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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Each kilograms of hydrogen contains the energy of about 1 gallon of gasoline.
So they made a super expensive to operate delivery vehicle with very limited range.
These would only be useful in the city since I see UPS drivers going as fast as the truck will let them go on back roads, dirt roads and side roads.
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Each kg of hydrogen should get the truck 10-15 miles. At 10 miles, that's 100 miles of range, plus about 50 miles for the plug in part.
Most of these trucks run a route around 60-100 miles a day. I don't see where the range will be a limiting factor except in rural areas. Additionally, the average speeds are low and the trucks start and stop constantly, which is where EVs really shine. For higher speed/longer routes, they can continue to use diesel.
Seems like an interesting trade off between something quick to "recharge" and a buffer battery big enough to provide plenty of traction power and absorb plenty of regen without ****ting the bed in 20k miles.
I'm interested to see how this works out for them.