The decision follows the termination of a key Innovate UK and Department for Transport grant after the project failed to meet milestones linked to its Customer and Fleet Leasing work package.

Since its launch in July, the consortium engaged more than 100 potential customers, representing 192 vehicles and over a quarter of the UK’s 44-tonne HGV market.

However, interest was expressed through non-binding commitments, which did not convert into signed leasing agreements within the grant’s fixed timeframe.

H2 View understands that the closure will end plans for three hydrogen refuelling stations in Avonmouth and Reading, intended to support up to 30 fuel cell HGVs under what was billed as the UK’s first hydrogen corridor.

While HyHaUL delivered progress across programme management, infrastructure planning, data and digital, and exploitation activities, it failed to secure the required number of signed leasing agreements within the grant timeframe.

HyHaul claimed the shortfall reflected broader market conditions rather than a rejection of zero-emission technologies.

“These pressures were not unique to hydrogen: the wider energy-transition sector has faced significant headwinds over the past 18 months,” HyHaul claimed in a press statement.

It cited delays and cancellations in major BEV projects, which also affected confidence and decision-making across the whole zero-emission HGV landscape.

Kyle Arnold, Managing Director at HyHaul Mobility, addressed employees in a final message, saying their efforts will “inform the next wave of hydrogen transport projects.”