The competitions aim to help support projects to decarbonize industry, such as carbon capture and hydrogen power, and boost plans to establish the world’s first net zero industrial cluster, or group of similar and related firms in a specific geographic area, by 2040.
The truck was designed and integrated by Cummins in Columbus, Indiana and includes a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell from Hydrogenics, a recent addition to Cummins. The truck was designed for a 90-kW fuel cell and is scalable in 30 kW or 45 kW increments up to 180 kW, andalso has a 100-kWh lithium-ion battery capacity. The truck has a range of 150 to 250 miles between filling up, however, that range can be extended with additional hydrogen tanks, by increasing the tank storage pressure or installing additional fuel cells to optimize management of the vehicle load factor. Many of the critical components of the powertrain, including the PEM fuel cell, system controller, powertrain controls, wire harnesses and junction boxes, among others, were designed and developed by Cummins.
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The Oakland hydrogen station has three times the capacity of previously built open retail True Zero stations and has two fuelling positions with three nozzles – two at H70 and one at H35.
By the end of the next decade, Daimler Trucks & Buses will extend itsrange of vehicles with hydrogen-powered series production vehicles.
Excerpt: There is an app maintained by the California Fuel Cell Partnership that does a terrific job of telling you not only where your nearest refueling spot is but whether or not it actually has fuel.
MTS has six of the electric buses, with another two on the way. It also plans to order two fuel cell-powered buses.
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