Volvo Trucks is testing a hydrogen-powered truck. Maybe launched in the late 2020s.

Now Volvo Trucks has started testing a prototype truck with hydrogen-powered fuel cells. This only releases water vapor and has a range of up to 100 miles, that refueling takes under a quarter. The gross weight will be 65 tonnes and the two fuel cells have a capacity to generate 300 kW of electricity on board the truck. The fuel cells are supplied by the company cellcentric, which is a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG.

Roger Alm, CEO of Volvo Trucks, says the following:

“We have been developing this technology for a few years now and it feels fantastic to see the first trucks drive on the test track. The combination of trucks with battery operation and the next ones with fuel cells makes it possible for us to help our customers completely get rid of their CO2 emissions. driving regardless of transport assignment. “

In a few years, they will start testing these cars and if everything goes as they want, they can start being delivered to customers at the end of the 2020s.

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Mercedes hydrogen-powered truck approved for public roads

Starting to roll in Germany on test now

Mercedes has now got its GenH2 hydrogen-powered truck approved for testing on public roads in Germany. The car has already been tested several thousand miles on tracks but is now ready to be released into traffic. There will be comparison tests between this and the fully electric truck eActros, and also other manufacturers of course. It is hoped that GenH2 will be able to start being delivered to customers in 2027. By 2030, Daimler Trucks’ goal is for half of all trucks sold in Europe to be electrified.

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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency wants to see more hydrogen stations

Swedish companies receive investment support of SEK 355 million

Hydrogen is still an option when it comes to how we will drive our future vehicles. Here in Sweden, however, the problem has been where to refuel these. At present, there are only four stations in the whole country. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency wants more stations to be built and has therefore chosen to give the Swedish company REH2 AB an investment grant of SEK 355 million. The money will go to building 24 new hydrogen stations. The stations must have their own electrolysers that produce renewable hydrogen directly on site. The investments are estimated to reduce emissions by 21,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and the stations will be ready in 2025. They will then be located in Gävleborg, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Skåne, Södermanland, Värmland, Västmanland, Västra Götaland, Örebro and Östergötland. The Danish company Everfuel will also build hydrogen stations in Sweden and by the end of 2023 they will have commissioned 15 stations in Uddevalla, Gothenburg (2), Helsingborg, Malmö, Trelleborg, Markaryd, Växjö, Karlshamn, Oskarshamn, Linköping, Örebro, Stockholm (2 pieces) and one in Gimo.

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Anglo American is starting to use an electric mining truck

The world’s largest

Anglo American is a large company in the mining industry. Now they are starting to use a mining truck that is refueled with hydrogen. It is a Komatsu 930E that has been converted to the new electric drive. It weighs 220 tons and can load up to 290 tons on the flatbed. Under the shell are now hydrogen-powered fuel cells and a battery pack developed by Williams Advanced Engineering. The battery is 1.2 MWh and uses the braking energy when the truck brakes. There will be several electric motors and together these generate a total of 2719 horses. The truck will be used in the city of Mokopane in South Africa where the Mogalakwena platinum mine is located. In 2024, the goal is for another 40 converted mining trucks to work in the mine.

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