Is Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Trucking Almost Ready For Prime Time?
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Freight Waves.
It is a comprehensive article, that discusses hydrogen-powered trucks with respect to the United States.
Some quick points from the article.
- Companies are looking at dedicated routes.
- California with its emissions legislation, will be in the forefront of hydrogen trucks in the US.
- Nikola will build hydrogen filling stations to support big customers.
- Toyota are using the same fuel cells in passenger cars and the largest trucks.
- Toyota are trialling their trucks on short runs from the ports in the Los Angeles area.
There does seem to be a lot of US companies getting involved in hydrogen.
The article is definitely a must-read.
Some of the applications mentioned for hydrogen trucks are more about heavy loads over short distances, than taking a load half-way across the US.
These applications will possibly mean.
- Back-to-base refuelling.
- More running in urban areas.
- Large reductions in emissions and pollution.
As fleets get larger, it might be economic for a fleet to have its own system to provide the hydrogen, as the hydrogen-buses do in Pau.
I suspect that roll-out of these applications could be helped by some well-designed tax incentives.
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