Clearly Ford Did Not Get The Fuel Cell Truck Memo: F-MAX Is Ready To Roll

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Clearly Ford Did Not Get The Fuel Cell Truck Memo: F-MAX Is Ready To Roll

CleanTechnica | Tina Casey | Dec 10, 2023

Hydrogen fuel cell skeptics have been heating up the Intertubes, but the money just keeps flowing into new fuel cell ventures. In the latest sign of respect for the technology, the Turkish company Ford Otosan has embarked on a series of deals aimed at bringing its new F-Max heavy duty fuel cell truck to the European market.

The news follows hot on the heels that GM’s Hydrotec fuel cell division has entered the market for electric cement trucks and other heavy duty applications, so hold on to your hats.

The Ford F-Max Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Project

GM‘s recent activities in the hydrogen fuel cell area have crossed the CleanTechnica radar a number of times, including the company’s support for new green hydrogen technology.

The fuel cell journey of The Ford Motor Company has garnered somewhat less attention. A quick search its investor website yields little (as in, zero) hits under the key phrase “fuel cells.” Its commercial site autocorrects to search for “fuel wells,” which is not particularly helpful.

However, that doesn’t mean nothing is going on. Earlier this year, Ford let slip that its new E-Transit battery-powered electric delivery van — which is assembled in Turkey — will provide the platform for exploring the use of fuel cells in delivery fleets under a three-year trial period in the UK. The trial will focus on fleets that have limited access to battery charging infrastructure, with the idea that fuel cell vans can replace both diesel fuel and battery power...more
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/10/ford-fuel-cell-truck-turkey-europe-green-hydrogen/

Soon the question will be what auto company is not working on hydrogen?

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1. Commercial vehicles are going to lead the way in the use of hydrogen power.

In Australia one of their largest iron ore producers are converting their heavy haul trucks to hydrogen. They are building their own facility to produce the hydrogen fuel (not green hydrogen, but that is coming). They are making these investments because economically it makes sense.

IMHO green hydrogen will prove to be the answer to storing solar and wind produced electricity. Various new methods of efficiently converting water to hydrogen are being put into play. Producing power units to use the hydrogen has a much smaller carbon footprint than producing batteries and the infrastructure to fill those batteries. At the end of the day, for a whole host of reasons, batteries will not be able to compete with hydrogen fuel cells.