Hydrogen electric trucks

GM to provide hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty work trucks

General Motors Co. and Autocar Industries announced a collaboration to create a range of zero-emissions heavy-duty vehicles powered by GM’s Hydrotec power cubes.

The heavy-duty trucks are expected to go into production in 2026 at the Autocar plant in Birmingham, Alabama, starting with roll-off and dump trucks and cement mixers. Autocar will also eventually produce refuse trucks and terminal tractors using Hydrotec power cubes.

Autocar trucks with GM’s Hydrotec fuel cells will be built to order...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gm-to-provide-hydrogen-fuel-cells-for-heavy-duty-work-trucks

ACT Expo a coming of age for hydrogen-powered trucking

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Not long ago, hydrogen and fuel cell trucks were lightly regarded at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. This year, they are capturing once unimaginable attention.

A parade of significant hydrogen-related announcements began even before what has become a must-attend event that outgrew its Long Beach, California, venue. Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), which doesn’t make commercial trucks, confirmed production later this year of a heavy-duty fuel cell system at its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/act-expo-a-coming-of-age-for-hydrogen-powered-trucking

Buttigieg addresses teen drivers, truck parking at Senate hearing

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told concerned Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill that his department and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are making a renewed effort to bolster lackluster participation in the FMCSA’s pilot program for 18-20 year-old drivers.

The three-year program, which got underway last summer, is intended to accommodate up to 1,000 carriers and 3,000 apprentices.

However, Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., told Buttigieg during a Senate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buttigieg-addresses-teen-drivers-truck-parking-at-senate-hearing

Countdown starts for hydrogen-powered trucks?

WASHINGTON — The use of hydrogen fuel cells to power electric trucks was prominently featured in a debate in the U.S. Senate over how to formulate a national low-carbon fuel standard.

Much of the discussion, which kicked off the Environmental and Public Works Committee’s first hearing of the new Congress on Wednesday, centered on not whether hydrogen fuel cells and other clean fuels should be part of reducing green-house gas (GHG) emissions but how aggressive a national standard timeline should...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/countdown-starts-for-hydrogen-powered-trucks

An inconvenient truth about electric trucks

A few days in Germany revealed an inconvenient truth about real-world applications of battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks. Inadequate infrastructure, a lack of drivers and traffic congestion will frustrate meaningful expansion for sometime to come.

Jolt of electric truck reality 

A visit to the aging DB Schenker freight distribution center outside Frankfurt, Germany, injected a jolt of reality about electric trucks. The near giddiness surrounding the reveal of battery-electric and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-deutschland-dispatches-edition

Breaking through barriers: Getting electric trucks on the road will require a team effort

Climate change has become one of the top concerns for governments and citizens across the globe in recent years. Companies from all industries are forced to pay attention to their carbon footprint as regulators shift to using cleaner policies and consumers start buying greener products. This issue is especially significant in the transportation and logistics industry, as moving goods across the country has a direct impact on our climate.

Transportation in general accounts for roughly 29% of all...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-through-barriers-getting-electric-trucks-on-the-road-will-require-a-team-effort

Nikola projects production of 300-500 battery-electric trucks in 2022

Nikola Corp. plans to build 300 to 500 battery-electric Class 8 trucks this year and record up to $150 million in revenue. It expects to be profitable on a gross margin basis in 2023.

After months of negative stories centering on the alleged misdeeds of Trevor Milton, the company’s founder and former executive chairman, the Phoenix-based company is finally able to focus on producing advanced technology trucks. 

Nikola has contracts, letters of intent and memorandums of understanding for 1,385...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-projects-production-of-300-500-battery-electric-trucks-in-2022

SuperTruck II efficiency efforts could boost range for electric trucks

The final results won’t be known until the end of the year, but participants in the Department of Energy’s SuperTruck II program are racking up serious efficiency gains aimed at diesels that could ultimately help electric trucks go farther on a single charge.

The goals of SuperTruck II are 55% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) improvement for heavy-duty diesel engines and double the freight efficiency, as measured in miles per gallon multiplied by the freight tons carried.

Daimler Truck North...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supertruck-ii-efficiency-efforts-could-boost-range-for-electric-trucks

Truck Talk: Hydrogen conundrum edition

This week, we look at insuring hydrogen fuel cell trucks, Nikola’s patent infringement case against Tesla — is there still a case to make? — and Volvo Construction Equipment and LEGO: They’re at it again, but this time, it’s the toy inspiring the real vehicle.

A hydrogen conundrum

At critical mass, hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks promise elimination of greenhouse gas emissions as long as the hydrogen comes from renewable sources like solar or hydropower.

But there is a more pressing issue. How...

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

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