{"id":22172,"date":"2022-05-13T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22172"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:08:38","slug":"1135844_could-fuel-cell-conversions-help-clean-up-long-haul-diesel-trucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22172","title":{"rendered":"Could fuel-cell conversions help clean up long-haul diesel trucking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to building new zero-emission trucks, what if older diesel trucks were converted to hydrogen fuel-cell power? Two such initiatives were announced earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Daimler Truck North America and diesel-engine manufacturer Cummins will update older Daimler-built Freightliner Cascadia semi trucks with Cummins-supplied fuel-cell powertrains, the two companies announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The companies plan to have the first trucks ready by 2024. By then, Daimler also expects to have ramped up production of the battery-electric eCascadia<\/a>, which was unveiled in production-ready form the same day as the fuel-cell announcement.<\/p>\n

\"Freightliner<\/p>\n

Freightliner Cascadia semi truck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Startup Hyzon Motors is pitching its own fuel-cell conversion program as a way to get cleaner trucks on the road more quickly. The company said in a press release that, due to supply-chain issues, the current wait time for a new truck chassis is up to 16 months. Converting existing chassis provides a shortcut.<\/p>\n

Hyzon plans to offer 110-kw and 200-kw fuel-cell stacks. It said examples of the latter will begin testing by the end of 2022, with a commercial launch after that. The stacks will be manufactured at Hyzon’s Illinois factory.<\/p>\n

\"Hyzon<\/p>\n

Hyzon Motors hydrogen fuel-cell stack<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other companies have expressed interest in building new fuel-cell trucks. In 2021, General Motors and Navistar announced plans to build 2,000 fuel-cell semis<\/a> “in the near term.” Toyota and Kenworth have been demonstrating “Project Portal” prototypes<\/a> in drayage service at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for a few years at this point.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most ambitious is the California Fuel Cell Partnership trade group, which plans to put 70,000 fuel-cell trucks<\/a> on the road by 2035, supported by 200 newly-built hydrogen stations.<\/p>\n

But while commercial trucks are seen as a more viable option for fuel cells than passenger cars at this point, it’s possible that even that window of opportunity is closing<\/a>. Battery-electric vehicles will likely have enough range for all but long-haul applications, recent analysis claimed, leaving fuel-cell trucks as a small niche.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to building new zero-emission trucks, what if older diesel trucks were converted to hydrogen fuel-cell power? Two such initiatives were announced earlier this week. Daimler Truck North America and diesel-engine manufacturer Cummins will update older Daimler-built Freightliner Cascadia semi trucks with Cummins-supplied fuel-cell powertrains, the two companies announced Wednesday. The companies plan to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}