Fuel Cell Truck Vs Diesel
Develop models for fuel cell electric trucks fcets that would meet or exceed the performance of present and future diesel powered trucks compare energy consumption of fcets against best in class diesel powered class 8 sleeper trucks estimate total cost of ownership tco based on use case assumptions 2.
Fuel cell truck vs diesel. Kenworth t680 day cab drayage truck powered by ballard fcvelocity r hd module. Battery electric trucks are poised to flip this on its head and it is the big juicy low hanging fruit that puts many zero emission trucks in a favorable position compared to legacy diesel trucks. Second the differences in weight between a diesel engine truck and fuel cell trucks have to be considered. First the equations that will be needed for steps three and four need to be derived.
If the same truck were to run on electricity then 85 of the entire weight capacity of the truck would be taken up by batteries just to go 500 miles half the range of diesel eberhardt showed. In a fuel cell drayage truck the diesel engine and conventional drivetrain is replaced with a battery hydrogen fuel cell hybrid system.