Stellantis cancels Hydrogen van programme
Wed, 16 Jul 2025
The commercial vehicle arm of the huge Stellantis Group – Stellantis Pro One – has announced that it is discontinuing its hydrogen fuel cell development programme.
The company, which sells vans under the Vauxhall, Opel and Fiat brands alongside both Peugeot and Citroen, also has joint venture LCV programmes with Toyota and Iveco. It announced the surprise move after revealing last year that it planned to have 100,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the road by the end of the decade.
This included plans to launch Vauxhall Vivaro and Movano e-Hydrogen models.
The company cited limited availability of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, high capital requirements and the need for stronger purchase incentives for customers as the main reasons for cancelling the programme.
"The hydrogen market remains a niche segment, with no prospects of mid-term economic sustainability," says Jean-Philippe Imparato, Stellantis Chief Operating Officer for Europe.
Imparato added that Stellantis had to "make clear and responsible choices to ensure our competitiveness and meet the expectations of our customers with our electric and hybrid passenger and light commercial vehicles offensive".
The group concluded that it did not anticipate wholesale adoption of hydrogen cell vans before the end of the decade, meaning that the panned Vauxhall Vivaro e-Hydrogen and Vauxhall Movano e-Hydrogen vans, which were being trialled by fleets and were due to go on sale to general customers in the summer of 2025, will now be shelved.
