Hydrogen fuel cell trucks could be the quiet revolution
Chris Rovik, executive program manager, wheeled the trailer-less rig and let me ride along. With no trailer in tow, the truck felt, well, like a big rig. Even as a passenger, you can feel how much power the system has because of how effortlessly the bob-tailed semi hustles from a standing start.
The squeaking and jostling inside that cabin might also have something to do with the prototypical nature of this rig. Fortunately for folks at Toyota, that noise, vibration, and harshness problem won’t be theirs to solve. Toyota isn’t going to take what it’s learned from its Prius, Tundra, or Mirai programs and suddenly churn out Class 8 trucks. Instead, Toyota is reaching out to partners to supply these powertrains to churn out hydrogen-powered trucks.
If you’re curious about wear, serviceability, and longevity, Toyota has, obviously, thought of those, too. The team at Toyota suggests this powertrain should live about as long as you’d expect a diesel engine. Servicing the power unit is effectively limited to just filters, which keep clean the incoming air, which then bonds with the hydrogen and creates electricity.
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