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Watch: Hydrogen fuel cell-powered trucks—an explainer

Alex Crissey
By Alex Crissey
Contributing Editor Alex Crissey has been with Fleet Equipment since 2015.
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Hydrogen-electric trucks still have a fully electric powertrain—meaning there’s no diesel or gasoline engine. But rather than being powered solely by electric batteries, the electric motor is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which allows the truck to use a smaller, lighter battery.

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Naturally that invites another question: what is a hydrogen fuel cell, and how does it work? Part 1 of this episode of FE‘s Future Focus tackles the basics of hydrogen-electric trucks. Watch it below.

Next, part two of Future Focus’s look at hydrogen-powered trucks talks about the practical uses of hydrogen-electric trucks, and what the future holds for them. Watch part two below, and don’t forget to subscribe to FE’s YouTube channel to watch new episodes of Future Focus every month, plus our On the Road series.

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How much of the AI craze will result in real help for fleets?

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If you’ve been on the internet in the past year - and I’m going to go ahead and assume that you have - you’ve probably heard entirely too much about AI. Artificial intelligence has been a concept in computing for decades and decades, but use of the term really multiplied with the release of generative AI programs like Chat GPT. It’s got everybody talking about AI, and everybody wanting to release products that heavily feature AI.

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