Built by Feichi Technology and developed in collaboration with Grupo Marval, the vehicle features a 120kW fuel cell powered by 75kg of stored green hydrogen.
The 49-tonne prototype is reported to have a range of up to 750km and will support the retail giant’s advance towards low-emission logistics operations.
H2 View understands that green hydrogen will be provided from Latin America’s “first” industrial green hydrogen plant. The $15m project was developed by Walmart Chile in collaboration with Engie at its Quilicura distribution centre.
The facility, equipped with a 0.6MW alkaline electrolyser from Green Hydrogen Systems (technology has since been acquired by Thyssenkrupp Nucera), is capable of producing 260kg of hydrogen per day. The plant’s output, first used to power 200 forklifts, will now also fuel Walmart’s truck operations.
If the trial proves successful, Walmart Chile aims to scale up to 25 hydrogen trucks by 2028.
Chile’s national hydrogen strategy targets 25GW of capacity by 2030, which aligns with Walmart’s wider sustainability goals of cutting logistics emissions by 30% this decade and achieving Net Zero operations globally by 2040.
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