulted from a wholesale cultural and genetic input via migration beginning in Turkey and the Near East where farming originated and arriving in Germany around 7500 years ago,” explained co-author Dr Paul Brotherton of the University of Huddersfield Top left: population affinities of Neolithic cultures Figure based on the frequencies of 15 sub-haplogroups from 37 present-day Western Eurasian and 3 ancient populations: light blue – Western Europe; dark blue – Central and Eastern Europe; orange – Near East Caucasus and Anatolia; and pink – ancient samples Populations are abbreviated as follows: GAL Top right: procrustes analyses of geographic coordinates and principal component analysis scores of the same data set Bottom: ward clustering dendrogram of the 3 ancient groups and present-day populations (Paul Brotherton et al) who is also from the University of Adelaide’s Australian Center for Ancient DNA said: “what is intriguing is that the genetic markers of this first pan-European culture were then suddenly replaced around 4,500 years ago and the hunt is now on to find out what that was.” The team developed new advances in molecular biology to sequence entire mitochondrial genomes from the ancient skeletons This is the first ancient population study using a large number of mitochondrial genomes “We have established that the genetic foundations for modern Europe were only established in the Mid-Neolithic after this major genetic transition around 4,000 years ago This genetic diversity was then modified further by a series of incoming and expanding cultures from Iberia and Eastern Europe through the Late Neolithic,” Dr Haak said “The expansion of the Bell Beaker culture (named after their pots) appears to have been a key event emerging in Iberia around 2,800 BC and arriving in Germany several centuries later This is a very interesting group as they have been linked to the expansion of Celtic languages along the Atlantic coast and into central Europe,” Dr Brotherton said Prof Cooper added: “these well-dated ancient genetic sequences provide a unique opportunity to investigate the demographic history of Europe We can not only estimate population sizes but also accurately determine the evolutionary rate of the sequences providing a far more accurate timescale of significant events in recent human evolution.” “This work shows the power of archaeology and ancient DNA working together to reconstruct human evolutionary history through time We are currently expanding this approach to other transects across Europe,” concluded co-author Prof Kurt Alt from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Bibliographic information: Paul Brotherton et al Neolithic mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans article number: 1764; doi: 10.1038/ncomms2656 the fuel cell joint venture between Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group and the town of Weilheim have concluded an option agreement on the acquisition of land for the future large-scale production of fuel cells Now the development work is set to begin this year the delayed purchase of the plots of land has long been a stumbling block the contract that has now been signed puts an end to the hanging game – at least for the time being as the Stuttgarter Zeitung reports that a citizen is questioning the legality of the Rosenloh industrial estate in Weilheim and has filed an appeal with the Administrative Court The lawsuit is directed against a municipal council resolution from December 2023 which will most likely delay the project further Cellcentric does not mention this new development in its announcement operations will commence “around 2030,” the joint venture states pointing out that “maximum flexibility in terms of scope of work and start-up speed of the KLIMA|WERK is of crucial importance.” The German town of Weilheim is honouring this wish with the option agreement The new schedule differs greatly from the previous plans The first systems were originally due to be delivered from Weilheim in 2026 Now it is “around 2030.” Construction-related reasons are not solely responsible for the new postponement: Cellcentric states that it is ‘acting with a sense of proportion’ and “flexibly positioning itself for different ramp-up scenarios for fuel cell trucks in order to be able to react optimally to future market conditions.” The joint venture specifies that the changes in the automotive industry the delayed development of the required hydrogen infrastructure and the availability and pricing of green hydrogen are important factors influencing market conditions and Cellcentric thus currently expects a rather delayed ramp-up Cellcentric also has an existing pilot production facility for fuel cell systems at the Esslingen-Pliensauvorstadt site, which could be upgraded in the future. Last summer it was announced that the plant there is to be expanded in order to continue assembling fuel cell systems after the pilot phase until production in Weilheim is scaled up Cellcentric no longer mentions this in its latest press release but emphasises that production in industrial quality is currently being driven forward in Esslingen And that this is an “important milestone on the road to large-scale production according to automotive standards using efficient production processes.” Cellcentric employs more than 100 people in Esslingen-Pliensauvorstadt with 10,300 square metres of production and logistics space as well as office and administration rooms at its disposal The company’s declared aim is to sell fuel cell systems in large series worldwide “that achieve the best possible total cost of ownership (TCO) in the highly competitive transport industry,” according to Cellcentric The joint venture is naturally focussing on the planned FCEV trucks of the two shareholders Daimler Truck and Volvo but it is also conceivable that they could be used in other vehicles such as coaches or sold to third parties Cellcentric plans to cover the entire ecosystem around fuel cell systems from production to maintenance and recycling It will certainly be interesting to see how Cellcentric synchronises with the market launch of Daimler Truck’s GenH2 truck Its series production was previously planned for 2027 100 fuel cell trucks from the next development stage of the GenH2 Truck will initially be delivered to customers Series production is then scheduled for the “end of the decade.” cellcentric.net, stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German) Volvo Trucks has now officially opened the ordering system for its range of heavy electric trucks Volvo Trucks had mainly offered customers and partners to sign letters of intent to buy but now the manufacturer is starting to take firm orders only the trucks are currently open for sale the sales release is set for the fourth quarter of 2022 with rigid versions are then not to be delivered until 2023 Series production of the heavy-duty electric trucks in Gothenburg is scheduled to begin in the autumn and will be ramped up gradually Planned unit numbers or sales targets are not mentioned Volvo published technical data on the electric truck trio FH, FM and FMX in June 2021 The company is positioning the FH Electric in the regional and inter-regional transport segment the FM Electric as a versatile truck for local heavy transport and regional distribution transport and the FMX Electric as a vehicle for cleaner and quieter construction transport “This is a milestone for Volvo Trucks There is a lot of interest from customers to place orders for these fantastic trucks,” says Roger Alm “Until now we have mainly offered customers and partners to sign letters of intent to buy which is a major step forward for electrification.” In 2021, Volvo Trucks took orders, including purchase intentions, for more than 1,100 electric trucks in over 20 countries. Electric versions of the Volvo FE and Volvo FL medium-duty truck models and VNR (for North America) are already in series production With the three existing and three new models Volvo says it covers the range from 16 to 44 tonnes These are exclusively battery-electric trucks But the future use of fuel cells in Volvo Group’s heavy trucks has recently cleared an important hurdle: In a referendum in Weilheim an der Teck local residents voted in favour of allowing the fuel cell factory of the Cellcentric joint venture between Daimler Truck and Volvo to be built as planned in the Esslingen district near Stuttgart cision.com Möglicherweise liegen die von Ihnen gesuchten Informationen inzwischen an einem anderen Ort oder die Seite existiert nicht mehr Um den gewünschten Inhalt zu finden, nutzen Sie gerne die Suche oben rechts auf dieser Seite. 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