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Hydrogen trucks are coming (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 7 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/newzealand

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Hiringa, with partners fuel supplier Waitomo Group and Australasia’s largest heavy vehicle fleet owner TR Group, on Tuesday opened three green hydrogen stations, with a fourth under way, within the North Island’s economic “golden triangle” of freight movement.

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[–] Ilovethebomb 3 points 7 months ago

You get a quarter of the energy you put in back out the other end, assuming you're using a fuel cell. And the entire system is horrendously expensive, even more so than an electric power train.

It's a stupid idea.