Hydrogen Fuel Is Gaining Traction With Truckers - Wall Street Journal

Nikola says it is working with a third-party provider to develop a network of 50 hydrogen fueling stations across the U.S. over the next five years.

Hydrogen Fuel Is Gaining Traction With Truckers

Paul Berger | Wall Street Journal | Nov. 15, 2023

Jim Gillis is making a big bet on hydrogen-powered big rigs.

Gillis, president of the Pacific region for Collierville, Tenn.-based IMC, will take delivery in the coming weeks of his first hydrogen electric fuel-cell Nikola trucks long before the technology is proven and a refueling network is set up...

...Hydrogen-powered trucks are only just starting to trickle into California and hydrogen-fueling stations are years behind their battery-electric peers. “We’re still in kind of this beta-testing mode,” said Matt Schrap, chief executive of the Harbor Trucking Association. “Outside of Nikola, you’re just not seeing large commercial development in North America.”

Truckers say battery-electric trucks are good for short trips ferrying shipping containers between ports, rail yards and warehouses. But they are finding the trucks less useful for longer trips of 100 miles or more because of the limited range of batteries and the hours it takes to recharge...more
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