A new hydrogen fuel cell platform using Honda’s proven technology to move across from road transport to introduce the power system to the maritime sector.
The Hyper motive X-M1, seen by Ship Technology at SMM in Hamburg, claims to be a “scalable, modular… and reliable” fuel source for vessels across a range of use cases.
X-M1 is designed to bring sustainable energy and reliable performance to a variety of newbuild and existing vessels, including cruise ships, ferries, workboats, motor yachts, and more the company said.
Hyper motive was described as an electrical engineering firm, which is using its System-X hardware and software to manage the Honda hydrogen fuel cell in a shipping context.
“[The] ecosystem of hardware and software products accelerate the implementation of optimised hydrogen power systems using fuel cells, compressed gas storage, and the connectivity of those power systems to their applications and the cloud,” Hyper motive explained.