The newly launched Global Hydrogen Mobility Alliance aims to persuade Brussels to invest in hydrogen infrastructure, rather than relying solely on battery electrification. While the alliance’s website currently offers limited information, the logos of its founding members are already displayed.
The group brings together a broad coalition of stakeholders from across the mobility and energy sectors. This includes car manufacturers such as BMW, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota, as well as equipment suppliers like Bosch, EKPO, Mahle, OPmobility, Schaeffler and Symbio. Bus and truck manufacturers are also represented, including Solaris, Daimler Truck, Iveco and Volvo.
On the energy side, companies such as Enagas and Iwatani have joined, alongside long-standing hydrogen players like Air Liquide, Air Products, Ballard, Hexagon Purus and Linde. More recent entrants such as Hy24 and cellcentric are also part of the alliance.
The alliance also includes engine manufacturers such as Cummins and Westport Fuel Systems, along with materials specialists Johnson Matthey and Syensqo.
The central objective of the alliance is to convince European policymakers of the strategic importance of the hydrogen sector, which connects renewable energy with mobility—both on the road and in the air.
The signatories argue that the hydrogen ecosystem requires targeted public support, just as battery electric vehicles have received. They emphasise that the technology is mature and the vehicles are already available. What is now needed, they say, is a clear and sustained commitment from public authorities to back the sector and enable a coordinated scale-up across the industry.
Hydrogen Today learned of the alliance’s creation a few days ago. A presentation is scheduled for 2 July at a breakfast briefing in the European Parliament in Brussels, hosted by Andreas Glück (Germany, Renew Europe) and Zala Tomašič (Slovenia, SDS), both members of the Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
A formal public launch will follow on 15 July during a webinar organised by Hydrogen Europe.
Notably absent from the list of founding members are French manufacturers Renault and Stellantis.
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