Some of the world's biggest truckmakers, including Volvo and MAN, are reworking combustion engines to run on low-emission hydrogen instead of polluting...
BERLIN/LONDON - Some of the world's biggest truckmakers, including Volvo and MAN, are reworking combustion engines to run on low-emission hydrogen instead of polluting diesel, a quicker low-cost fix to their energy transition challenge that may give the dying technology a fresh lease of life.
"Everybody is working on this," said Reiner Roessner, vice president for sales at the engine division of MAN Truck & Bus SE, part of Volkswagen trucking unit Traton, even as green hydrogen produced by renewable sources is not yet widely available. "As soon as the hydrogen is available, demand for hydrogen combustion will go up."
Swedish truckmaker Volvo AB, which says it will also have hydrogen fuel cell trucks "commercially available in the second half of this decade," is planning customer tests of hydrogen combustion engine models starting in 2026.Hydrogen combustion engines "will not be the majority" of Volvo's sales, said chief technology officer Lars Stenqvist. "But it will be a substantial volume.
Also, hydrogen trucks need pressurized tanks that are larger than the ones used for diesel, so firms like Munich-based startup Keyou are working on different shapes to shrink them down. And the tanks need to be safe under all conditions as hydrogen is a highly flammable gas. Despite the challenges, major suppliers like Bosch and Cummins say truck makers have embraced the hydrogen combustion engine because they already have factories and supply chains dedicated to the technology.Truckmakers from Italy's Iveco Group and DAF, a European unit of U.S. truckmaker PACCAR, are also working on hydrogen combustion options.U.S.
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