en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, a hydrogen-powered refrigerated truck from Qiangyun New Energy, loaded with Shuanghui chilled products, departed from Jiyuan, Henan Province, traveled along the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway via Wuhan, Hubei Province for mid-route hydrogen refueling, and successfully arrived in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. On the return trip, it refueled again at the Jiujiang City West Port hydrogen refueling station. The total round-trip distance was 1,057 kilometers, marking the full opening of a hydrogen-powered cold chain logistics trunk line connecting Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces.
This practical test simultaneously achieved the substantive opening of three key channels. In terms of the logistics channel, the vehicle relied entirely on mature road networks such as the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, traveling from Jiyuan, Henan, through Wuhan, Hubei, to Nanchang, Jiangxi, and returning from Jiujiang to Jiyuan. The route was clear and stable, eliminating the need for detours in cold chain transport and fully ensuring timeliness. Regarding the refueling channel, hydrogen refueling facilities along the route have formed a continuous coverage capability. Multiple hydrogen refueling stations in Henan Province provided departure support, while Wuhan and Huangshi in Hubei Province offered mid-route refueling conditions. The Jiujiang City West Port hydrogen refueling station in Jiangxi Province, as the province's first such station, has a daily refueling capacity of 500 kilograms, effectively supporting return trips and north-south trunk freight demand. The entire journey did not rely on a single station, giving the refueling system strong redundancy and resilience. In terms of the business channel, the foundation of trunk line operations lies in real freight demand. Shuanghui Development, as a leading meat product processing enterprise in China, has a stable daily demand for bulk cold chain goods shipped from Henan to Jiangxi. Meanwhile, there is also a continuous reverse demand for agricultural products and fresh goods from Jiangxi Province and surrounding areas.
The prerequisite for sustainable trunk line operations is economic feasibility. Data from this practical test showed that the hydrogen refueling price along the route was approximately 25 yuan per kilogram. Based on the actual hydrogen consumption level of the hydrogen-powered refrigerated truck, the comprehensive operating cost per kilometer for the hydrogen-powered refrigerated truck on this route was 0.8 to 1.0 yuan lower than that of a traditional diesel refrigerated truck. Assuming an average annual operating mileage of 100,000 kilometers per vehicle, fuel costs alone could save 80,000 to 100,000 yuan. Additionally, the hydrogen refueling time for the hydrogen-powered refrigerated truck was only 3 to 6 minutes, with a comprehensive range exceeding 600 kilometers. This offers significant advantages under the high timeliness requirements of cold chain logistics, further enhancing operational efficiency.
During the opening of this trunk line, the highway toll reduction policies for hydrogen-powered trucks in Henan and Hubei provinces effectively lowered transportation costs. Jiujiang City's guiding policies on hydrogen prices also created favorable conditions for refueling economics. These policies provided tangible support for trunk line operations, but the core logic behind the trunk line's opening lies in Qiangyun New Energy's successful matching of real business needs with a well-established refueling network and a reasonable economic model, based on its actual operational capabilities.
As of now, the cumulative operating mileage of Qiangyun New Energy's hydrogen-powered fleet has exceeded 1.5 million kilometers. From the successful delivery of 150 hydrogen-powered refrigerated trucks and the breakthrough in operating mileage, to the successful completion of this cross-provincial trunk line test across Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi, Qiangyun New Energy is continuously using actual operational data to drive hydrogen-powered cold chain logistics from demonstration operations toward a replicable and scalable business model. Next, Qiangyun New Energy will take this trunk line from Jiyuan, Henan, through Wuhan, Hubei, to Nanchang, Jiangxi, as a model, accelerating the construction of a hydrogen-powered cold chain trunk line network connecting more cities in central provinces, and continuously expanding the application scale of hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles in cross-provincial long-distance transport scenarios.
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