PAO KAMAZ continues to develop hydrogen transport. Since 2025, the Center for Electronics and Power Supply has been operating a modern laboratory for the study of fuel cells and chemical power sources. The research results are immediately integrated into design and technological solutions, which allows creating highly efficient products.
The Director of the Center, Lenar Fardeev, notes that the company's new course is related to global trends: the transition to a low-carbon economy, renewable energy sources, and the "green agenda." Since 2022, KAMAZ has had a department of hydrogen technologies, and then the Center for Electronics and Power Supply was opened in the Olimp technopark. According to Fardeev, the goal of the project is to complete the full cycle of creating a hydrogen car: from fundamental research to small-scale and serial production, using its own know-how instead of imported components.
A fuel cell is a key component of an electrochemical generator that provides direct conversion of hydrogen chemical energy into electrical energy. It consists of galvanic cells connected in a "stack" forming a membrane-electrode assembly. The laboratory studies materials, membrane thickness, deposition technologies, and operating conditions to improve the efficiency and resource of batteries.
The laboratory is equipped with modern equipment that allows working with materials, creating prototypes, and conducting both flow and fundamental research. Using trial and error, engineers optimize layouts and improve the performance of fuel cells.
To train specialists in the field of hydrogen technologies, KAMAZ cooperates with PISH and KFU, organizing the direction "Autonomous Energy Systems." Students undergo practical training and develop diploma projects based on the laboratory. Currently, the Center employs about 60 specialists, and the system of cooperation with universities throughout the country allows forming new teams for the further development of the hydrogen direction.
