Hydrogen Powered Semi Trucks

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Hydrogen powered semi trucks.

In salt lake city today the hydrogen powered nikola one long haul truck was unveiled. Louis in november 2019. The demonstration vehicle was unveiled at the 2019 north america commercial vehicle show in atlanta. This week cummins inc.

Hydrogen powered kenworth semi trucks are being deployed in los angeles and long beach toyota and kenworth are launching a fleet of 10 fuel cell trucks to test the technology in the real world. Electric motors hit peak torque almost instantly. Nikola s hydrogen powered trucks have considerably higher range than tesla s battery powered semis. He believes hydrogen is a better way to move freight because it.

Cummins strategy is to provide our customers with a broad portfolio of power options from diesel and natural gas hybrids to battery electric and hydrogen fuel. Nikola motor company makes hydrogen fuel cell electric sleeper semi trucks. The 2010s saw battery powered electric cars move into the mainstream led by elon musk s tesla and as that trend gains steam there are signs the decade ahead will see hydrogen gain commercial. According to the truck maker the semi will be in production and ready to transport goods in 2020.

But there are more than environmental benefits to the trucks. This enables the nikola trucks to accelerate up to 2x faster than a stock diesel tractor. Hydrogen powered semi trucks saving businesses money. Nikola s semi trucks run on compressed hydrogen gas and produce only water as exhaust.

Nikola an arizona startup developing futuristic semi trucks powered by. Hydrogen has the same benefits of electric vehicles as they use the same electric motors more horsepower instant torque zero emissions etc while eliminating many issues derived from battery electric vehicles long recharge times limited range cold start added. The nikola one is available in north america.