IEEE Spectrum: Daimler Truck Fuels Big Rigs With Hydrogen

Daimler Truck Fuels Big Rigs With Hydrogen

GenH2’s fuel-cell-powered semi will hit German roads by middle of this year

IEEE SPECTRUM | WILLIE JONES | Jan 13, 2024

At CES this past week, the trucking startup Nikola showed off a hydrogen-fueled semi truck, one of its first ever built in the U.S. But the troubled company with a convicted founder is not the only player these days seeing a promising future in fuel-cell fueled big rigs. Daimler Truck has also recently announced their GenH2 electric semi. GenH2’s motors draw power from a fuel cell that runs on liquid hydrogen, and Daimler has said the vehicle will appear on German roads by mid-2024.

The company has entered agreements with several companies that have fleet operations in the German region, where Daimler successfully tested a GenH2 prototype on a track and on public roads. Via these early road tests, the company says they’ve found that a fully loaded GenH2 proved capable of hauling its roughly 25-ton payload more than 1,000 kilometers on a single fueling.

Under the Hood of the GenH2 Truck

The fuel-cell system of the GenH2 Truck, according to the company, delivers 300 kilowatts. The truck also has a battery that can kick in an additional 400 kW in short bursts for quick acceleration and hill climbing. The battery’s 70 kilowatt-hour storage capacity may seem small, bu seems it’s sufficient for recycling kinetic energy that’s converted to electric charge via regenerative braking...more
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