“The New Hydrogen Car that Travels 2,000 Kilometers with a Single Tank”

Hydrogen Central, the hydrogen-industry outlet, summarized the joint patent in November 2022 under the headline “The New Hydrogen Car that Travels 2,000 Kilometers with a Single Tank”. The report looks at the ceramic membrane replacing plastic — and quotes CEO Dr. Sascha Kühn on what that means for cost.

The cost logic sits in the materials: the cell is built from abundant ceramics — no platinum, no lithium, no cobalt, no critical raw materials at all. At system level, the published figures put the production costs of the aSOFC more than 80 % below battery systems.

That the hydrogen industry’s own press covered the patent is notable, because the platform is multi-fuel by design: hydrogen is one of many fuels it runs on, alongside natural gas, methanol, ammonia and diesel. The verifiable core is the joint patent DE102020119021B3 with Volkswagen and the five-year proof-of-concept work behind it — kraftwerk names the cooperation and the patent, nothing beyond.

On this site, the technology page explains the ceramic membrane in depth and explains every figure, and the datasheets are available on request; the vehicle catalogue lists 38 models upgraded by kraftwerk; the FAQ covers fuels — hydrogen among them — refueling and costs. The original Hydrogen Central article is linked from this page.