Beyond battery electric, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) offer great opportunity for the commercial truck industry. A fuel cell converts the chemical energy from hydrogen into electricity. Hydrogen fuel cells' only by-product from producing electricity are water and heat. Fuel cells operate at higher efficiencies (>60%), are cleaner than combustion engines and are suitable for heavy trucks in applications requiring a higher density of energy, fast refueling and additional range. FCEVs are ideally suited for operations that include:
- Long haul routes of 300+ miles
- Routes where maximum payload is important
- Rapid refueling is necessary to maintain uptime
- Zero tailpipe emissions are important
- Areas where hydrogen use has been incentivized