![]() ![]() The companies will launch the world’s largest commercial deployment of Class Eight hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks in Oakland, California. Truck drivers are piloting three XCIENT fuel cell trucks, covering over 25,000 miles without emissions. By contrast, there are around 2.5 million electric vehicles on the road in the U.S.įirstElement Fuel and Hyundai Motor Company recently announced their partnership to fuel and test Hyundai’s XCIENT Fuel Cell Heavy Duty trucks in California. Only California and Hawaii have a hydrogen fueling network. ![]() and nearly all of them are in California, with a handful in Hawaii. The Department of Energy states on its website that the hydrogen infrastructure to fuel hydrogen-powered vehicles is “in the early stages of implementation.” There are currently only about 15,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles in the U.S. Hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles are one of those alternatives. Gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for 90 percent of light truck and car sales in 2021. is the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions and transportation is the largest source of emissions. A report by the International Energy Agency states that there can be no investment in new fossil fuel projects to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. Global emissions levels must decline by 60 percent by 2035 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ![]() Burning fossil fuels is the largest cause of climate change, which account for 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. The concentrations of carbon emissions in the atmosphere are at their highest level, and the rate of temperature rise over the last half a century is the highest in 2,000 years, according to a recent UN report. ![]()
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