Mumbai, Oct. 16 -- Schaeffler has developed key components for fuel cells and fuel cell stacks, so-called metallic bipolar plates. The company is using its traditional core expertise in materials technology, forming technology, and surface technology in this development work.
"We want to shape CO2-neutral, sustainable and individual mobility with regard to the entire energy chain", says Uwe Wagner, Chief Technology Officer at Schaeffler. "The problem of global CO2 emissions cannot be solved with purely battery-driven vehicles alone. Heavy goods vehicles, in particular, will require alternative energy storage systems and hydrogen in combination with the fuel cell offers outstanding opportunities here. Hybrid storage systems, i.e. the combin...