China's Largest Hydrogen-fueled Engine Yuchai YCK16H Successfully Ignited

Yuchai YCK16H hydrogen-fueled engine was successfully ignited in Yulin, Guangxi.

The engine, with a displacement of 15.93 liters and a maximum horsepower of 560 hp, is the largest hydrogen-fueled engine with the largest displacement and horsepower in China.

The successful ignition of Yuchai YCK16H marks another solid step forward for Yuchai in the zero-carbon energy power system segment.

Li Hanyang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Yuchai Group, ignited YCK16H. He said that the new energy engine field has developed rapidly in recent years. Yuchai, as a manufacturer of traditional engines, has taken the initiative to embrace clean-energy engines, made breakthroughs in clean-energy engines, and supported China's strategic goals of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" with Yuchai's responsibility and commitment. 

In December 2021, Yuchai successfully ignited China's first hydrogen-fueled engine YCK05H oriented to urban buses, municipal administration, sanitation, logistics and distribution fields, driving China's internal combustion engine industry into the zero-carbon energy power system segment, and marking the start of the R&D of hydrogen-fueled engines for commercial vehicles in China.

After completing the development of the light-duty hydrogen-fueled engine platform, Yuchai has launched YCK16H heavy-duty in-cylinder direct injection hydrogen-fueled engines, making Yuchai the only professional power system supplier covering light-duty and heavy-duty hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines and fuel cell systems in the field of hydrogen energy in China.