Class 8 fuel cell trucks

Toyota will build heavy-duty truck fuel cell modules in Kentucky

Toyota Motor North America will add a dedicated production line for heavy-duty truck fuel cell modules to its assembly complex in Kentucky, moving its zero-emissions technology from prototype to production.

Toyota (NYSE: TM) doesn’t make heavy-duty trucks. However, it is betting a market exists for hydrogen-powered fuel cell systems, which it initially created for its Mirai fuel cell passenger sedan. 

Combining two Mirai fuel cell systems creates sufficient power to move a loaded 80,000-pound...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/toyota-will-build-heavy-duty-truck-fuel-cell-modules-in-kentucky

Truck Talk: Hydrogen rising edition

This week we explore evidence that may soon demand a verdict on hydrogen as a transportation fuel, plus highlights from companies doing what they can to get on the right side of the business viability that Lordstown Motors said may elude the electric pickup truck startup. 

Time to get serious

Evidence is mounting that hydrogen as a transportation fuel is for real. From the Department of Energy to industry leaders in automotive, trucking and even oil, the picture is brightening for the future of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-hydrogen-rising-edition

GSCW chat recap: Hyzon Motors CEO on US readiness for fuel cells

This fireside chat recap is from Day 4 of FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week. Day 4 focuses on automotive.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The democratization of fuel cells for commercial vehicles  

DETAILS: Hyzon Motors, a carveout of Singapore-based Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, took over General Motors’ former fuel cell labs near Rochester, New York, to help North American and European markets catch up with China and other Asian nations in the use of hydrogen fuel cells for commercial vehicles.

SPEAKE...

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Fuel cell startup Hyzon Motors appears in line for SPAC windfall

Fuel cell startup Hyzon Motors Inc. appears in line for a cash windfall from a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as soon as this week. It would join a parade of electric vehicle makers and infrastructure companies getting their businesses funded by eager investors.

SPACs sometimes are called blank-check companies because investors pile in money without knowing the merger target.

Hyzon is a spinoff of Singapore’s Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, which has sold thousands of fuel cells in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fuel-cell-startup-hyzon-motors-appears-in-line-for-spac-windfall

Navistar, GM and J.B. Hunt collaborate on fuel cell trucks

Navistar International Corp. is leading a four-way collaboration to get long-haul fuel cell electric trucks and hydrogen into production by 2024 with test vehicles being piloted in late 2022.

A Class 8 International RH Series day cab from Navistar (NYSE: NAV) is the platform with a target range of more than 500 miles and 15-minute refueling.

General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) will use two Hydrotec fuel cell power cubes as the power plant replacing the RH Series diesel engine. Each power cube contains...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-gm-and-jb-hunt-collaborate-on-fuel-cell-trucks

Nikola wants cheap electricity for Arizona hydrogen stations

Arizona’s largest utility wants state permission to sell cheap electricity to Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) so the startup electric truck maker can build hydrogen fuel stations for its Class 8 fuel cell trucks.

Massive amounts of electricity are required to make hydrogen through electrolysis. It is a process that breaks down water into oxygen and hydrogen gas. Nikola plans to break ground on its first hydrogen station between Arizona and California next year. It ultimately plans a network of 700...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-wants-cheap-electricity-for-arizona-hydrogen-stations