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BEV improvements threaten to sideline hydrogen heavy trucks
Major heavy truck makers continue to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles but potential use cases are narrowing.
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Much has been made, as with passenger vehicles, of the need to create zero-emission trucks with an equivalent range to their ICE counterparts. As is the case with cars, in practice that is mainly not necessary.
Heavy duty diesel trucks can travel 1,000-1,500km on a single tank. Received wisdom has been that the only way to get those kinds of distances for a 'clean' truck would be through hydrogen fuel cells.
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