FUEL CELLS ONBOARD HYDROGEN STORAGE Threefold technological expertise Onboard hydrogen systems Hydrogen-powered cars come with their own onboard The complete system developed and produced by Plastic power plants. The electric motor is powered by a hybrid Omnium comprises the fuel cell and up to 160 separate system comprising a fuel cell and a small capacity components installed in a compact unit to handle auxiliary battery.Plastic Omnium provides a complete thermal control, electronic management, compressed air, product line-up: high-pressure hydrogen tanks, fuel cells humidifier and voltage conversion. and integrated hydrogen systems. Growing industrial capacity High-pressure hydrogen tanks As part of its drive to support the growth of hydrogen Leveraging its long-standing know-how in plastic blow- mobility, the Group is increasing its industrial capabilities molding,the first stage in producing hydrogen tanks, in expanding markets. In Compiègne, France, it is in the Plastic Omnium has now acquired complementary process of building Europe’s largest hydrogen fuel tank expertise in the carbon fiber filament winding techniques factory, with an annual capacity of 80,000 units. It aims needed to manufacture high-pressure tanks. Plastic to set up production lines in China, and its lines in the Omnium draws on this expertise, certified in Europe and US and South Korea are scheduled to start up in 2023 internationally, to develop Type IV tanks, the lightest and and 2025 respectively. safest of all. Successes in all forms of mobility Fuel cells During 2022, Plastic Omnium won several contracts for Using a chemical reaction between hydrogen and the manufacture and supply of hydrogen tanks. It is a oxygen in the air, fuel cells produce onboard electricity partner to Stellantis and Hyvia for commercial vehicles, for vehicles. Working with EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies, to Safra for buses in France, to Hyliko for heavy trucks jointly owned with ElringKlinger, Plastic Omnium has and to Alstom for regional trains in France and Italy. It incorporated this technology into its product portfolio. also received an order for fuel cells for civil aviation from EKPO offers a full range of fuel cells, with power levels Aerostack GmbH, a joint venture between Airbus and from 10 kW to 205 kW for all forms of mobility. The EKPO ElringKlinger. plant at Dettingen in Germany is the largest fuel cell factory in Europe. 41