With both the U.S. and EU trying to phase out diesel in heavy trucking by 2040, Daimler Truck is rolling out fuel-cell-powered heavy trucks this year to test the emerging mobility model.
Despite slowing BEV sales and reliability problems in the U.S., a Frost and Sullivan analyst insists there's no alternative "whether people like it or not."
General Motors, arguably the industry leader in hydrogen fuel-cell technology, inks deals with Komatsu and Autocar Industries to co-develop vocational vehicles.
The General Motors-Autocar Industries partnership will see GM’s HYDROTEC power cubes used with vocational vehicles like those used in the construction and mining industries.