In collaboration with Renova, Scania develops an electric truck where electricity is supplied through fuel cells driven by hydrogen. The project is a joint effort with KTH and the Swedish Energy Agency. Scania is also developing four distribution trucks on the same technical platform for the Norwegian retail company Asko. The truck will have a range of 500 km.
Knowing the present huge efforts from the truck manufacturers to electrify their drivelines this will probably lead to technical leap frogs towards fossil free road transport. Electricity supplied from batteries may well be the main solution in a short-term perspective. Since a couple of years hydrogen and fuel cells seems to become an optional alternative for electricity supply to the electric motor in long haul road transport....
Since a few years’ time the opportunity and benefit of introducing a separate electric motor and batteries in semi-trailers, supporting the tractor pulling the vehicle has been discussed...
Diesel engines in global freight is a main pillar that still remains a valid solution...
