Fuel cells powered by hydrogen for trucks will be the future

Arham Partap Jain of Trucknetic believes that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the most suitable option for the logistics industry.

What are hydrogen fuel cells? A hydrogen fuel cell uses the chemical energy of hydrogen to produce electricity and it is a clean form of energy with electricity, heat and water being the only products and by-products.

How does a hydrogen fuel cell work? Like all-electric vehicles, fuel cell EVs use electricity to power an electric motor. In comparison to other electric vehicles, FCEVs produce electricity using a fuel cell powered by hydrogen, rather than drawing electricity from only a battery.

What is the benefit of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle? The advantage of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) is that they produce no tailpipe emission and they only emit water vapour and warm air.

The technology required for fuel cell trucks and to generate hydrogen is already well developed and being used by many auto companies.

Hydrogen also benefits the infrastructure side. The infrastructure is less costly to create than e-truck charging infrastructure because it does not require grid upgrades and has a smaller carbon footprint.

Are hydrogen fuel cell vehicles environmentally friendly? A battery-powered electric vehicle doesn’t mean that the vehicles produce no greenhouse gas emissions, but rather, that they produce no tailpipe emissions.

Since a majority of the electricity in the country generate from fossil fuels, and the biggest source of hydrogen in the world currently is also fossil fuels, these vehicles do cause a large number of carbon emissions with their usage.

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